Surefire Tritium Torch

[DaFABRICATA]

I was messing around with some randon parts and put together a Tritium torch.
Inspired by Photonfanatics Tritium torches..:thumbsup:
Just no where near as cool or beautiful.

I used an 11mm Blue Tritium Sphere, and used the bezel and collar from the X200, topped with an E2D crenalated Bezel.
Both sides feature a domed window from the E2L.
The X200 side uses an KL1 TIR optic, and the E2D side uses an mini-mag reflector with the opening enlarged to fit the trit.

The Beamshot:

 

[darkzero]

Awsome, I love it! Great work Tim. :thumbsup:

More action shots please! :popcorn:

 

[monkeyboy]

That looks pretty cool.

Beamshots!
:whistle:

 

[DaFABRICATA]

Hey Will!

Heres the action shot you requested..:laughing:


monkeyboy,

Beamshot added to first post..

 

[Kiessling]

Cool ! :crackup:

Guess it really hurts when thrown at someone with those teeth :D
The first tritium tactical light.

 

[JohnTz]

Now THAT is cool! Great job!

 

[Phredd]

Very nice. Glad to see you got the tritium sphere in tact. How do you hold the sphere in the head? Is it glued to the reflector? And what did you do with the rest of the X200?

Phredd

 

[toby_pra]

Wow really great idea!:grin2:

 

[MSaxatilus]

Tim,

That Rocks! Great job. :devil:

MSax

 

[effulgentOne]

and it still says "Caution Hot Surface" too. :crackup:

 

[deusexaethera]

Somebody needs to offer to engrave a Radiation symbol on this bad boy.

Where do you get tritium spheres from?

 

[KDOG3]

Wow! Do they have the tritium in white?

 

[Illum]

yes...but so far I've only seen them in large vials and only b@rt knows where to find it. No balls though:(

 

[deusexaethera]

Wow! Do they have the tritium in white?

"The tritium" by itself is a colorless, odorless, explosive gas, because it's just hydrogen with too many neutrons. The marker is basically a fluorescent lightbulb that's powered by nuclear radiation instead of electricity (which works pretty well, because when tritium radiates, it spits out electrons).

The reviews I've read suggest that the combination of phosphors needed to produce white light ends up decreasing the overall brightness of the marker to the point that it's barely usable as a projected light source. The thing about a single-color marker is you can at least get good brightness contrast between white paper and black text, because the brightness is much higher. Blue works especially well for this purpose because your eyes are designed to see at dawn/dusk using nothing but dim blue light.

Ice-blue instead of dark blue would be nice; it's easier to see, and brighter too.

 

[deusexaethera]

Cool ! :crackup:

Guess it really hurts when thrown at someone with those teeth :D
The first tritium tactical light.

I bet you could ruin someone's day with it if you attached it to a long pocket-watch chain and used it as a flail.

 

[s4biturbo]

wow! this is really cool!

 

[MrNaz]

I, too, would like to know where you got the tritium sphere from! They'd make for some awesome mod ideas!
- MrNaz.

 

[DaFABRICATA]

I found this one for sale in the Marketplace.
Try posting a "Want To Buy" and you might get lucky.

B@rt also had a feeler several months ago.
There may be a few people that back out on there orders, so keep a watchful eye in the marketplace around April.

Once my eyes are adjusted to the dark, its amazing how well this works!:thumbsup:

Now to find a "Host" for my 18mm sphere...:)

 

[deusexaethera]

I'll host it for you...

 

[gsxrac]

WOW!!! I think its time to start shopping for parts :huh: