scaru
February 3, 2013, 11:16pm
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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
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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
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|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
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Woo hoo! Now, if I just had some of Scaru’s Super Secret Love Luck Potion…
I_ant
February 3, 2013, 11:26pm
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Please, count me in!
scaru
February 4, 2013, 12:09am
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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
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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
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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
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Congrats on 6K, I don’t know any machinist apart from the ones on here.
ryansoh3
February 4, 2013, 1:01pm
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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
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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
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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
SCAM ALERT,SCAM ALERT
garrybunk
February 4, 2013, 2:09pm
78
Count me in Scaru! Thanks!
-Garry
scaru
February 4, 2013, 4:51pm
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Oh ok, I'm thscammer for not giving you everything after you refused to give me the heatsink. F*ck off, I'm not giving it to you. While you're at it give all the people on LPF the stuff they ordered.
Toaster79
February 4, 2013, 3:39pm
80
Yippie!!!
I have an extra entry
Let me win, let me win, let me win
