What did you mod today?

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
9163

Thanks, very happy with the result.
I let a colleague copy the pinkpanda spacer from my regular rrt01 on his lathe.
I reduced the optic using a rotary tool.

9164

Great to hear you managed to make it happen, and that it fitsā€¦ your TiTriple looks Awesome!

Major respect to pinkpanda, his legacy lives on :beer:
sw35k 9080:

9165

:slight_smile: Very nice mod!
Iā€™m happy to see this light with a nice upgrade.
Good job Franck :+1:

9166

thanks for making it possible

a hint about picture quotingā€¦ the last pic in a quote needs a space after the !
then it works

definitely worth requoting those picsā€¦ they are outstanding, so is the light :slight_smile:

9167

I know that probably most of you tried this before. Like 7 years ago. But I had to try it myself.

Itā€™s MT-G2 Q0 in OP reflector. The host is ThorFire C8S with H1-A driver.

Hotspot and corona are creamy white :heart_eyes: , spill has a just a tad higher duv, nothing crazy like XHP-xx or even XM-L2. Very, very satisfying build.

9168

C8S is a sweet host and that deal that came up from the ThorFire rep on the forum was too good to pass up. Larger driver, tail standing and thumb compatible switch, nice machining.

Your build looks nice!

9169

I really like C8S as a host :slight_smile:

Thanks :beer:

9170

Since I dislike low CRI CW and since the UV light of the K3 lite is too easily activated, it got a SST-20@4000K (main, for a little more throw) and a 219B sw45k D200 because everything else is red or rosy, too.

Not a nice mod. Fitorch lived up to the RoHS regulation and used leadfree solder. Melted at approx. 230 Ā°C :weary: Taking this apart is also not nice :confounded:

Edit:

Armytek Zippy. The 5000K Nichia 219C is a little tilted. I never before reflow over a candle. May fail or not, LED swap is easy enough for a second try.

Good news for SP40 users: 219B with no beam artifacts :smiley:

Donā€™t know if turbo is healthy for the LED, probably not, but color is still ok.

9171

I found out the 17mm forward clicky from mountain electronics will fit a Lumintop Tool AA with some dremeling to reduce the diameter a little bit. I used an old surefire switch boot with no nub and itā€™s worked great so far.

9172

Welcome to BLF, 1313! Youā€™ve been here 6 months and this is your first post?

9173

Iā€™m willing to pretend the last 6 months didnā€™t happen!

9174

Yep, 2020 has been a rough year.

9175

:+1: I read a lot and post very little.

Also swapped Osram W2s into a FW3A, my first emitter swap. I love the W2 emitter. Love the torch labs clips too. Their 1ā€ clip just took a little sanding on the inner diameter to fit and the Convoy had to be drilled and tapped. The convoy next to the FW3A was modded by Skylumen with an sbt90.

9176

Looks good :wink:
BTW, are you using Carclo 10507 or 10511?

9177

:+1: 10507, I think its my favorite.

9178

Nice, it will also give it some throw! :wink: Well done!!

9179

Greetings 1313.

Nice work on the Tool and the FW3A.

Would love to see some beam comparisons of the W2 against whatever you have that might compare well.

9180

Beasmshots to follow, thanks for the feedback :beer:

This is the switch I used for the Tool AA 2.0. Not the prettiest work but dropped right in afterwards.

9181

Finally have a warm thrower. XPL HD 3000k in a Astrolux C8. Too lazy to slice it so itā€™ll stay an HD. And itā€™s not as warm as I thought it would be. Kinda disappointed but also happy about it.

9182

I was organizing pics and noticed this solder problem.
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Thinking it may cause this.

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So I purchased this to maybe prevent a repeat.

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