This is just a hobby for me. I have no plans to produce these in any quantity. I may do a small run of complete lights if there are people interested. I may be willing to release the drawings for non commercial use. I only have a small manual lathe / mill and am not a experienced machinist so the parts take me forever to make.
Triple P7 / Ledil Reflectors w/ Snap-on Diffuser
- Thread starter Mick
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dom
Enlightened
Very nice Mick.
Well ? ---
Are you going to tell us if you and Cavertim were happy with performance/operation?
I am interested in how the switch went as well. Is it easily accessed -looks almost covered by
the mount?
Also is the rear cover the same one you
showed at the start of the thread -that one has one tapped hole?
Cheers
Dom
Well ? ---
Are you going to tell us if you and Cavertim were happy with performance/operation?
I am interested in how the switch went as well. Is it easily accessed -looks almost covered by
the mount?
Also is the rear cover the same one you
showed at the start of the thread -that one has one tapped hole?
Cheers
Dom
Thank-you all for your generous comments.
We are going to another cave for testing in a couple hours so I will post more pictures and take the time to tell of our thoughts.
I must hurry and make a battery mount for the helmet now.
We are going to another cave for testing in a couple hours so I will post more pictures and take the time to tell of our thoughts.
I must hurry and make a battery mount for the helmet now.
Changchung
Flashlight Enthusiast
Hi again Mick, I know is just a hobby for you, but, if you have in mind just sell a kit, no Leds please let me know. Thanks
DM51
Flashaholic
Moving this to H&M.
These photos were taken by CaverTim using two triple P7 lights, 18 degree beam and 36 degree beam with a Nikon D200. They are one to three second exposures at about f8. Tim kept overexposing as he was not used to so much light. Notice the even lighting provided by these lights. The switch works fine but takes some practice. I works with gloves also. The single taped hole in the bottom of the rear cover is for tripod mounting. Caving with these lights is a new and awesome experence. On high they light a whole cavern, on low they will run for 16 hours. The downside is if your in a party with people wearing these lights your "night vision" will be destroyed.
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Changchung
Flashlight Enthusiast
:twothumbs:twothumbs:twothumbs:clap::clap::clap:
This old person need a translation. :confused:
MikeF
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vroutzounis
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any news on selling it?
wquiles
Flashaholic
Very nice project, and nice machine work :twothumbs
Will
Will
Thanks All for the comments. The two lights are now in the hands of cavertim for "show off" and testing. Time will tell of the reaction of the caving community.
I am doing some redesign to allow all the parts to be done on a CNC lathe. Cavertim is the #1 tech / engineer for a local company with 30+ CNC lathes so we are looking at a run of these lights.
For a beam test with a SF light see the link in a previous post to cavertim / Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cavertim/sets/72157612843116588/
Will, I cut the cooling fins with a 55 degree insert. They come out sort of sinusoidal when the outside is rounded. I like the look better than straight cut fins. (p.s. I too run a HP15C LOL)
Check cavertim on pbase.
http://www.pbase.com/cavertim/lost_creek_cave_waterfall
http://www.pbase.com/cavertim/bsc_1
Most of these pictures were taken with just the two headlights, one 18 degree and one 36 degree beams. Tim running the camera is wearing the 36 degree light and I am hiding in the foreground with the 18 degree light. (Blue Spring Cave photos)
I am doing some redesign to allow all the parts to be done on a CNC lathe. Cavertim is the #1 tech / engineer for a local company with 30+ CNC lathes so we are looking at a run of these lights.
For a beam test with a SF light see the link in a previous post to cavertim / Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cavertim/sets/72157612843116588/
Will, I cut the cooling fins with a 55 degree insert. They come out sort of sinusoidal when the outside is rounded. I like the look better than straight cut fins. (p.s. I too run a HP15C LOL)
Check cavertim on pbase.
http://www.pbase.com/cavertim/lost_creek_cave_waterfall
http://www.pbase.com/cavertim/bsc_1
Most of these pictures were taken with just the two headlights, one 18 degree and one 36 degree beams. Tim running the camera is wearing the 36 degree light and I am hiding in the foreground with the 18 degree light. (Blue Spring Cave photos)
Tidra
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MICK
very nice light you build,... very good results
what amperage level you use for maximum settings in cave?
In my 3xSSC P7 bike light I use 2.8A when I am down hilling,... it gets hot but thermal protection set to 70C didn’t dim the light yet.
LP
Iztok
very nice light you build,... very good results
what amperage level you use for maximum settings in cave?
In my 3xSSC P7 bike light I use 2.8A when I am down hilling,... it gets hot but thermal protection set to 70C didn’t dim the light yet.
LP
Iztok
hipFlex? i love the fact that you can attach taskled's boards onto the led sink to control the output based on temperature ...
