rayearth
Newly Enlightened
This is sorta my my third modded light and first 5w Luxeon mod.
I finally got my lithium-ion AA cells, many thanks to Highlandsun! I used a constant voltage precision power supply to juice them up to 4.1500 volts, and some crazy bit of machining on my Sherline lathe and mill and voila:
Legend on the left, modded M@g on the right.
Beamshot!
The left is the 5W mod. The right is of a Q3JW 1W on a Madmax 400 running on 2 NiMH AA in a M@glight. My friends thought that the 1w was blindingly bright as it was.
Anyway here's the mounted emitter:
Sorry, my Sony CybershotU 2.0mp doesn't do macro too well.
Here's a photo of all the components used:
The light output is very impressive but the experience let me know several things:
1) I really need a cutoff tool for the lathe
2) Aluminum does not solder well at all
3) machining is the process by which $1000 of tools makes a $1 part.
4) machining is really messy
5) Aluminum gouges too easily
I finally got my lithium-ion AA cells, many thanks to Highlandsun! I used a constant voltage precision power supply to juice them up to 4.1500 volts, and some crazy bit of machining on my Sherline lathe and mill and voila:
Legend on the left, modded M@g on the right.
Beamshot!
The left is the 5W mod. The right is of a Q3JW 1W on a Madmax 400 running on 2 NiMH AA in a M@glight. My friends thought that the 1w was blindingly bright as it was.
Anyway here's the mounted emitter:
Sorry, my Sony CybershotU 2.0mp doesn't do macro too well.
Here's a photo of all the components used:
The light output is very impressive but the experience let me know several things:
1) I really need a cutoff tool for the lathe
2) Aluminum does not solder well at all
3) machining is the process by which $1000 of tools makes a $1 part.
4) machining is really messy
5) Aluminum gouges too easily