Building my custom (Now with pics!)

Thanks to some very special friends here, I'm now on the way to build a triple xpg for my SF E1e. I will be using a amc7135 *8 driver board, custom MCPCB (special thanks to Mattaus for helping me. Without his help I'd be lost) Also thanks to Dan aka electronguru for the inspiration(copper e series triple). I will be reflowing the LEDs on the custom pcb myself . The heatsink will be either copper or brass. Havent made my mind up yet, because this light won't be running continuous all the time, so I don't think heat will be an issue. My friend at work will be helping with the machining and heatsink. I'll update this thread as necessary with pics and info. Thanks CPF!

Building my custom

A small update an I found a great DIY way to unscrew those pita heads. I had a small toaster oven so I decided to use it to heat up the e head(Incan style). 200 degrees f and about 5 minutes . But wait, I don't have strap wrenches and pliers will scratch the anno. So what I did is took a small hose clamp and tightened around the the round surface, as the other side has a hex pattern. Used a adjustable wrench and pliers on the hose clamp, and it worked like a charm. No scratches .

Re: Building my custom

First is the bored e head, Thanks to my machinist friend David :tu:



Then some drivers courtesy of Shining Beam. 2.8 mA



XPG cool tint Thanks to Vinguygen



Narrow beam optics



Group shot



All thats left is the custom pcbs from Mattus and to make the heatsink

And a pic of the pcbs

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Looking good What's the stock inner diameter of the e-series heads?

Stock ID I would guess is around 18mm.

E1e driven at 2.8A from a 16340? Isn't that going to pull 5 or 6C from that cell? Hope you're going to use an IMR cell. Even with a CR123a it's going to pull 2C, but, probably less because of the lower voltage of the cell.

Yes it's an IMR cell. It won't run that long on high, but it will be a 2 mode L/H.

Anyone know of a Ti clicky switch that will fit in this? I want to upgrade the current one to make this my ultimate Edc flashlight.

tattoosteve99 said:

Anyone know of a Ti clicky switch that will fit in this? I want to upgrade the current one to make this my ultimate Edc flashlight.

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Anyone? Surely someone knows of a different/upgrade that will work in this light.