Nope. I don’t use that very often.
Some brass tube & stuff.
Cut a bit of spare MDF, put leather on it, then loaded the strop with red compound (sold as 1K grit on AliExpress).
This is a compact strop for smaller knives and more for on-to-go use in a backpack.
Need to heat up the compound more to make the wax sticky.
This is also the first time I used Shoe Goo as the binding agent between leather and MDF, it is superior to the glues I have tried before!
Soldered up and programmed a new “smart” tailcap today; this one is for 14500 lights. Swapped out a friend’s Booster Tail for this one since he always uses his Sofirn SF14 with li-ions (with AA/NiMH the flashlight will still work of course, just not the tailcap now). It has 6 LEDs and uses them to display battery status.
First battery in the video was at 4.07 V, the second was at 3.55 V.
saved today myself 800€ getting an Upgrade Hack on my Power supplies
Those smart tailcaps are fun 
Did another Q8 bypass today. I always like how these turn out since there is a nice hole to feed the wire through and solder from the back. They have really good flexibility this way and just look nice and clean.
A fuel gauge with no more counting blinkies. Nice :+1: This has got to be the next “it” tailcap mod.
Convoy T2: XP-G3 5000K with BLF A6 Driver, doing 1150 Lumen at start.
old Long Range Tactical (from Banggood) with XHP50.2 5000K and F6 5A, doing 2000 Lumen.
I like Luxpro lights for burning off “dead” alkaleaks, and this critter that takes 2 D cells, an LP1101V2, is a nice beefy light in most ways, but has a front “glass” that’s actually plastic. :person_facepalming:
Wellp, I couldn’t abide that, so decided to stick in a glass replacement from FT for about a buk, and slap on some diffusion film to smooth out the XP-G3’s hideous beam.
It’s a pretty standard ⌀42mm×1.5mm glass, same size as from a C8. Drops right in (albeit a little snug getting past the threads), loads just like a S2+, pressed from behind by the reflector against an O-ring set into the front bezel.
Nice light, actually. Even if you’re not gonna use alkaleaks (ie, you’re sane), you can get a pair of 3AA-to-D adapters and drop in a bunch of eneloops in a 2S3P configuration, and you’re good to go.
That’s what I’m using to burn off moribund alkaleaks (ie, sanity’s in question), but watching them carefully and checking them frequently.
It’s not a screamer, but for a good backup light, it’s quite nice.
Hmm, I might wanna throw in a nice fat XP-L if I can find one in 4C or thereabouts… I might even have a 5A.
Will see about doing that tonight if I find one.
My RRT01 2019 version :
SST20 3000K, triple MCPCB from KD (1mm thick) and their optic (really smooth beam), plus a small alu spacer that I made today at work.
I had to add some length to the stock wires, but the good news is that the stock pill already have a 4mm hole right in the center.
It’s not waterproof anymore, I like when the optic sits flush in the bezel but it’s doable with an o-ring too.
I love it already.
Oh, it does 600 lumens on the highest mode too… not too shabby for a 95CRI 3000K source !
(the precedent LH351D with stock reflector was about 470 lumens, talk about low current efficiency !)
I changed the look of my Q8 since I wasn’t a fan of the black, and green button LED. It now has a more industrial look with the bare aluminium and warm white LED. I am quite pleased with how steampunk’y it now looks!
Considering the popularity of the Q8 i’m surprised I haven’t recalled ever seeing this yet. I think the switch color really ties it together
Likewise - I’ve seen hardly anything in the way of visual mods.
this Q8 looks so cool, very extreme.
Nice mod. Thank you for the informative pictures. I may try SST-20 in my RRT01, when I get it. For me, the difficulty would be sourcing a spacer. And finding an SST-20 tint that agrees with me.
hcanning, how did you remove the anodization?
Oven cleaner!
Polished raw BLF A6 with OSRAM KW CSLPM1.TG and Convoy SST-40 driver. LED gasket from intl-outdoor. Armytek clip and transparent boot. 6.8A max tail current on turn on.
Any measurement ? Lumens ? kCd ?
Nice clean look at least !