Help, building a pocket convoy M1 xp-g2 thrower

[mattthemuppet]

@petr9999

where did you get the TIR? what kind of driver are you using? what is the throw like on that?

here you go

C20 build and DIY sinkpad screw up Finished with beamshots!

had to escape to the garage as the parents and kids were driving me spare. Instead of doing what I meant to do (continue building my milling attachment), I got distracted with my C20 pill. Idea - 1) add some copper to the pill to make the bit under the LED (what’s that called?) thicker, as it looks barely 1mm thick as stock and 2) make a direct to copper sinkpad-pill bonanza megamod of the gods. Reality turned out a little different, but I’ll get to that in a bit. Raw materials [image] c…

TIR is a 10deg from LED-DNA, although I’m pretty sure that the 10deg XM-L optics offered all over the place are the same ones.

Driver is a 2.1A lupodrv programmed Nanjg from DrJones on here. His new version (lucidrv?) is even better by all accounts.

Throw is ok and good enough for my needs. You certainly won’t get as good throw with that size TIR compared to a smooth reflector, but I far prefer the beam pattern for closer in use. I use the same optics in a couple of my bike lights too and they’re perfect for the type of riding I do.