realjoshfreeman
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So I have this light.
It's some junk no-name 6P/Z2 clone. I don't know who made it, or where it was bought from, only that it belonged to a 12-year-old young man, a dear friend of my family. Before he was tragically killed in an accident this past summer, he engraved his name on a flattened area on the battery tube (not shown in the photo).
It had been left at another friend's house, as kids' belongings often are, and after the accident it wound up being handed off to me. I'm the closest thing to a flashaholic in my friend group, and I guess I've been vocal enough about it.
Because of the engraving, I'd really like to restore it into a solid, useful light, and present it to his family.
It was originally a 2xCR123-powered incandescent, but the reflector and lens weren't spec'ed to handle the heat. The lens is distorted in the center and the plastic reflector is cracked and burned around the base. The switch boot is worn through and cracked, and the plastic body of the switch itself (inside the tailcap) seems to have also suffered some heat damage. And the bulb is burned black. But the head, body, and tail seem to be pretty solid metal.
Though it's a P60 look-alike, the head has a smaller inside diameter (22-23mm as opposed to the 26.5 of a P60). I can do some machining to the light, but not that much. The lens window, however, is exactly the size of the reflector cavity (~19mm) on Malkoff's M61 drop-ins. I've wondered whether I could turn down the OD of one of the Malkoffs to 23mm without damaging it - that's roughly the type and quality of engine I'd want to use. I have a source for a good glass lens that will fit.
The body will accept a 16650, and I'm fairly certain it's thick-walled enough to be bored for an 18650 if I decide to risk that. I want to buy a couple of the batteries with built-in USB recharging so my friends don't have to buy or keep up with a separate battery charger to be able to use the light all they'd like. The tailcap seems to be sized and threaded exactly like the SureFire Z41, so a McClicky upgrade switch kit should fit. The only problem is that the switch boot seems to be ~18mm instead of the standard 14mm. So...
Thanks.
It's some junk no-name 6P/Z2 clone. I don't know who made it, or where it was bought from, only that it belonged to a 12-year-old young man, a dear friend of my family. Before he was tragically killed in an accident this past summer, he engraved his name on a flattened area on the battery tube (not shown in the photo).
It had been left at another friend's house, as kids' belongings often are, and after the accident it wound up being handed off to me. I'm the closest thing to a flashaholic in my friend group, and I guess I've been vocal enough about it.
Because of the engraving, I'd really like to restore it into a solid, useful light, and present it to his family.It was originally a 2xCR123-powered incandescent, but the reflector and lens weren't spec'ed to handle the heat. The lens is distorted in the center and the plastic reflector is cracked and burned around the base. The switch boot is worn through and cracked, and the plastic body of the switch itself (inside the tailcap) seems to have also suffered some heat damage. And the bulb is burned black. But the head, body, and tail seem to be pretty solid metal.
Though it's a P60 look-alike, the head has a smaller inside diameter (22-23mm as opposed to the 26.5 of a P60). I can do some machining to the light, but not that much. The lens window, however, is exactly the size of the reflector cavity (~19mm) on Malkoff's M61 drop-ins. I've wondered whether I could turn down the OD of one of the Malkoffs to 23mm without damaging it - that's roughly the type and quality of engine I'd want to use. I have a source for a good glass lens that will fit.
The body will accept a 16650, and I'm fairly certain it's thick-walled enough to be bored for an 18650 if I decide to risk that. I want to buy a couple of the batteries with built-in USB recharging so my friends don't have to buy or keep up with a separate battery charger to be able to use the light all they'd like. The tailcap seems to be sized and threaded exactly like the SureFire Z41, so a McClicky upgrade switch kit should fit. The only problem is that the switch boot seems to be ~18mm instead of the standard 14mm. So...
- Any advice or suggestions?
- Any experiences shrinking a P60-type drop-in, or other recommendations for an engine and emitter?
- Any idea where I might find an 18mm switch boot?
Thanks.
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