Just a general memo. I have contacted some of the sponsors to clarify the prizes on offer.
Here’s my entry for the modified category: The tint-adjustable D4v2
Welcome to the challenge tterev3
Last weekend to finalize your builds
After several months of being stupid busy I actually got some time to myself. 2 days in fact. So like a right git I wasted the first day doing stuff all…. but today I made the effort to do something hobby related….
Still in the thick of building it but at least i’ve made a start. I don’t have a deadline like some of you folks
Can’t see your pic, pinkpanda
Edit: it’s showing up for me now
Image appears for me….
My hopes are still high
Please count me in in Hand Made category.
Hi… Recently I found some interesting material called polymer clay and I want to explore this material for my DIY hobby. It’s not a new material and I believe many of you already knew about it. I was inspired by the ceramic Minion by Lux RC and I want to mimic it with budget style. So here’s the ingredients: [image] This build will be a direct drive. But this might changed if I found a spare driver in this very tight deadline: 3 days left.
I made a mess and seems to be a game over but technically I still have a few hours to finish it right?
My modified flashlight is now finished. I will call it the DDH ML778SL. Skylight's 8th BLF OL contest entry, modified flashlight [DDH ML778SL FINISHED]
Thanks to everyone who organised this 8th OL contest and to all the nice people on BLF.
It has been an awesome experience to participate in this year’s contest.
Well it’s the final day today, I hope those of you who have not finished have some luck today finding last minute bits, finishing last minute jobs.
Those 3 months shot by lol! I have enjoyed entering, and loved looking through all the entries, we certainly have some imaginative, ingenious people on here - not to mention, kind helpful and encouraging.
Thanks to PP for running it - still unsure what’s going on judging wise? are you sticking to the members of the site deciding or are there some secret judges like last year?
All will be revealed I’m sure.
Thank you all for entering, that is what keeps this going.
While I’m finishing my build, I read that the contest is closed. Congrats to the participants who finished their builds/mods!
I’ll still continue my build no matter what. Feel free to put me off the list. It was nice rush days
Okay i guess it's time I closed the challenge for this year (2020). I've kinda been poking my nose in but I'm already back at work and back to being stupid busy so I've haven't really been keeping up to date, apologies. I believe there's a last minute entry i need to add to the list - lumenzilla :-)
I will update and start getting things in order tomorrow. If everyone could have a think about the prize list and make a list of first 5 preferences that'll help move things along greatly. I realise there's a couple of TBA prizes listed. A few of the sponsors have responded to me recently but one outstanding that's not responded is Neal. I'll try him again and hope he responds this time since it's the end of the challenge. He's also the contact for a couple of the manufacturers.
Aside from that I hope everyone enjoyed the challenge , participants and viewers alike :-) Goose judging will remain a big secret at least for now.
It was indicated to me this time of year is less busy for some so don't let the creative juices stop here... :-D
Quick! Sneak it in lumenzilla. I'll claim ignorance if anyone asks :-D
? I understood it as the challenge wasn’t over until Jan 5 was over.
Okay, apologies. I have a different interpretation of finish date. In all honesty I'm not fussed over a few hours so have at it :-D
According to my timezone (GMT+7) it’s still Jan 5th at 22.20.
And my build is finished now
Hi… Recently I found some interesting material called polymer clay and I want to explore this material for my DIY hobby. It’s not a new material and I believe many of you already knew about it. I was inspired by the ceramic Minion by Lux RC and I want to mimic it with budget style. So here’s the ingredients: [image] This build will be a direct drive. But this might changed if I found a spare driver in this very tight deadline: 3 days left.
Honestly I’m embarrassed with my final build result and I need a lot more practise to build a good looking and functional flashlight.
And mine is finished too (jan 5th 4.30 pm here)
See here for the last bit of my build:
I had to finish it today, so here’s the final stretch. Because the star and the batman projections were not what I wanted for this build, I tried a little spider. The shape was too difficult for the fretsaw, so I went for etching a thin copper sheet, for so long that the copper was eaten through by the FeCl3. I took a long time, and the cutout was not perfect, but the result was rather nice. Still, this was not the final version. But here are some pictures. Both are at about 40 meters. [image…
And now for the finished light! Meet the Vir-O-blast C19. My pinstripe is certainly nowhere good enough to apply for a job at RR (link), but I still like my paint job. [image] [image] The vir-o-blast c19 will not infect you, or cure you from anything (although this post may be the start of a new conspiracy theory ), but it may hopefully brighten up this dark winter a bit [image] [image] Without the virus stencil in place and with the led die focused, th…
And mine is finished too (jan 5th 4.30 pm here)
See here for the last bit of my build:
OLcontest, modified light: 20cm fresnel lens thrower - #101 by djozz
OLcontest, modified light: 20cm fresnel lens thrower - #104 by djozz
Love it!