Thanks Mike
It gave some work to make it fit well (specially in height), but ended up working!
BTW, I found out that working with copper is harder than working with brass.
Drilling and filing brass in another similar mod gave me less work
Yeah, āextremelyā dense form then I wouldnāt like to heat that kind of butter, the teeth would go ānutsā
Working on with a hacksaw, some thin drills and a file was a fine challenge!
Wish I had better tools and I would certainly do some more stuff with thicker rods! (like a pill for my Amutorch VG10, to make it a quad :smiling_imp: )
Add in that slim little percentage of Tellurium to the Copper and once it again it machines like brass. Well worth it if you ask meā¦
On another note, but some machining still involvedā¦ I managed to trade my son a newer light for his Jacob A60 then coaxed 227.5Kcd from the old pencil beam thrower.
Good job on the A60 Dale. I still take its stock 55 kcd (with XR-E led) as my reference point for throwers that I make, to feel good about how much flashlights have improved
What led does it have now?
I machined the emitter shelf to accept a 20mm Noctigon with a White Flat. Using an FET+1 A6 style (that I built) and limiting power through cell choice, currently running a Panasonic PF that gives 6.01A at 4.19V freshly charged. Yeah yeah, I know, I have an LED4Power LD-A4 on the way that I will set to a little lower current to optimize the emitter so improper cell choice wonāt kill it should I forget (and I will!).
When the LD-A4 arrives I plan to make a copper āretaining ringā that will hold the smaller 17mm driver, just replace the very thick aluminum retaining ring with one made from copper that has a shelf for the driver then solder the driver in after installing. (or if I take a notion Iāll make a retaining ring to fit within the retaining ring to hold the driver. Depends on the variablesā¦
I modified the CRX Rotary with a 3K carbon fibre jacket and swapped the XP-L HD 3D emitter for an XP-L HI 3A 5000K as I found the XP-L HD 3D tint to be a little too green on the lower modes so now it's a much nicer creamy white to my eyes.
Copper, Titanium & Carbon Fibre construction Cree XP-L HI v2 3A 5000K emitter GITD O-ring & LED surround 20mm Copper DTP MCPCB 19mm x 8mm solid copper heatsink 20mm x 12mm SMO Reflector 22mm x 2mm dual coated ARC glass Lighted Rotary six mode tail switch & Momentary button Dual colour Tritium indicators Lockout-able Diffuser/ protective carry case Magnetic cell contacts 18350 cell compatible Removable USB charging unit
Modding the UF-C1 (P60) and the Revtronic PT20, to both I added the light cap. The PT20 has already been modified by replacing the reflector with a 120Ā° TIR; I use it only in the house and so is very handy
My friend sent me a Lumintop Tool AA/14500 Ver. 2.0 that arrived yesterday. It had an XP-L HD in it but that didnāt last long, I pulled the pill out, filed off the raised outer edges and filed down a 16mm Noctigon to fit squarely on top of the aluminum pill, then placed a White Flat on the Noctigon. Left the driver alone so it can run AA or 14500 either one. The White Flat makes 538 lumens on a Red Efest 14500 not fully charged and the hot spot is more concentrated with less spill. Works for me!
Convoy S11 with XHP50.2 80 CRI 4000K and 6V 4.8A boost driver. Modes: 0.1A, 0.4A, 2.3A, 5A. On max mode it takes almost 10A from the battery, however that is too much for the switch and the driver warns about low voltage.