My Direct Drive Mag Aespheric

350xfire · Aug 17, 2010

So I came accross a used up Maglite that was broken and, what's there to do? Mod the crap out of it of course!!! So, SST-90, Custom bezel, 18650 battery, direct drive.... some stripes. I cheated on this one by slipping the threaded part of the mag lite into the barrel so I would not have to thread the back after shortening it up. Used JB Weld to hold together. I am now threading them.

jwyj · Aug 17, 2010

Nice and tough looking. I like the thick bezel.

wquiles · Aug 17, 2010

Simple and effective - nothing wrong with that :twothumbs

350xfire · Aug 17, 2010

Yeah, that was my first try at a custom bezel using the new old lathe I just got. To be honest, I was surprised I pulled it off on the first try!!! I do wish I would have made it a bit longer to allow for the light to sit flat. Someday I'll get a mill and do some scalloped bezels and such.

I've had some lights laying around that I built for practice and I am finally getting around to posting pics of them.

Thanks

moviles · Aug 18, 2010

nice mod but you must use aw 18650 imr batteries with safe chemistry :thumbsup:

350xfire · Aug 18, 2010

moviles said:
nice mod but you must use aw 18650 imr batteries with safe chemistry :thumbsup:

Thanks I will look into that. Where do you get those?

moviles · Aug 19, 2010

350xfire said:
Thanks I will look into that. Where do you get those?

http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/showthread.php?p=2272984#post2272984

The_Police · Aug 21, 2010

your bezel looks a lot like my custom-made one

simple and thick...

350xfire · Aug 21, 2010

Yeah, that was my first bezel that was intended for a dive light but when things went a bit wrong I decided to use it for the aespheric.
Thanks

The_Police · Aug 21, 2010

I think it looks great on there

it matches good

Packhorse · Aug 22, 2010

350xfire said:
Yeah, that was my first bezel that was intended for a dive light but when things went a bit wrong I decided to use it for the aespheric.
Thanks

Things never go wrong when machining on a lathe. You simply are machining a part for " another future project".

Good work!

350xfire · Aug 22, 2010

Packhorse said:
Things never go wrong when machining on a lathe. You simply are machining a part for " another future project".

Good work!

So true!t's nice to be able to replan things as you screw up the original plan.

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