I also sliced one off with a razor about 1/2 mm above the phosphor (I had dinged the top of the dome and polished the ding out but the imperfection still warped the beam)
the latter would actually be an ok mod if you just had to have as massive a flood angle as possible, but you have to be very skilled to get a clean flat slice...otherwise you'll get artifacts
ty I don't regret xD was joking about curiosity that is the wheel for the progress
haha kraisler you know italian words?
you can still fry bugs with a 3watt laser xD ...you guys wont even imagine how much damage and victims(ofc not just bugs) can do him with such toy, fortunately is illegal xD
Does anyone have a good picture of a naked (no secondary optics, reflectors etc) XM-L with the dome intact? Perhaps I'm searching for the wrong term but I'm actually having trouble finding anything like that.
If you're wondering why I want one, I'm thinking of making a a room light using an XM-L so I want a wide beam angle. I was thinking I'd need optics but I'm now realising no optics will likely give the widest beam and most flood, perhaps all I need to do is diffuse the beam a bit. At least if I'm not willing to spend a lot of money for some fancy specialised optics (well I haven't found anything but I'm guessing something like that exists). I'm a bit reluctant to try cutting the doming since I don't thik I'd succeed.
Thanks but rereading my comment I phrased it poorly. I'm actually looking for beamshots of a naked XM-L not just a picture of the LED which I believe is what you meant is on the Cree site? I guess you can simulate it with the optical source info, unfortunately a bit out of my league.
Reflector removed in ghetto flooder style. This was actually one I did for something else and is not the dropin used.
Both shots are at about 60cm (2') from the ceiling. To get all the beam in I had to move quite a bit farther away. I'd say the beam was about 160-180 degrees.
Wondering why do you guys kills poor XML's in weird dedoming processes, when just sinking them in gasoline (normalissima benzina verde, for the italian Mixomaxo ) overnight, will totally dissolve the bonding between dome and die, and the dome will cleanly float away from the die, leaving no traces nor damages. No damage to power wires, no damage to phospors, nothing. Just blow them dry and ready to go into flashlights again.
Lots of threads here explains this in better terms, it's really that easy.