Sold/Expired Large Maglite tubes?

[b1029384756]

I'm interested in having a Maglite tube made that appears to be stock and could accommodate stock parts from a 6D such as head, tailcap, and switch, but would like it in a 10D or possibly 12D size. I'm wondering if anyone here could make one and how much it would cost.

 

[Juggernaut]

I'm interested in having a Maglite tube made that appears to be stock and could accommodate stock parts from a 6D such as head, tailcap, and switch, but would like it in a 10D or possibly 12D size. I'm wondering if anyone here could make one and how much it would cost.

Me To:twothumbs! I am also interested, if the price isn't to bad I'll figure out how long I want it after talking to Malakoff about what he can set up an LED drop-in to take, thanks😀.

 

[Illum]

I wonder if the Mag body has enough material left to reduce/enlarge to simulate the threading on the P body...does someone have dimensions of the 6P they can share?

 

[Alan B]

I wonder if the Mag body has enough material left to reduce/enlarge to simulate the threading on the P body...does someone have dimensions of the 6P they can share?

I think the 6p will disappear inside the M@g.

 

[Illum]

I think the 6p will disappear inside the M@g.

can you tell I don't own a 6P:nana:

 

[lctorana]

I'm interested in having a Maglite tube made that appears to be stock and could accommodate stock parts from a 6D such as head, tailcap, and switch, but would like it in a 10D or possibly 12D size. I'm wondering if anyone here could make one and how much it would cost.

I'd be in for one too, but air freight to Australia would be crippling.

 

[paulr]

I think I saw something a while back, someone made a threaded coupling sleeve that allowed joining two mag tubes together, so you could make a 12D out of two 6D's.

 

[Armed_Forces]

Paul, the OP wants a one piece tube so that he can fend off bears! 😱oo:



A threaded joint right smack in the middle of 12(!)D batteries just won't do in those circumstances.






*edit* LINK for the doubters!

 

[Alan B]

I'm interested in having a Maglite tube made that appears to be stock and could accommodate stock parts from a 6D such as head, tailcap, and switch, but would like it in a 10D or possibly 12D size. I'm wondering if anyone here could make one and how much it would cost.

This is a job any machine shop can do. You might want to investigate your local machine-shops if you don't get a response here.

To get the prices down you could arrange a batch of them to be done at once. There appears to be some interest on the forums here.

You might consider C instead of D. The C cell NiMH are much less expensive, and the tube walls could be a little thicker for extra strength without the weight getting as heavy.

 

[fivemega]

I'm interested in having a Maglite tube made that appears to be stock and could accommodate stock parts from a 6D such as head, tailcap, and switch, but would like it in a 10D or possibly 12D size. I'm wondering if anyone here could make one and how much it would cost.

Making a one piece 12D M*g body (excluding head, bezel and tail cap) will cost you more than US$500
I guarantee this.

 

[Armed_Forces]

Making a one piece 12D M*g body (excluding head, bezel and tail cap) will cost you more than US$500
I guarantee this.

..curious, is it the set-up (one-off) cost? or the size of the lathe and tooling needed because of the length that makes the price so high?

 

[Alan B]

Making a one piece 12D M*g body (excluding head, bezel and tail cap) will cost you more than US$500
I guarantee this.

If one costs $500, how about ten? The costs for the first one are high, but a batch might not be so bad (per unit).

Is this because available tubing does not fit and it must be deep bored?

Is this due to the difficulty of knurling, etc such a long tube that is not stiff enough?

 

[paulr]

There was an old Cold Steel 7AA light with tremendously thick, heavy tubing, and Mr. Bulk made a M*g extension inspired by it called "Assault and batteries". Maybe that would fulfill the OP's requirements.

A 12D M*g for outdoor use sounds ridiculously impractical. How would you even carry it? Its length would be unwieldy and it would weigh a ton. I carried a regular 3D M*g a few blocks to fix a car once, and the weight was pretty annoying even for that short distance on easy terrain (sidewalk). If you haven't carried a 6D Mag into the environment where you want to take this 12D, I suggest doing so before pursuing the 12D further.

Streamlight makes some large rechargeables that might be of interest. I think an SL35 is about as large as a 6D M*g.

 

[b1029384756]

I use a 6D right now and that's why I'm unsatisfied and want a bigger one. I have no problems with its size and don't think I'd mind carrying something more. I carry it with me through nighttime hikes in the woods and wouldn't want it for mountaineering but for short walks of under a couple miles or so, it's quite useful. I didn't realize they're so expensive to make...maybe with everyone here interested in buying one, we could do a group purchase somehow?

And bears are one reason but not the primary reason, something to deter or possibly protect against predators of the two legged variety is very useful as well in jurisdictions where almost anything else is illegal to have. Not to mention having longer battery life simply due to more of them. And the undeniable cool factor of having such a light can't be ignored either.

I didn't think to check with local machine shops, but I wouldn't know what to ask for. Just telling them, "I need a replacement tube for a Maglite to convert it to a 12D", they probably wouldn't know what to do. I wouldn't know what specs to give them, either, so I was hoping there'd be people here that are experts in both flashlights and machining. One of my friends was a machinist for years and I'm sure has the skills but not access to the tools and equipment anymore.

 

[Armed_Forces]

..hang on a sec. I've got the perfect tailcap for your project!

 

[Armed_Forces]

OK, found it!

M@g lite rolling off the table? Introducing the "Bolt Cap"

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:devil:

 

[jasonck08]

You would be much better off getting someone to re-thread a 5D or 6D body, and use two 5D's or 2x 6D's. This would cost less than $50 to extend a 5 or 6D to a 10 or 12D.

 

[b1029384756]

If it makes it resemble a weapon (more so than such a light already would), that'd be counterproductive because I want to have one of these but not be locked up on a weapons charge again, that'd make $500 seem like a drop in the bucket with legal defense fees and even just having it confiscated would be pretty disappointing. With something like that, even if you win, you still lose.

 

[b1029384756]

Interesting cap, trying not to mess with the stock appearance too much to avoid as much suspicion as I could with one of them, though. I don't foresee much of a problem with it rolling around either, but it's good to know.

I was considering extensions for sale in the marketplace here but didn't stop to think that they'd weaken it and it could break. So attaching two tubes together wouldn't really be any better.

 

[b1029384756]

Apologies for triple posting, but just thought that maybe some of the other posters interested in having one could also check with local machine shops about prices on a group buy, unless someone here is able to make a small quantity of them that is, and then holding off until enough people actually want to buy one? I couldn't do it because I just don't have the money up front to arrange all of that, but I'm sure if another poster who's already established on this forum and therefore much more trusted than myself were to do it, we could all send money to him when we have enough people and it's time to buy it?