soloco
Enlightened
I just finished another mod this weekend. The goal of this one was to make a bright, simple, reversible mod of a 2D Maglite. Basically wanted to use the Carley 1940 reflector with one of their hot burning Xenon bulbs. I like the Maglite reflector, but they were melting running the 9V bulbs off of 3 123s. The 1940 reflector has a ream of 0.377 inches. I had a coworker of mine bore it out to 0.75 inches with a drill press so that the Mag lamp assembly would slide into it nicely. The 1940 is significantly shorter than the Mag reflector so I needed to find spacers to make up the difference. It just so happens that City Mill had Machine Bushings that had the EXACT 0.75 and 1.25 I.D. and O.D. that I needed. Awesome! The last piece is a Borofloat lens from flashlightlens.com.
Now I have a 2D Maglite with a solid aluminum 1940 reflector. It's not adjustable, but I don't mind. At least now it's always focused. I have an Elektrolumens 123 holder for 3 123s that are powering a Carley 716 6-Cell Xenon Star PR bulb. This is a VERY simple mod that anyone can do. It's reversible and very bright. Now that I've fitted the Carley reflector to a Maglite, I'm going to try even hotter burning brighter bulbs. Maybe some 20W Halogens or such. I'll post pictures later.
Now I have a 2D Maglite with a solid aluminum 1940 reflector. It's not adjustable, but I don't mind. At least now it's always focused. I have an Elektrolumens 123 holder for 3 123s that are powering a Carley 716 6-Cell Xenon Star PR bulb. This is a VERY simple mod that anyone can do. It's reversible and very bright. Now that I've fitted the Carley reflector to a Maglite, I'm going to try even hotter burning brighter bulbs. Maybe some 20W Halogens or such. I'll post pictures later.
