The "Cube"
I just recently finished a quad Cree light using 2" square tubing as a housing.
I mounted the LED's on a piece of 1/4" flat stock cut to fit the housing's interior dimensions. It was then drilled and screwed to the housing from the outside.
I then got some memory heatsinks and mounted them to the outside of the tubing where the bolts were mounted. They were AA'd to the housing to maximize heat transfer.
In the back I used threaded stand off's epoxy puttied to the corners so I could bolt the back shut. I had to cut a relief into the rear cover around the edge to make room for a gasket so it would stay put.
I then mounted it to an old Nightrider mount.
The lenses are of course Ledil CRS series. 2 Oval pattern and 1 Soft spot and 1 diffused spot. Q5's are used as LED's, should get about 800lm total w/ optic losses figured in.
I used a 17 cell AA 2650mah pack I made and ran them through a 1000ma 3023 driver from LED supply. The switch is from Digikey.
Power cord is a Trail tech style from batteryspace.com
The light has some serious punch in the woods, beam shots will follow shortly. The beam pattern is wide for peripheral but yet still has some decent throw up front.
I realize the MCE will eclipse this for compactness but I like the ability to personalize the beam pattern and am working on an MCE right now, but this baby will keep me going for a few months until the MCE is done.
I don't have easy access to a machine shop so this was my way off making a good solid light that could take a beating, was fairly lightweight and had some serious power on fast, twisty single track
Eric S
I just recently finished a quad Cree light using 2" square tubing as a housing.
I mounted the LED's on a piece of 1/4" flat stock cut to fit the housing's interior dimensions. It was then drilled and screwed to the housing from the outside.
I then got some memory heatsinks and mounted them to the outside of the tubing where the bolts were mounted. They were AA'd to the housing to maximize heat transfer.
In the back I used threaded stand off's epoxy puttied to the corners so I could bolt the back shut. I had to cut a relief into the rear cover around the edge to make room for a gasket so it would stay put.
I then mounted it to an old Nightrider mount.
The lenses are of course Ledil CRS series. 2 Oval pattern and 1 Soft spot and 1 diffused spot. Q5's are used as LED's, should get about 800lm total w/ optic losses figured in.
I used a 17 cell AA 2650mah pack I made and ran them through a 1000ma 3023 driver from LED supply. The switch is from Digikey.
Power cord is a Trail tech style from batteryspace.com
The light has some serious punch in the woods, beam shots will follow shortly. The beam pattern is wide for peripheral but yet still has some decent throw up front.
I realize the MCE will eclipse this for compactness but I like the ability to personalize the beam pattern and am working on an MCE right now, but this baby will keep me going for a few months until the MCE is done.
I don't have easy access to a machine shop so this was my way off making a good solid light that could take a beating, was fairly lightweight and had some serious power on fast, twisty single track
Eric S
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