Another homemade head lamp

[capo]

here is the lamp iam working on it:

2x sscp4 led,
1x 15 and 1x 45 degree lens
alu case
Petzl headband
BFlex driver
3s 18650 battery pack

 

[ahorton]

That looks great. Any chance of some closer pics of the head unit and your 18650 cell holder? I like how slim it looks at the front.

What is the mass of the head?

Is the silvery cover in the first pic just for protection of the optics?

 

[gillestugan]

Looks good. Can you switch between the leds?
Did you buy the headband as a spare part, or did you cannibalize a lamp?
Are you happy with the lamp-band mount?

 

[capo]

- silvery in first picture is pure alu, then I eluxate it on black,
- leds are serial conected, so I cant switch between them,
- I Buy hadband as a spare part on eb.., and It s ok for my use of lamp
- mass of lamp withouth battery pack is 140 g, but you must know that leds will be driven in hi with 500mA or 750mA (iam stell testing that-probabli will be 500mA enought) where they produce a lot of heat

 

[f22shift]

looks so professional

 

[gillestugan]

Did you anodise it yourself? That is quite impressive. Please let us have a closer look at the surface. Looks so good.

Is it the Tikka Adapt kit you use? I didnt recognize the mount, but maybe you made yourself a whole new mount.

 

[capo]

I use some U alu profil and some plastic part from sigma helmet mount

and its work, I must only change the screv with black one

 

[gillestugan]

That is beautiful!
Are you going to put the switch and driver in the batterypack? It doesn't seem to be room for them in the aluminum housing.

 

[boonsht]

Very nice! Beamshots please

 

[Lightcrazycanuck]

Great Job:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[rocker_]

Looking for spare parts, headband and such, for making my own headlamp, but haven't been able to find anything on ebay. Maybe someone could point me in the right direction!?

Thanks!

 

[capo]

here you have, but it isnt cheap:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PETZL-MULTI-M...14&_trkparms=72:1298|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

easiest way is that you buy some cheap head light from china and use hedaband. On dealextreme you have a lot of them

 

[Blindasabat]

Looks very nice.
Are you just using pressed in optic holders for the optics? Are you sealing them somehow?

 

[capo]

I seale them with two compound glue.
Iam still waiting for driver wich I will get at the end of the week, than I post some beamshots.

I have canon s3-must i set some special setings so that the picturs will be more realistic.

 

[Blindasabat]

I like your HL idea of simplicity with the heatsink is open to the air. I am working on a bike helmet design that will be adaptable to just about any star mounted LEDs and a range of optics (I much prefer for biking) and reflectors. Simple, cheap, & easy to build.

I have a Canon S3 too. Set the mode dial to P. In the Function menu set White balance (will probably show as 'AWB' (auto is default) on the left side when you hit Function) to Daylight. Best to put the camera on a tripod or at least put it down as it will try to take a looooong exposure - even too long for the S3's Image Stabilization to handle if hand held unless you are shooting up close.