My 2 beefy (75W+) projects (Lots of pics, not finished)

Cheers!

I decided, that I have too less beefed up flashlights - so I firstly ordered some triple XP-G2 Noctigons and got inspirated by another thread.

The first Mod is a standard-King (one of the fake XP-L ones from FT) on which I did a spring Mod: King Spring mod - What do you think? because it will be driven by the King FET driver from RMM.

First thing: I realised that my lathe is way too small for 65mm*100mm material :stuck_out_tongue:

If it looks stupid, but does work, itā€™s not stupid.

Takes a while and the surface looks awful, but it works.

finished pretty nicely:

Meanwhile, the LEDs arrived:

Pill glued into place with Arctic Alumina - the LEDs are just for testing the currect height

I ordered some optics (could swear that I have 6 lying around here somewhere, but I canā€™t find them) and will order the driver, then my 12*Nichia King has a bigger brother :wink:

The next Project - inspirated by this Post by Cloner: COB LED Flashlight?

I have a TR-J20 aka ā€œThe Plungerā€ for a long time, but rarely use it.
So, I choose this one to mod - with a NW 100W LED (extremely nice btw. perfectly NW, no greenish or yellowish tint and a good CRI).

So, first, the 12 XM-Ls had to go:

Then, I took that 65mm aluminum from the King mod and chopped another spacer off it:

A fitting groove in the head - so that itā€™s aluminum-to-aluminum and also sits 100% central (And the surface wasnā€™t that even before)

The LED is a bit too big - but I donā€™t have bigger material than 65mm (On this pic, the LED isnā€™t glued on)

It lives :smiley:

Head (of course) heats up very quickly, which shows me that the thermal path is good.

Lok at it. LOOK AT IT! Thatā€™s what I call a flooder :smiley:

For this light, I too need a driver. I will go for the ā€œLed Senser Xtreme R.2ā€ - then this light should have an output around 75W.
Or if someone has a good driver solution, Iā€™m open for all :slight_smile:

So far - Now I have to wait for the drivers (But first, I have to wait for the money to buy the drivers :P).
Canā€™t wait to see both in action.

It will be interesting to see the outcome of that big flooder!

I love the circular blade adaptation :)