Aspheric XR-E needle (now with beamshots)

Aspheric Mag1.5D
· Chrome Mag1.5D
· M.G.A.C.F.S. SS bezel
· MG 01 LAG123 apherical lens
· Cree XR-E R2 WC
· Green glow epoxy
· GD1250 driver
· Custom made copper heatsink
· 3x 17670 (parallel) li-ion cells



Special thanks goes to Nanomiser for providing this fantastic looking SS bezel. :twothumbs

Finally... :sweat: ... here are some beamshots... :sick2:



Distance to the tree in the center of the picture is ~45 meter.

Thanks for looking.

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it always makes me wonder how people can fill a CREE with GITD this high and look so even.

beamshots? price? noteworthy quotes of inspiration? :nana:

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Holy crap, Freddy! This thing looks super-slick!! Amongst the coolest looking mods I've seen.

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Beautiful :twothumbs

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Wow, that's the biggest piece of jewlery I've ever seen! Absolutely beautiful Freddy! :wave: :twothumbs

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OMG is this a copper heatsink? :huh:

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Beautiful work!


Karl

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:thanks: a lot for all the kind words my friends. lovecpf

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Illum said:

it always makes me wonder how people can fill a CREE with GITD this high and look so even.

beamshots? price? noteworthy quotes of inspiration? :nana:

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Well, you have to use slow curing epoxy to start with... :ironic:
Keeping it level when curing usually also helps a lot... :nana:

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Nos said:

OMG is this a copper heatsink? :huh:

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Yep, it's all copper...

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One of the cleanest looking lights I've ever seen! I'd be afraid to touch that beauty, in fear of leaving a single finger print on it. LOL

Beamshots?

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Wow... what a heatsink! Seems a shame to use all that AA on it with such ability to remove heat. With the corners cut off that XR-E, the most thin layer of epoxy possible can be used, as the LED will have been rendered electrically isolated.

You probably already know that, but I felt compelled to protest against so much AA... hehe.

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Very very clean work! :twothumbs

The bezel looks great!

Thank you for the recognition.

I hope to finish my own R2 GITD Aspherical very soon.

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Bimmerboy said:

Wow... what a heatsink! Seems a shame to use all that AA on it with such ability to remove heat. With the corners cut off that XR-E, the most thin layer of epoxy possible can be used, as the LED will have been rendered electrically isolated.

You probably already know that, but I felt compelled to protest against so much AA... hehe.

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Thanks for your concern... but don't worry... there is only a very thin layer of epoxy between the Cree and the heatsink.
And... there's no need to cut the corners if you file away the anode and kathode strips at the bottom of the Cree... :ironic: which I always do...
Oh and... I also removed the excess of epoxy before applying the glow stuff... Hope you can sleep well again now... :nana: ... :wave:

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Icarus - You are a god among modders.

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modding is a commoners practice, what makes it special is the creativity certain individuals have that makes the mod standout

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Icarus said:

Hope you can sleep well again now... :nana: ... :wave:

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LOL! Your reply was so comforting that upon reading it, I fell right to sleep in the computer chair. I just woke up! :laughing:

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Bimmerboy said:

LOL! Your reply was so comforting that upon reading it, I fell right to sleep in the computer chair. I just woke up! :laughing:

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lovecpf :buddies:

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Just awesome !!!

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Wow Freddy another cool mod! :twothumbs