Yesterday, My ARC-P had died in violent accident.
It was kind of late at night (around 7PM). My friends and I were working on our final year project. We're testing which metal would suit our needs for our project. So we set up the machinery in the school workshop, and started with our tests.
"AHH ~ What a delight !"... I had my Arc with me while setting up the machines for the next material - 1/2 cubic inches solid titanium (6Al-4V) cube ... It was kind of dark inside the test chamber, and with my T1 way too heavy and bright for close up work, I grabbed the Arc-P from my keyring and started pointing it around the area ... it lit the place up nicely ... This nice and peaceful moment while appreciating the light will take a sudden downturn for the worst in the next 30 seconds ...
The machine somehow shorted out on us when I was just about to give the all clear . The machine had somehow started itself without the test subject in place. With the 2 large menacing slabs of metal about to crush my hands, one of the fellows pulled me out just in time before that happened. The sound of the 2 slabs clashing head-on had left me with my ears ringing, and I was so shocked that I whited out for a moment.
The next thing I know, was that the arc wasn't in my hands anymore ... It was in the base of the machine, totally of non-resemblence to what it used to be. The workshop technician had cleaned the "corpse" off the base, with some brute force and chemical agents ... I was still in shock then, so I wasn't able to take a picture of the entire scene and the aftermath of the episode ...
When I finally snapped out of it, I was pained to find my Arc-P totally destroyed. It had been with me for less than a week, but I have totally grown acustomed to its prescense. The light was small and barely noticable, until it was needed. The nice brightness is enough for lighting up the dark reasonably. I must say that this light will be greatly missed and it is a great lost from my EDC set-up. May this light rest in peace in the flashlight heaven.
It was kind of late at night (around 7PM). My friends and I were working on our final year project. We're testing which metal would suit our needs for our project. So we set up the machinery in the school workshop, and started with our tests.
"AHH ~ What a delight !"... I had my Arc with me while setting up the machines for the next material - 1/2 cubic inches solid titanium (6Al-4V) cube ... It was kind of dark inside the test chamber, and with my T1 way too heavy and bright for close up work, I grabbed the Arc-P from my keyring and started pointing it around the area ... it lit the place up nicely ... This nice and peaceful moment while appreciating the light will take a sudden downturn for the worst in the next 30 seconds ...
The machine somehow shorted out on us when I was just about to give the all clear . The machine had somehow started itself without the test subject in place. With the 2 large menacing slabs of metal about to crush my hands, one of the fellows pulled me out just in time before that happened. The sound of the 2 slabs clashing head-on had left me with my ears ringing, and I was so shocked that I whited out for a moment.
The next thing I know, was that the arc wasn't in my hands anymore ... It was in the base of the machine, totally of non-resemblence to what it used to be. The workshop technician had cleaned the "corpse" off the base, with some brute force and chemical agents ... I was still in shock then, so I wasn't able to take a picture of the entire scene and the aftermath of the episode ...
When I finally snapped out of it, I was pained to find my Arc-P totally destroyed. It had been with me for less than a week, but I have totally grown acustomed to its prescense. The light was small and barely noticable, until it was needed. The nice brightness is enough for lighting up the dark reasonably. I must say that this light will be greatly missed and it is a great lost from my EDC set-up. May this light rest in peace in the flashlight heaven.
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