wmpwi
Enlightened
This was kind of fun. Craftsman (Sears) has a neat AAA aluminum light for $2.95 and looks like this:
I was trying to put the Cree in but it had a plastic bulb socket like the mini-mag. It was molded or glued in so I had to drill it out. Then I needed something to mount the Cree on. The size looked right for a bullet shell. I tried a .38 Special and it fit like a glove. I ground down the Cree corners, mounted it, drilled a couple of holes and plugged it in.
I had to drill out the plastic reflector and the lens is a plastic press in job, but now that I got this far, I may try improving on it a little. With a 3.6v 300 mAh Li-ion it gets a tad hot quickly. May have to work on the heat sink a little.
Beam shot was better than I though at about 8 foot.
PS, I strongly suggest care so as not to use a shell with a live primer.
I was trying to put the Cree in but it had a plastic bulb socket like the mini-mag. It was molded or glued in so I had to drill it out. Then I needed something to mount the Cree on. The size looked right for a bullet shell. I tried a .38 Special and it fit like a glove. I ground down the Cree corners, mounted it, drilled a couple of holes and plugged it in.
I had to drill out the plastic reflector and the lens is a plastic press in job, but now that I got this far, I may try improving on it a little. With a 3.6v 300 mAh Li-ion it gets a tad hot quickly. May have to work on the heat sink a little.
Beam shot was better than I though at about 8 foot.
PS, I strongly suggest care so as not to use a shell with a live primer.