The process of modding the Amutorch VG10 is now finalized!
In this post you’ll find (many) photos of the final products and also my balance of it!
I will also pick my initial modding aims and check what was done and what was not
Here:
This flashlight was: | How I wanted it to be? | What it is! |
- Forward Tail Switch | 1- Forward Tail Switch 2- Orange or Green tail cover 3- Bistro UI 4- 22 mm driver 5- 6- 7- Carclo 10622 or 10621 8- 9- Leather handle 10- Glowing gasket 11- GITD piece inlaid in the tailcap 12- some extras to be thought :p |
1- DONE 2- DONE (Orange) 3- DONE (configured on mode 9) 4- DONE 5- DONE (Luxeon V) 6- DONE (led4power) 7- DONE (Carclo 10622) 8- DONE 9- DONE (call it “sleeve”) 10- DONE 11- DONE (orange tritium vial) 12- DONE (copper bead + lanyard, wood support, holster) |
From this to that!
MY BALANCE
What can I say?
It turned out better than I could have thought!
In the beginning I had the intention to modify a flashlight, and then I ended up modding it and “building” some other stuff creating a set.
Some important points from this process where I:
- used several tools I had used before and bought new ones and learned how to use them;
- borrowed my father’s help and tools in one occasion;
- worked with materials I never used before, specially leather and waxed thread;
- made some “stitchery” in MtnDon’s words (sewing and stitching) to make the flashlight sleeve;
- made a copper bead;
- installed a tritium vial for the 1st time;
- recycled an old belt to make a holster;
- recurred to BLF members as suppliers of materials for the mod;
- had to improvise to get the job done;
*…had fun and learned
This is it! It’s done now
Now, some photos of the flashlight, the wood support and the holster, and also the beam and the glowing parts
Beam Profile!
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to test it outside, so here are some inside beamshots! (WB 5000K)
To make these beamshots I temporarily configured the flashlight on the mode 8 (8 levels) + moonlight, so below you have 9 beamshots showing the progression of luminosity.
The battery used was a not fully charged Sony VTC6 3000mAh, unprotected.
With a luxmeter, just to show the evolution
In the wood support Note the orangish/reddish glow that comes out of the wood support after the light is shut off
Some beamshots comparing the modded Amutorch VG10 to the:
Skilhunt M150 w/ Luxeon V2 5000K (left) and the Lumintop Tool AA V2.0 Panda White w/ Luxeon V2 3000K (right)
Wuben T050R w/ Samsung LH351D 5000K (left) and the Emisar D4 w/ XP-G2 S4-3D ~5000K (right)
The glowing on the light and the holster. Despite dim, if compared to a green one, the tritium vial is quite nice and in pitch black environment helps to find the flashlight, which is the its main purpose
And now, some glamour photos of the set!
Thanks for the all the comments and tips given here, and thanks for the opportunity to participate in the Old Lumens Flashlight Modders & Builders Challenge 2019 !
I also would like thank to CRX, kiriba-ru, led4power and Lexel for providing invaluable pieces for this mod: without their work, this mod wouldn’t be possible as I imagined it, and I wouldn’t have in hands a dreamed flashlight !!!
To the other contestants involved and still on the run, good luck and good work on your builds and mods, and let’s show how BLF works
Peace & Light!