I start most builds out by figuring out the driver side first. The brains of the flashlight…
I am most likely recycling the 22mm 6V8A driver from the “Phobos” build(as seen here):
It is a hefty output at full power, so I will need to add a decent amount of heatsinking to the emitters, driver and battery. The efficiency on the lower modes is a nice bonus.
I’m leaning to Anduril as well, I’m exploring my options for 22mm Anduril drivers. But they don’t work with mechanical switches? Hmm…
Here is a small tutorial how I straighten and compress bent single strand copper wire. It is a trick I learned from making vaping coils:
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It makes the copper extra springy, as the wire gets twisted over itself and shortens in length.
How I made the negative spring for the battery using a step drill:
A quick mockup of the driver and 18650 battery setup with lots of brass as neg/pos contact and for extra Mass for heatsinking:
Maybe I should do a 2 x 18650 parallel build?
Next up is the enclosure that needs to house this beasty setup, which will shed some light what the idea behind all of this is.
That’s it for today.
Question: should I keep doing the “Collages” or do you want the full pictures? if anyone is watching lol.