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Builds that are just not straight forward:
Building a high CRI flashlight with copper mounted sinkpad. Price about 4$ (with beam/CRI shots)
Basically, mounting a Nichia 119 on some copper pieces, the harder way…
Saik SA-305 rebuild. The Fat Flooder!
5x XP-Gs, oversized pill, 32600 battery (or 3xAA)
Rebuilding a vintage German WWII Daimon with modern LED
1 XM-L, 4XAA, fairly stock looking
Making a cheap 3xAA sized P60 host
Super cheap and easy with the right tools, but does not use a stock P60 reflector.
Making a cheap bling AA sized P60 host
Super cheap and easy with the right tools, but does not use a stock P60 reflector.
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DIY:
Making Nichia 119 MCPCB - The easy way
How I re-flow emitters on a cooking plate
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Various:
New 612 Mod and Review
Modified pill for 20mm Copper mcpcb. Swapped out emitter, driver and lens.
Post about how I modded my ZY-T13 with a trim-pot
Mostly explained with a few pictures.
TR-3T6 mod (Wallbuys lights, not the most common driver)
This thread is a bit messy. Started out as a resistor mod thread where I ended up to replace the driver and emitters to get the the desired output, modes and tint. Which basically was the plan from the beginning.