Revisionist history.

[fyrstormer]

Now that I have almost every single-cell titanium light Don has ever made, it was time to get creative. I've always (since last week, lol) liked the way the old McLux bodies looked, but I'm just not a big fan of letting old things continue to age. So I scrounged around, pulling parts together from various sources, and I made this:

I present to you, ladies and gentlemen, what you get when you combine a new-in-bag McLux body, an Aleph 1 head, a brand-new GDuP light engine, and a custom-made titanium bezel. It's like a do-it-yourself Haiku kit with more throw and broader spill.

Enough talking; more pictures!

And so the collection grows...

 

[darkzero]

Very very nice! But you need an old Mclux head on there! :nana:


I still love all of mine & still can't bear to part with one!

 

[bf1]

Fantastic! I would not expect anything less.

 

[KeyGrip]

I may have to make a similar decision soon.

 

[fyrstormer]

Very very nice! But you need an old Mclux head on there! :nana:

Yes, and my imaginary Stingray should be running on the original engine instead of an LS7, and should be riding on the original suspension instead of dual-wishbones on all four corners.

And yet, that would defeat the purpose of taking something old and making it new again. You gotta admit that RPM bezel looks like it was made to go along with the titanium clip, and being able to swap the LE means I'll actually keep using this for years to come.

 

[toby_pra]

These McLux lights are a true piece of history....

 

[I'mGatMan!]

Hey Fyr...that thing looks GREAT! What's the body made of, Ti? Very nice idea, brother.

Jason

 

[fyrstormer]

The battery tube and tailcap are a single piece of aluminum; the middle section is turned and nickel-plated, and the tail section is bead-blasted. The head is anodized aluminum, and the bezel and clip are titanium.

 

[gtwace]

I like the aleph 1 head, 27mm reflector just look so much cooler than 19mm.

 

[Raoul_Duke]

Very Nice......!!!

Looks real good!!!

When I get my McLux body I will be able ( almost, - No bezzle or GDup) to take a first hand look

 

[fyrstormer]

RPMs bezels are worth every penny, Raoul. It took this light from looking pretty nice to looking awesome.

 

[GarageBoy]

Just curious, but what's the origin of the Aleph symbol?

 

[Th232]

Looks to me like an actual Aleph in Hebrew (first letter of the Hebrew alphabet).

 

[darkzero]

Just curious, but what's the origin of the Aleph symbol?

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=867885#post867885

I was introduced to Aleph in a post graduate economics class about 30 years ago. The professor was pretty jazzed about the number Aleph null. He went on to try to explain the theory of the set of Aleph numbers and I was intrigued by some numbers which made infinity seem tame and fathomable. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif I liked the looks of the character Aleph as well as the concept that was beyond my reach. For me, the Aleph numbers represent concepts beyond my limits of understanding; somewhat like infinity does. I have always liked the notion of symbols beyond ones limitations as they can serve to remind onself of the arbitrary limits one has and that these limits can always be pushed, set further or what have you.

I figured Aleph would be a good name for a series of lights, still unknown and hopefully resulting from pushing my own limits to new levels. The Aleph numbers are a set of related numbers that are not well known or understood. The Aleph set of flashlights are a set of flashlights that are not well known or understood. Although there is a rational progression from Alepn null to Aleph one and on, it is beyond me and as it has turned out, the progression of the names of the Aleph lights is perhaps based on a rational sequence but in retrospect it is also beyond me as well. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

I was after a unique name that was capable of expansion as well as a certain air of mystery and challenging by nature; as these lights have been for me. It would seem that mathmaticians can map beyond infinity. When you take an Aleph light or any light for that matter, point it towards the heavens and let loose a stream of photons, consider how far those photons might go! It's mind boggling!

I think the Aleph set of numbers are cool and because I don't understand them, what better set of symbols for some lights that I think are cool which I also don't really understand! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Now, to the question posed in this thread, I am no longer sure. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif (EDIT: to the best of my recollection, Bart is right and that is certainly no surprise! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif)

I've always been curious about the Aleph symbol on the A1 heads. I see them in pics & I've modded lots of them with the symbols but all the ones I've purchased never had the symbols. I prefer the heads without the symbols but I've always been curious why some have them & some do not. Only the later ones had the symbols? And did they only come on A1 heads? :thinking:

 

[fyrstormer]

My understanding is that Aleph Null is the number of integers in the Real number set, which of course is an infinite set in itself, but since the Real numbers also include decimals, Aleph Null is obviously a smaller infinite set than Real is. An easier way to grasp it is to consider the number of integers vs. the number of even integers -- even though both sets are infinite, the number of even integers has to be half as big because it leaves out all the odd numbers.

It's a good name for an open standard for discrete parts that fit together; as evidenced by the McGizmonster that I've put together, the set of possible permutations of parts is limited only by the parts available at any given time, not by the inability of those parts to fit together.

 

[I'mGatMan!]

Hey Fyr,

If you don't mind, how much do you have into that thing?

 

[fyrstormer]

$100 for the McLux body, $165 for the Aleph light that I took the head from, $100 for the GDuP, $53 for the bezel, and -$40 from the sale of the remaining Aleph parts. So $378.

 

[nfetterly]

Worth every penny - congratulations it looks fantastic :twothumbs:twothumbs

 

[fyrstormer]

Actually, knock that down to $338; I just sold the Downboy LE that came with the Aleph head. :thumbsup:

I like lights that come with rebates.

 

[Benson]

My understanding is that Aleph Null is the number of integers in the Real number set, which of course is an infinite set in itself, but since the Real numbers also include decimals, Aleph Null is obviously a smaller infinite set than Real is. An easier way to grasp it is to consider the number of integers vs. the number of even integers -- even though both sets are infinite, the number of even integers has to be half as big because it leaves out all the odd numbers.

Yeah, except that's exactly wrong. To a mathematician, there are the same number of integers as even integers, because for each integer, there iis exactly one corresponding even integer -- twice the first integer! But the set of reals is bigger, because there's no way to map every real number to exactly one unique integer. (And this holds true for any "slice" of reals, such as reals between 0 and 1.)