TranquillityBase
Flashlight Enthusiast
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That would be me!
I have more than one SF turbo head to fill, and thought I would try to build a TM on my own. Hopefully I wont trash anything in the process.
The impatience part comes from me not willing to wait until tomorrow or Saturday for the proper size wire to arrive.
The orange jacketed wire in the photo is 24 gauge and it's too big in O.D. to fit the bore of the turbo head. Impatience, part 2, I wanted to do a trial run in order to figure out the rest of the unknowns, so I dropped the edge of an eigth inch end mill down each side of the tower for insulation relief, worked like a charm. Now I can use the oversized orange wire. Back to testing.
I finished the trial run and everything is good, even the 24 gauge will work, although it's difficult to get everything to fit in the bottom of the tower (the wire insulation is pretty stiff), but it is possible.
It's easy to route the leads between the tabs on the emitter pre soldering and it all slides into the turbo head nicely. Now if I can manage the tiny solder joint
I hope you like the photos.
Scott
I have more than one SF turbo head to fill, and thought I would try to build a TM on my own. Hopefully I wont trash anything in the process.
The impatience part comes from me not willing to wait until tomorrow or Saturday for the proper size wire to arrive.
The orange jacketed wire in the photo is 24 gauge and it's too big in O.D. to fit the bore of the turbo head. Impatience, part 2, I wanted to do a trial run in order to figure out the rest of the unknowns, so I dropped the edge of an eigth inch end mill down each side of the tower for insulation relief, worked like a charm. Now I can use the oversized orange wire. Back to testing.
I finished the trial run and everything is good, even the 24 gauge will work, although it's difficult to get everything to fit in the bottom of the tower (the wire insulation is pretty stiff), but it is possible.
It's easy to route the leads between the tabs on the emitter pre soldering and it all slides into the turbo head nicely. Now if I can manage the tiny solder joint
I hope you like the photos.
Scott
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