kurni said:
Does anybody know a chapstick brand with a clear cap?
My problem is solved; I made a hole at the top of the cap & filled it with a Bumpon
whose adhesive has been removed.
Sorry I don't have any camera, only a mobile phone. I cannot take a proper beamshot because I my mobile phone can only do automatic mode
The beam is smooth; and to my naked eye, I don't see much difference in total output (this of course is a subjective opinion).
Pardon the reflective tiles; I keep my bathroom clean
My tools were nowhere near elegant; I used my wife's nail grinder, some sticky tape & a piece of sand paper. Note the matte finish on the sanded bumpon. Unfortunately the photos couldn't show the pattern, but when I looked closely, it was circular because the sand paper was rotated by the nail grinder. The center was not actually grinded because the sandpaper was floppy; it couldn't stay at right angle while spinning. So I had a non-matte circle, whose diameter was 1mm, right in the middle. The circular pattern allowed the beam to be a nice circle, unlike the ellipse that scotch tape threw.
Note the white area at the lip of E1; my cap happened to be quite tight, so I cut it rather short; otherwise it would be too hard to put on & take off.
I was lucky to have the hole almost as wide as the Bumpon, so by pressing it against a hard surface (the flat side was outside), it stayed securely in the hole. The elasticity bit the 2 components together. The next photo showed the Bumpon at the bottom, note the cavity between the dome & the cap begged to be filled with adhesive. I didn't know what adhesive was suitable; I remembered super glue frosted plastic. I already had an even circular matte, I didn't want want to frost it with super glue.
This is how the unit looked from the top; the flat & shiny surface levelled with the lip of the cap. If I want the throw, I just take the cap off & plug it at the tail.
I'm happy