WildRice
Flashlight Enthusiast
I hate tempting people, But I am on my backup computer with no way to get the pics off my camera, and my 2yr old 'hid' the ball from my trackball, so I am 'tabbin' it tonight. Well I got my flashlight in the mail today, for those of you who saw the earlier post, the lens in the front acts like a 2x lens for the shiny 'silver' reflector. I have been cleaning the metal parts with polish to get 80years of gunk off it. The reflector was the easiest to clean. I ended up cutting the back of the reflector off where the bulb screwed in to mount a 1W star close to the focal point. I decided to leave the stock 2x 'D' battery configuration. I used a boost board from a 1x"AA" dorcy, puts about 375-400mA to the star. I epoxied this on the back of the star and actually use the (+)positive of the boost board to connect to the battery. The throw is a little better then the stock bulb that was in it, but the color is WAY better. Aside from looking directally in the front, it looks stock. I also put some blue glow-poxy around the emitter.
I hope to get some pics and beamshots up soon. I think this might be a new fancy for me to mod OLD lights. Early 19th century design, early 20th centruy technology.
Jeff
I hope to get some pics and beamshots up soon. I think this might be a new fancy for me to mod OLD lights. Early 19th century design, early 20th centruy technology.
Jeff