michaelmcgo
Enlightened
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- Aug 15, 2006
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I decided to mod my Surefire L4 with an XM-L and 2.8A driver recently but was befuzzeled by how I shim the XM-L up .030" while retaining a heat path... Solution: Solder does not bond with anodized surfaces, however a strip of copper tape does. I simply put the copper tape on the anodizing, built up a nice big solder mound on top of it, then filed it flat and to the proper height (took me two tries: 4 minutes total). No machining, perfect sized shim, and I have an extremely good thermal path!