Haaahhhh. And thank you.
Inspired by grimsmo i considered doing a bit of a video log on this but must admit that my conclusion was that it was too involved and would without a doubt take time away from what to me was important. Making the actual flashlights that is.
Having said that i'm no Wintergatan
And i seriously doubt i could bring the perceived energy into the segments to make them worth watching.
You do however have a point. There's plenty of machine shop and knife making youtube channels but there doesn't seem to be much choice for flashaholics. (Not counting the endless infomercials that go for reviews these days)
Status report:
It's now official. Logistics is a major issue
We're still not progressing much as i'm still waiting for the same parts.
I'll get you guys an update on the drill bit holder when it evolves beyond a block of steel but other than that there's no much to show.
It has however made me seriously consider if i should do my own drivers.
My problem however is that there doesn't seem to be much i can bring to the game for what is basically a low powered light and considering the effort involved it doesn't really add up beyond replacing one logistics problem with another.
The work done in the other forum over quite a few years by lots of people in regards to drivers is quite comprehensive and improvements on that is possible but the gains would be negligible.
I do however have a plan B.
If the situation doesn't improve i'll order a bunch on NANJG AK47 drivers hack them a bit and reprogram them for our purpose
I'm basically sold on running moonlight mode through a single 7135 and higher power modes through multiple. It's a simple yet very effective design and since the light isn't designed to put out a million Lumens the 7135s will do the job just fine.
"yea but you have considerable power loss compared to a FET" while this is true the custom flashlights we're seeing here when considering them as a system have other issues in that regard and at the end of the day it's a trade-off.
Live long and prosper.