Thanks Mike.
The discs were cut out of a solid plate of alloy by hand - my labor charge could kill the deal for you
The driver is an early revision, not 100% the same as the final Q8 board, but I could probably give some thoughts on Narsil over in the Q8 thread
Thanks.
Most of them were cooked from the initial reflow, so yes, I replaced all of them. Fortunately the XP-G3âs are fairly inexpensive!
I guess it would work fine with an adjustable temp iron, but not with my old dogâŚ
Thanks Tom.
The driver was slightly larger than the head ID, so I just filed it down until it was a nice fit.
It would be nice to have some type of retainer ring, or tabs with mounting screws.
You sir need some serious help of the professional kind. If you hear a knock on the door just go with the flow.
Orsm job especially flattening tube out and then polishing it like you have. Its a shame you dont know someone with a lathe that could of machined the aluminium heat discs, plates out for you.
Its orsm to see this up and running and thanks for the pictures. Top job. :+1:
And here I thought my next project was going to be cool⌠Am I allowed to make a âflashlightâ the size of a trashcan to compete with this kind of stuff?
FmC, that is awesome work! I think what I like the best is the view from the topâŚthe wires, Noctigon boards, copper plate and screws. None of itâs hidden. When somebody looks at it you can be like, yeah, I made that.
Yep, I like the open style look to it as well. That reminded me of Mattausâ Medusa.
It took a little measuring to get the correct stack-height, & I was lucky to have the correct combination of metals on hand to add up to the right thickness.
Iâm sure one of the lathe guys who are doing the custom pills would be able to knock out an alloy slug of your dimensions easily.