Modders challenge...

[LightChucker]

It appears to be quite old and made of heavy brass. It has no bulb and I doubt that you could find a bulb to fit it. The bezel can be twisted, so it must have been possible to focus it.

Any ideas on how this could be made into something that produces light? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Chuck

 

[Greta]

Uh... isn't that a nozzle for a hose? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[raggie33]

rofl thats what i thought it was to

 

[yclo]

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Sasha said:
Uh... isn't that a nozzle for a hose? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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In the eyes of the general public, yes... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[vcal]

Liquid photons? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/huh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Rothrandir]

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i've actually given though to modding a garden hose nozzle before! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif

 

[Sigman]

Doesn't M@g have a patent on that? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Stainless]

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Sigman said:
Doesn't M@g have a patent on that? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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LOL - sometimes this place just cracks me up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

P.S. LightChucker: Check out "The Sandwich Shoppe" You probally won't find OEM replacement parts, but you might at least get your "restoration project" off to a good start.

 

[LightChucker]

Boy, you guys are too sharp - couldn't fool anyone!

But, ya know, I am kind of surprised that someone hasn't actually converted a garden hose nozzle into a flashlight.

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Chuck

 

[PaulW]

Very good, Chuck. Actually it's a great idea. If Ginseng can make a light out of a squash, someone can make a light out of garden hose hardware -- if not this nozzle, perhaps some other sprinkling mechanism.

How about one of those soft-spray heads on the end of a long aluminum tube that are used for watering potted plants? I wonder if you could fit 123s in the aluminum tube. I wonder if a Mag reflector would fit in the head? Hmmm.

Paul

 

[Lighthouse]

Hey LightChucker,

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Reckon it would handle the thermal output of a 5W LED with all that nice brass thermal mass. Now the trick is to find an appropriate battery housing to attach to it. I s'pose (that for kicks and grins) one could find a short piece of garden hose, stick in some AA's until you got the right voltage, run a wire down the inside of the hose to get the other battery terminal and use the modular approach. You could have different lengths of hose for different voltages...hey, with a little forethought you could probably even run batteries in parallel and/or in series parallel.

That stuff is all the easy part though /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Now you'd have to name it. Around here, that can take some doing. LOL

Hmmm... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif IRRC, I hear that there is only one known LightChucker around...maybe you could convince him to let you call it the
ta-da "LightChucker" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Then you can have fun figuring out monikers for all of the "battery tube adaptions" that the "Elsie Company" (a reverse acronym of "LC") makes.

Figuring out pricing would be a /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif as this would be a totally unique and unequaled product that you'd be bringing to the table.

In the true spirit of CPF, may I be the first to quote some of the more venerable and esteemed members by stating ...


"I'll take two, paypal sent!" ROFL

What a great Labor Day Holiday project.
Lighthouse /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink2.gif

 

[TOB9595]

the handle "LightChucker" is so much more light friendly
I like it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Tom

 

[webley445]

How about modding an old sprinkler head, so you can set it in the front yard and it rotates light a beacon you you can find your house?

 

[LightChucker]

Lighthouse,

Your ideas are very clever and ambitious - very well formed and visionary - obviously ahead of their time. However, I lack the skills and tools to craft a prototype. Maybe you would like to form a partnership. I would gladly share in profits.

I had some fun trying to interpret the abbreviations for

"I'll take two, paypal sent!" ROFL
and
Hmmm... IRRC,

ROFL means "Rolling On the Floor Laughing", right?

but I can't find the meaning of "IRRC". Here is what Google gave me as possibilities:

"Investor Responsibility Research Center"
"Information Resource Retrieval Center"
"Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission"
"IRRI - International Rice Research Institute"
"Intelligent Robotics Research Centre, Monash University"
"Independent Regulatory Review Commission"
"IRRC˜AŒgƒT?[ƒrƒX"

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Chuck

 

[LightChucker]

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TOB9595 said:
the handle "LightChucker" is so much more light friendly
I like it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Tom

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Thank you very much, Tom. I am glad you like it.

Chuck /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink2.gif

 

[shiftd]

Chuck
it was supposed to be IIRC, i think
IIRC: if I remember correctly

 

[Icebreak]

Chuck -

LightChucker? Oh yeah. Good handle.

Garden hose hardware? Where is AilSnail? He made a light from garden hose hardware, tent stakes, a binocular and a far eastern water pipe. Of course, his was not focusable like your prototype. Maybe ya'll could get together on the advancement of liquid cooled lights?

 

[LightChucker]

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shiftd said:
Chuck
it was supposed to be IIRC, i think
IIRC: if I remember correctly


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Thanks, shiftd.

That makes sense.

Chuck

 

[Lighthouse]

Hi shiftd,

You're absolutely correct, /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohgeez.gif I was suffering from a short circuit between the headphones when I typed that acronyum. Sorry about that LightChucker, my apologies.

Hmmm... a liquid cooled LED eh? (tongue in cheek here, guess we could eliminate one of the conductors and really be efficient by using the water for both cooling and conducting. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

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[AilSnail]

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Icebreak; oh just strolling around. I should mention that the head parted in the mountain somewhere, the light got a lens from a bisquit bag for the occation, but now the sandwich resides in my mother's maglite.