DaFABRICATA
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This one has been planned for a few weeks now.
It was only until today that I was able to finish it.😀
This natural HA Aleph Pr-T has been sitting vacant for literally a few years for just the right mod. I was able to score some McR10 reflectors in the marketplace several weeks back. My friend Dennis (LEDzeppelin) sold me a few Blue Sharks as the Shoppe was out of them. Nailbender sold me the XP-G's.
A HUGE Thanks to these guys, for without them this wouldn't have happen as fast as it did.
I started with an aluminum plug (Thanks 1WRX7) that I have been using for heatsinks. Because my milling machine is down and my limited tools this took WAY longer than it would if I had more tools available.
The aluminum plug was sanded down to size by hand on my belt sander. The bottom cavity for the Blue Shark was milled using an end mill in my drill press:green: and vise, very carefully! The top of the heatsink was filed flat with a file as well as the finishing touches to make it fit just right.
The McR10's were already filed on the sides by the previous owner and I used thermal adhesive to hold them together. Getting all the clearances just right was a pain in the *** but well worth the extra time.
The XP-G's came mounted on 10mm boards that were then glued to the heatsink using thermal adhesive. The Blue Shark was thermal adhesived to the bottom of the heatsink with a copper slug glued to the copper C on the bottom of the driver to make contact and help draw heat to the bottom of the Pr-T.
An E-can from the Shoppe was used to hold a plastic disc to isolate the positive contact. The plastic disc was not thick enough so I lathed down a copper washer on my drill press using a file!
(I make due with what I have:laughing🙂 That copper washer fit perfectly at the top of the e-can after the + & - wires were soldered to thier contacts. Again, thermal adhesive was used to fill the remaining cavity on the top of the e-can and also to isolate and aviod and movement or breakage of the wires.
Fitting all that stuff in this head was difficult, but I'm glad it worked out.😀
Planning ahead and taking my time are what made this such a joy to build and it really did come together without any problems.
The Beamshot below compare the Quad XP-G Pr-T to a KL4 modded with an MC-E and Ledil Boom reflector using the stock KL4 driver
I'm really suprised at how far this thing throws for such small reflectors.
KL4 Modded with MC-E and Boom reflector stock KL4 driver🙂
Quad XP-G Aleph Pr-T ...:devil:
Below are beamshots comparing a Stock KL4 to the Quad XP-G Pr-T
It was only until today that I was able to finish it.😀
This natural HA Aleph Pr-T has been sitting vacant for literally a few years for just the right mod. I was able to score some McR10 reflectors in the marketplace several weeks back. My friend Dennis (LEDzeppelin) sold me a few Blue Sharks as the Shoppe was out of them. Nailbender sold me the XP-G's.
A HUGE Thanks to these guys, for without them this wouldn't have happen as fast as it did.
I started with an aluminum plug (Thanks 1WRX7) that I have been using for heatsinks. Because my milling machine is down and my limited tools this took WAY longer than it would if I had more tools available.
The aluminum plug was sanded down to size by hand on my belt sander. The bottom cavity for the Blue Shark was milled using an end mill in my drill press:green: and vise, very carefully! The top of the heatsink was filed flat with a file as well as the finishing touches to make it fit just right.
The McR10's were already filed on the sides by the previous owner and I used thermal adhesive to hold them together. Getting all the clearances just right was a pain in the *** but well worth the extra time.
The XP-G's came mounted on 10mm boards that were then glued to the heatsink using thermal adhesive. The Blue Shark was thermal adhesived to the bottom of the heatsink with a copper slug glued to the copper C on the bottom of the driver to make contact and help draw heat to the bottom of the Pr-T.
An E-can from the Shoppe was used to hold a plastic disc to isolate the positive contact. The plastic disc was not thick enough so I lathed down a copper washer on my drill press using a file!
(I make due with what I have:laughing🙂 That copper washer fit perfectly at the top of the e-can after the + & - wires were soldered to thier contacts. Again, thermal adhesive was used to fill the remaining cavity on the top of the e-can and also to isolate and aviod and movement or breakage of the wires.Fitting all that stuff in this head was difficult, but I'm glad it worked out.😀
Planning ahead and taking my time are what made this such a joy to build and it really did come together without any problems.
The Beamshot below compare the Quad XP-G Pr-T to a KL4 modded with an MC-E and Ledil Boom reflector using the stock KL4 driver
I'm really suprised at how far this thing throws for such small reflectors.
KL4 Modded with MC-E and Boom reflector stock KL4 driver🙂
Quad XP-G Aleph Pr-T ...:devil:
Below are beamshots comparing a Stock KL4 to the Quad XP-G Pr-T
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