Boomer8404
Newly Enlightened
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- Sep 24, 2014
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I had an extra 6P and an extra 18650 laying around, and I know I'm not the only one who hates buying CR123's. I have some RCR123's, but those are tasked to other lights, and I wanted a backup that could be used with all three types of batteries if needed.
I watched a youtube video of a guy who used the "sandpaper wrapped around a taped up socket extension in a power drill method." Well suffice it to say after 2 house of getting after it w/ 80 grip emry paper and a corded power drill, very little progress had been made. So I decided to just go chuck it up in my old Atlas/Craftsman lathe and bore it out, which took maybe 30 minutes to do including setup. Don't asking me why I decided to use the sandpaper & power drill method, maybe it was because I wanted to sit on my butt watching a movie, lol!
I don't know the actual measurement of metal removed because of the sanding I did before taking it to the lathe, and I didn't measure it either. I figure though, I opened the bore diameter up by at least .040" or so, just enough for the 18650 freely slide in and not be snug. I had to do it in two operations, flipping the body, because my boring bar is too short to make a full pass through the bore.
But, it works though, w/ a cheap Chinese ebay special LED 650 lumen drop-in!
P.S. I will post some pics later, my internet at work in trolling me and I can't pull up photobucket.
I watched a youtube video of a guy who used the "sandpaper wrapped around a taped up socket extension in a power drill method." Well suffice it to say after 2 house of getting after it w/ 80 grip emry paper and a corded power drill, very little progress had been made. So I decided to just go chuck it up in my old Atlas/Craftsman lathe and bore it out, which took maybe 30 minutes to do including setup. Don't asking me why I decided to use the sandpaper & power drill method, maybe it was because I wanted to sit on my butt watching a movie, lol!
I don't know the actual measurement of metal removed because of the sanding I did before taking it to the lathe, and I didn't measure it either. I figure though, I opened the bore diameter up by at least .040" or so, just enough for the 18650 freely slide in and not be snug. I had to do it in two operations, flipping the body, because my boring bar is too short to make a full pass through the bore.
But, it works though, w/ a cheap Chinese ebay special LED 650 lumen drop-in!
P.S. I will post some pics later, my internet at work in trolling me and I can't pull up photobucket.