Mr_Frugal
February 3, 2013, 10:02pm
58
Please count me in and Thanks! Dont know any machinist but myself, but I am just learning, ultra slow, and think I am worth a fortune just because of being slow and knowing very little!
texaspyro
February 3, 2013, 11:14pm
60
I’m in! Will Quiles (user WQUILES) at atdms.com does awesome stuff…
scaru
February 3, 2013, 11:16pm
62
Forgot about him, I've seen some of his work in the past. Adding you to the double entry list now.
Orion
February 3, 2013, 11:18pm
63
Scaru, you may want to approach our young handyman Diyau from down under who made a DIY Wooden LED Torch Build and looking forward to a heatsink challenge cos he has a lathe:
After a lot of friends, family and people in general had showed a lot of interest in my DIY torch PROTOTYPE that I built throughout the year, I figured I might as well make a thread about it. Maybe I’ll inspire some of you guys to come up with something creative or unique! It’s basically a homemade torch that uses a 10mm 1W LED and runs off 3x AAA batteries housed inside a wooden body.
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Some details & technical specs of the torch
table(table#posts).
|LED Type|10mm 1W White LED drive…
OR Bob-Ninja another modder just up north from you who is looking to add a heat sink component in his :
I read a heated discussion recently about LED vs CFL bulbs
I commented myself about the fact that circuit fails long before the actual LED.
Also I got a lot of great help recently here for my next build.
So I decided to share my experiment.
I used a LED bulb for about 2 yrs in a street light. Daylight sensor failed so it was always on. That is about 730 x 24 = about 18K hours. Since the claimed life is 50K to 100K hours and LEDs were still working fine I felt it would be a waste to throw the…
texaspyro
February 3, 2013, 11:18pm
64
Woo hoo! Now, if I just had some of Scaru’s Super Secret Love Luck Potion…
I_ant
February 3, 2013, 11:26pm
65
Please, count me in!
scaru
February 4, 2013, 12:09am
66
Orion:
Scaru, you may want to approach our young handyman Diyau from down under who made a DIY Wooden LED Torch Build and looking forward to a heatsink challenge cos he has a lathe: DIY Wooden LED Torch Build OR Bob-Ninja another modder just up north from you who is looking to add a heat sink component in his : Extreme LED recycling
Added to the double entry list.
DarkSide
February 4, 2013, 12:25am
67
Count me in.
Me- I’ll make your heatsink
Davx
February 4, 2013, 8:13am
70
Count me in…
The machinist i know are all in italy… i’m pretty sure it’s not an economic solution… sorry…
southland
February 4, 2013, 8:20am
71
I’m in, thanks for the giveaway. Most any machine shop should be able to cut threads, probably one in your town.
edc
February 4, 2013, 12:14pm
72
Congrats on 6K, I don’t know any machinist apart from the ones on here.
ryansoh3
February 4, 2013, 1:01pm
73
Thanks for the giveaway!
I can vouch for Eudaimonium as he’s a top notch machinists over at LPF who specializes with heatsinks for laser builds.
Cheers!
JohnnyMac
February 4, 2013, 1:12pm
74
Count me in and contact ChicagoX for that heatsink. He does custom work for folks here. ;)
Congrats on hitting 6000! You rocketed up in the last 6 months and blew right past me! :)
ste-zo
February 4, 2013, 1:22pm
75
I’m in, thanks for the giveaway.
apt323
February 4, 2013, 1:34pm
76
Count me in
Maybe willie can make you a heatsink.
nitro
February 4, 2013, 2:32pm
77
im in, may be i can win this host that should be mine in the first place scaru
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