Glad you got well taken care of.
Maybe buy some nice gloves ?
Be gentle with yourself, take time to heal. 
Thanksā¦and I think I can picture that whole process. I thought Iād ask just because holding washers is such a general PITA even piddling around with hand work, so I was just curious how you went about it. Nice work, that step looks great (the embiggened head as well).
Sixteen grand, yeowch. You could buy a cheap prosthetic for that almostā¦Robo Modder!
Currently away so no modding gear, however, curiosity got the better of me and I dedomed the 4000k 519a Iād previously reflowed into my Sofirn SP10ā¦ forgot to take photos, by eye it seems the CCT is similar to warm white LED bulbs, c.2700kā¦
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Usually the compound rest / compound slide is a weak point on the small lathes. Many people only use this for threading operations and leave it removed for other turning and especially for parting operations. A toolpost can be mounted directly to the cross slide. Here is a thread about this.
The cross slide gibs can be cleaned up / flattened and tightened and you shouldnāt have much issues here.
A ācarriage lockā should be added if not already present to prevent movement of the carriage during part off operations.
With those changes, you should have no problems performing part off operations, assuming proper machining practice is being employed.
Could very well be that having no practical training there are things I simply do not know to do.
I researched exhaustively early on but of course the past few years there have been obstacles.
Never thought about removing the compound slide, much quicker to simply turn to a hack saw then clean up the part. Cheating, and more dangerous most likely.
domed 519a with positive duv 0.0035:
dedomed gives slightly negative duv -0.0024, I like it much better
Gloves are a no-no with spinning tools like that.
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that makes sense
thanks for the education
No gloves, long sleeves, rings, watches, long hair, necktiesā¦
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No distractions. Focus reigns supreme.
Mostly, I donāt even listen to music unless Iām doing something mind-numbing.
An S2 body seems like it would be a nice host for a higher output laser.
Can multi-mode drivers operate them at lower outputs?
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Sofirn HS10 w glow ring added to mcpcb 
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Nice! Impressive little thing!
Lumintop EDC15 modified to 519A 5000K + 15Ā° TIR
The stock Osram was not great and the stock TIR was probably 60Ā° and was way too floody. Candela to lumen ratio was 1.6:1, thatās more diffuse than my H600Fc (I measure about a 2:1 cd:lm).
Dropped in a 519A 5000K and also a 15Ā° 17mm TIR. TIR without the white plastic holder is 15mm diameter. I chopped off the top part of the holder so I could use the bottom part which keeps the TIR at the correct height.
After the mod I get around 250lm on turbo (with NiMH) and 1000 candela. So, a 4:1 cd:lm ratio. Much more usable. For comparison, cd:lm ratio with 519A and stock TIR was 0.8:1
Note: I didnāt bother checking the LED polarity before reflowing because I just check with a bench power supply after and then solder the LED wires accordingly.
My reflow technique on these small MCPCBs is to set the soldering station to 390F and hold the tip to either of the voltage pads (with the MCPCB removed from the pill/shelf). Pretty simple reflow.
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Why they donāt fix the album faction, so we donāt have to post a simple link or 5 - 10 - 15 separated links a the timeā¦ and donāt fill the threads with photosā¦ !?
Nice modification by the way !
useful idea, thanks 
congrats on your 519a mod
its a great LED
I just did a post edit because I forgot to mention to first remove the MCPCB from the pill/shelf. I then place it on my silicone solder mat (after cleaning the old thermal paste). I donāt want anyone to cook their driver trying to reflow while in the host.
Iāve even done this technique on Noctigon quad MCPCBs. It just takes a higher temp and more time.
Oh, and I donāt even bother with solder paste. I melt some regular 63/37 solder on the LED pads. Let cool slightly then add some extra flux from a syringe. Then add the LEDs and reflow.
very creativeā¦ thanks for sharing options
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