Home Made Tank Light - The Swan Blaster 260W Short Arc

[lucca brassi]

Great work ! Like it !:thumbsup:

Ma sha1 ... how it works (maybe ) in recoil version using like original parabola mirror ? Worse than classic parabola ?

 

[ma_sha1]

Promising ! Nice reflector! Its a long way between idea and finished light, but hey; it keeps you from building all sorts of lights that you dont actually want..

It's been a long time, two jobs & a new house, but the Swan blaster project must go on!
Those "unwanted" builds provided the funding to sustain the short arc projects

This looks fantastic! oo:

Much looking forward to seeing it in action...

Great work ! Like it !:thumbsup:

Thanks! Hopefully I can finish some massive cutting/grinding & mount the reflector to a collar ring to be made by mag head myself

Great work ! Like it !:thumbsup:
Ma sha1 ... how it works (maybe ) in recoil version using like original parabola mirror ? Worse than classic parabola ?

The re-coil version is interesting, it could be a good light if the reflector is high quality but its' old & the silver coating in the back
is peeling, the spot is "star shaped" sort like a mis-focused Maxa Beam. Still, 16 Million cps from a vintage 8" reflector is not too bad.

To be fair, because the recoil version used dual reflectors, the bad beam spot issue might be from the tiny built-in elliptical reflector, rather than the large 8" vintage glass reflector. I am not sure who's fault but together, they weren't good enough to be the Swan Blaster...

 

[Mr. Tone]

You know your are hoping to get 60" Carbon Arc performance out of something this size, you might as well come out of denial! Although, a new power supply would have to be in order, like a ghostbusters power-pack! Only 250 lbs. and it will run the light for 5 minutes!

 

[BVH]

You know your are hoping to get 60" Carbon Arc performance out of something this size, you might as well come out of denial!

The target for the 60" CA is 800,000,000 CP, right off the manufacturer's plackard, IIRC. Read a newspaper at 5.7 miles. Lumens-wise, somewhere around 491,400 @ 42.5 Lumens per Watt. Probably more because of the Cerium core contained in the positive rod to increase output.

 

[Mr. Tone]

The target for the 60" CA is 800,000,000 CP, right off the manufacturer's plackard, IIRC. Read a newspaper at 5.7 miles. Lumens-wise, somewhere around 491,400 @ 42.5 Lumens per Watt. Probably more because of the Cerium core contained in the positive rod to increase output.

That must have been an unbelievable sight to see when you had that monster. I don't think you could have fired that up anywhere without turning some heads. There isn't really anything out there like it, is there? It is, in a sense, the king of the hill with no regards to size of course.

 

[ma_sha1]

Not targeting Carbon Arc, drawing a line at portability.
I may be addicted, but never in the rehab category :devil:

 

[BVH]

Hmmmm....how should I take that...... Am I a prime candidate for rehab?

 

[ma_sha1]

Hmmmm....how should I take that...... Am I a prime candidate for rehab?

I think you know the answer for that, may I say intensive care unit

 

[ma_sha1]

Small progress made on reflector mouting.

Cut Mad D head into 3 sections:

Two of the sections will be used to sandwich the reflector with the Mag tube being the mounting axis:

One of the mag cut piece was further grind down & is used to connect reflector to lamp mounting rig. Spring loaded Triple screw XYZ adjustment type. This rig came out of a mercury short-arc lamp house, in which it was used to mount a tiny reflector behind the lamp.

The other mag head cut piece is used as a lock ring to lock down the bottom plate using mag tube threaded neck section, so the lamp mounting rig is locked in place.

I think I am almost half way there. Just need to figure out a way to mount the lamp to the bottom plate & present the arc chamber inside the reflector at the right height.

 

[Mr. Tone]

That looks very interesting. What kind of blade is that in your saw? A grinder-type or something else like ceramic tile?

 

[ma_sha1]

That looks very interesting. What kind of blade is that in your saw? A grinder-type or something else like ceramic tile?

It's just a common metal cutting blade from home depot.

 

[Mr. Tone]

Cool. Speaking of Home Depot I got a couple of Maglite 2D LED with the Cree XP-E in it for $15.88 each! What Mag did you sacrifice for your lamp mounting rig? A 3D incan?

 

[ma_sha1]

What Mag did you sacrifice for your lamp mounting rig? A 3D incan?

Yes, it's a 3D Incan. I also just sacrificed a Mag 2C, I cut the tail section & mounted to the bottom plate of the lamp mounting rig.

The Mag C tube goes into the Mag D tube, The C tube will mount the lamp & I'll be able to do focus XYZ adjustments with the tri screw set-up:

My Tri Screw Dual Mag XYZ lamp Mounting rig:

 

[Mr. Tone]

Talk about being resourceful! The Maglites gave up their lives for a good cause. How are you going to mount/adhere the lamp mount to the reflector?

 

[ma_sha1]

Talk about being resourceful! The Maglites gave up their lives for a good cause. How are you going to mount/adhere the lamp mount to the reflector?

Thanks!. The lamp mount to reflector was already done, I has photos in post #29, sorry for not being clear. I cut a mag head, grind it down to a spacer, press fit into the reflector hole & then applied High Temp. (2000F) car exhaust repair putty to perm. attache it. It's the silver core in the center of this photo. Since it has the mag D-head thread, the lamp mounting rig. has a locking ring with mag D tube thread & screws right into it to lock down the lamp mounting rig.

 

[Walterk]

Nice work-around with the Mag-parts!

 

[Mr. Tone]

Ah, very cool on the mounting. What else do you have to do now to get things up and running?

 

[MikeAusC]

It's just a common metal cutting blade from home depot.

Be careful cutting Aluminium with discs for ferrous metals - it can cause them to shatter. Al-specific cutting discs are available.

 

[ma_sha1]

Nice work-around with the Mag-parts!

Thanks!

Ah, very cool on the mounting. What else do you have to do now to get things up and running?

Still a long way to go.

Mounting the lamp first w/o shorting out the leads
Wiring w/o soldering. need ceramic sleeve or high temp. sleeved wires better the Teflon
Fan cooling design & mount etc.

 

[LightSward]

Awesome! Can't wait to see this!