All this talk of lens got me to thinking about DC Fix . I have been meaning to use it on a C8 to smooth out the beam. Finally got around to it . Looks much better on the wall . Won’t be able to test it outside tonight because we are in a frickin monsoon this week in NEPA. Thanks Boaz for turning me on to it.
Nice tip Henk4U2! Where were you many, many mods ago? For a recent mod I was filing down the edge of a copper 3 LED MCPCB after I made it smaller and then ran the bottom of it over the file and was surprised the middle around the hole actually filed down more than the rest.
A no cost simple mod you can do if you have a beam with artifacts is to take your glass lens and sand down 1 of the sides with medium grit sandpaper. Not sure if it will work with an AR lens or a big lens. I did it with a Convoy S2+. Just press the lens down hard on the sandpaper and move it back and forth in 1 direction, rotate the lens, sand some more, and continue until the etching (i.e. scratches) is consistent across the lens.
If it doesn’t work the first time, you can start over again on the same side. It took me 4-5 attempts until it turned out to my satisfaction. And I was shocked as to how well it smoothed out the beam. The LED had a crack in the dome which caused a very annoying artifact. This mod smoothed everything out perfectly.
And as a bonus, the lens is still glass so it remains durable.
12 cents worth of dc fix will smooth out your beam .
*edit > less than a nickle for an S2+
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Geuzzz wrote:
I like baking the ano of a flashlight. Should cost you less than 30ct of gas. !
Baking a flashlight is a cool .14 cent mod
My newest crazy habit is to bake all of these cheap shiny silver clips that come on lights these days till they turn beautifully bronze like your flashlight in the picture above. The bronze on black is a much nicer look and it happens in minutes .Either roast the clip over an open flame or just throw them up on the electric burner on high .About 50 seconds open flame and about three minutes on an electric burner ..super simple mod that produces nice results .
final cost...03 cents
# - Someone was talking about.... adding a magnet to the side of a clip using heat shrink.
# - Used some clear nail polish on a few 18650's that got nicked ..nice 3 second 3 cent mod.