Jerommel's Hand Job 2018 - 6th annual BLF / Old Lumen Scratch Made Light Contest

FmC · 2018-11-18T20:51:09.000Z

Several builds down to the wire this year for one reason or another - I hope you can get your build finished!

Jerommel · 2018-11-22T22:36:49.000Z

….aaaaaaannnndd i’m out of the ‘race’….

EVERYTHING went wrong…

All 3 LEDs were broken due to bending LED board, so i put on 3 new ones.
Problem solved, right?
Nope…
Something else must have gone wrong too, because i suddenly had only 1 mode Direct drive.
Yes, that would be the - minus making a short with the body.
And then the + wire broke off when investigating.
So, i had to get my pipe cutter to cut of the head, but the because of the epoxy potting i tore off some parts of the driver.
Soldered them back, but it didn’t work anymore…

All would have been well if i didn’t have broken and short circuiting LEDs from bending the LED board flat with a tap with a hammer on a rod placed in the centre of the board earlier…

Now it’s all for nothing, or at least, for this contest / build off.
Crap, crap, crap…

MRsDNF · 2018-11-22T22:47:32.000Z

I feel your frustration Jerommel. You showed us some amazing skills. Dont let it eat you up.

CRX · 2018-11-22T22:52:36.000Z

djozz · 2018-11-22T22:55:10.000Z

Still well done Jerommel! I did not even dare to start with a scratch build, while you did start and even came up with some really cool concepts!

Jerommel · 2018-11-22T23:00:45.000Z

@MRsDNF:

Yeah…

I still can’t believe the + wire just broke off…
It broke off where the wire couldn’t even bend, 3 to 4 mm inside the epoxy…

But oh well, it was very educational…
The battery with charger and switch in the tube still work, so i can put a new head on it eventually…
We’ll see…

Jerommel · 2018-11-22T22:59:30.000Z

djozz:

Still well done Jerommel! I did not even dare to start with a scratch build, while you did start and even came up with some really cool concepts! :+1:

Thanks Djozz.
Better luck next time.

MascaratumB · 2018-11-22T23:20:13.000Z

Hey, sorry to hear this
I was liking the concept and work!

Don’t lay your arms down, pick were you stopped and restart, even if it is not for the contest The time invested so far is much more than the one remaining to get a full working light

CheapThrills · 2018-11-22T23:20:19.000Z

Very oldskool, very cool 8)

pinkpanda3310 · 2018-11-23T00:48:53.000Z

Sorry to hear you’ve hit a wall. This is an amazing build so far. Would like to have seen the end product.

FmC · 2018-11-23T02:02:43.000Z

That sucks, but it was great to see what you had done

Maybe jam it back together & bypass the driver for direct drive?

MtnDon · 2018-11-23T04:04:26.000Z

Sorry for the bad luck…. dt

Jerommel · 2018-11-23T10:42:22.000Z

Thanks all for your condolences.

Flashy_Mike · 2018-11-23T16:48:06.000Z

Yeah, I’m also sorry. Sometimes everything goes wrong.

Geuzzz · 2018-11-23T16:52:45.000Z

To bad Jeroen. Better luck next year.

everydaysurvivalgear · 2018-11-23T17:34:12.000Z

Maybe some one in Europe can send you some spare parts to finish?

My builds been a pain also so much wasted work on parts i didn’t need lol. I take it as a learning experience i guess.

MRsDNF · 2018-11-23T20:00:43.000Z

everydaysurvivalgear:

My builds been a pain also so much wasted work on parts i didn’t need lol. I take it as a learning experience i guess.

There was more than one occasion Justin would start building or modding a torch only to have him say half way through that what he was trying to do could not be done and scrap the build in frustration only to come back to it at a later date and complete it. :laughing:

Agro · 2018-11-23T23:17:50.000Z

Too bad it ended like that. That was a really interesting build!

KawiBoy1428 · 2018-11-23T23:57:01.000Z

Bummer Jerommel…Don’t let it get you down… too much. I think it was a great idea, very innovative to say the least. So take a break and get back to it, start another one if this one can’t be saved, because I for one would like to see it done the way you intended it to be!

DavidEF · 2018-11-27T00:26:27.000Z

Sorry for the troubles. I want to add my vote for you to finish this light some day, even though it isn’t in time for this year’s contest. It’s truly an amazing concept, and I’m sure it can work.