modified 2AA maglight to 1AA maglight, completely turned down

will · May 18, 2006

I finally got my mini lathe to work with metal. ( I bought it for woodworking )
I took a few maglites I had around and modified them. The silver color ones are going to go out and be anodized. The raw aluminum is just too soft.

Comments? Suggestions?

KDOG3 · May 18, 2006

I like the red and blue ones. What are you running in them?

will · May 18, 2006

The red is just 1 AA battery, maglite solitare bulb. The blue is a single CR2 battery, standard maglite 2AA bulb. The aluminum ones are set for a single AA battery

Ging · May 18, 2006

Nice work Will, they look really cool.

greenLED · May 18, 2006

Very nice. The bezel/head on the left is sleek.

modamag · May 18, 2006

Nice Job will :twothumbs
Wow those don't look maggie at all.

cavanaug · May 19, 2006

Cool work...

Which woodworking mini-lathe did you use?? Im a bit of a woodworker also, but havent purchased a lathe, but have been thinking about it.

How do you cut the metal with the lathe, Im familar with the standard woodworking chisels for lathe work, but I imagine you need something different for metal right??

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John

will · May 19, 2006

I purchased an Enco 7x10 mini lathe used . This is really a metal lathe, model 110-0800. There is a full carriage that carries the tools. I can remove this and use the lathe for wood cutting. It is small, sits on a bench. Most of my woodworking is what I would call craft, small stuff.

I had to bore out the chuck so the mag-lite would fit inside. Best bet - check out mini lathes on the internet.

missionaryman · May 19, 2006

I like the very 1st one on the left - it looks really cool, like it has a brushed finish - that with a body to match would look great.

will · May 19, 2006

missionaryman said:
I like the very 1st one on the left - it looks really cool, like it has a brushed finish - that with a body to match would look great.

DO you mean the whole light smooth ? No groves ?

HEY HEY ITS HENDO · May 21, 2006

will said:
I finally got my mini lathe to work with metal. ( I bought it for woodworking )
I took a few maglites I had around and modified them. The silver color ones are going to go out and be anodized. The raw aluminum is just too soft.

Comments? Suggestions?

MMMMMMMM nice work

..............how about the 2 tone `splash`anodising

will · May 21, 2006

They are out for marbled anodize. I plan on doing a few more, trying to find a design that works and is different

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