Hey guys this started out as scaru project but I traded him another aspheric project that I had 2 of and this is kinda rare well to me it
Here is scaru thread on the lenses
It takes 2 lenses and its a around 122mm
I used a lamp for the body because I could not find anything that looked cool lol
The handle takes 3x18650 and is taped for now, i need to get parts machined to have the handle screw/unscrew ect……
Pics to come and will be updated as the build goes along
Welcome to post anything like host ideas besides what I’m going with lol,led to go with or how to make this a zoom and flood light is my main thing to gigure out anything really enjoy
wow, at first the pictures didn’t load. I refreshed and was expecting to see something ugly - that head looks great!
its hard to suggest an LED w/o knowing if you have a use in mind, other than ” WOW ”
I wonder if the beam/die image will be too small with xpg2 or xml2?
is it a 2 lens system (precollimator). if so, an mt-g2 might be impressive, especially when just bit out of focus
as far as making it flood to throw - that head looks too heavy for a push/pull to work well
i’m thinking:
-have the part that joins the head and body made longer than you would if the head were fixed, so it can move back and forth.
-if the head doesn’t already have threads, you could use a low pitch thread (less turns to move the head)
or
if you really wanted push/pull, do it the same way they do in most lights (close head/body fit with orings for friction), but add a wing bolt to the bottom of the head so that you can tighten that to lock it in place after adjusting. you’d want to mill a recess/track in the body for the bolt to tighten into/against so that any little deformation it makes doesn’t interfere with head movement.
anyway - looks fun, can’t wait to see how it turns out!
I don't know, but that is what I would use. While a RLT XP-G2 would throw further than an RLT XM-L it would have a thinner beam. The real "best" LED for this would be a XP-E2 RLT, but that would cost 80 dollars+ the cost of the LED on a 20mm board.
just a thought… did you make this head to fit one particular light only or do you want to create the head to fit more lights?
( 1 size fits all)
have you ever thought about using 2 tubings for the head?
let’s say the diameter for the tubing with the lens is 5” OD and 1/4 ” thick
get another tubing with 4 3/4” OD ( doesn’t matter the thickness) and you can use it to slide in and out, therefore it will adjust the focus of the beam ( just like the zoomies)
that’s what i used for my experiments except mine was using plastic so i can see how far is the light inserted to get tight hotspot