Yeah, too bad these weren’t available when I was designing the Syniosbeam They do look very good quality.
Thanks
Ok thanks for the update, that’s what I thought.
Unfortunate that the edmund optics reflectors didn’t work out.
If you want to go big (since you’re not making a portable flashlight) the same seller on ebay has 476mm parabolic reflectors too, you don’t need to limit yourself to 280mm
You should get close to 30Mcd with this setup!
PS- I would recommend that you use an NH-D15 heatsink instead of your current heatsink for better cooling performance, you should be able to drive the LED at 40-50 amps and get even more power.
Thanks for letting us know.
I have one question about it. I contacted them asking how deep it is and they replied very quickly saying its 1 7/8 inch deep. If it has a 4 inch focus length, does that mean that the led would have to be mounted almost 2 inches in front of the rim rather then below it like your one is? and there by letting some light escape?
Yes there will be some light escaping, very little though.
You can use this calculator to estimate the performance and lumen collection and all that stuff.
The reflector I have with 3” focal length has the outer edge about .5” from the LED plane, so it collects a more extreme angle of light (which is what makes it very difficult to focus)
This 4” FL reflector will collect 85% of light instead of 96% like mine, which is a very small difference, and I think it’s worth it for the improvement in focusing ease.
I ordered one of those glass lenses, will see how it is soon! so that everyone knows, the seller has more sizes than what they have listed so you just need to ask.
Did some late-night soldering, got a bunch of the electronics done for the second syniosbeam (let’s call this one the luminusbeam? )
16 AWG bypasses on all battery carriers, since this unit could run up to 200W of power.
Got a brand new digital soldering station too, the Weller 1010, works great and has 70W of power at an affordable price.
About time I got myself a decent soldering iron, I’ve been using a 30W potato for the past decade :person_facepalming:
First thing that comes to mind looking at your picture is this, synchrotron.
Good to see you have a good iron to work with now. Put a big chisel tip on it and you wont know yourself.