Give me ideas for build

Sooo heres the light I just bought and I want it to be rediculas bright, It was built for 7 D batteries. I want to put a pretty big heatsink inside, several batteries, I'm open on the led choice/choices but I want it to be impressive throw or flood, whatever this head is built for. The head is 4 inchs and the reflector is copper with a coating. This light is stainless steel. ?http://www.flashlightmuseum.com/Ray...sman-Hunting-Light-with-Leather-Strap-7D-1970 Maybe 2-3 mt gt2?

OK, the picture is working now let the ideas flow.

I found this driver that supplies a 9 am constant current. it can be combined with a dimmer circuit so I can have modes. I want a dimmer that can handle the whole 9 amps anyone know of a dimmer? http://pcb-components.de/index.php?...category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=64

SteveoMiami said:

I want to put a pretty big heatsink inside,

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If your heat sink is inside the housing it will work for a short time while it soaks up heat, and then it will fail because the heat has nowhere to go. If you go HID or incan. you won't need a heat sink.

I'd go for an incan setup... That's a 1970 classic old school flashlight...she doesn't want an LED..

I was considering HID but I was really wanting to play with an mtgt2 when I ordered this light. What about a recessed small reflector in the middle with a small thrower led then several xml2s or a couple mtg2s aound it. Long throw and crazy flood. Like I said I really just want the WOW factor from this light.

watching this thread. I just got two of these from my dad. one to remain all original and one to mod...

Subscribed. Looking forward to seeing that lens melt! Good luck with the project!

Maybe it could double as a space heater

Does this give anyone any ideas, how would I drive this thing? Could I somehow do a AMC7135X8 for each XML and be able to keep them all in the same mode?
http://www.cutter.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=cut1405

I found a glass lense I'll test to see what it does with a regular bulb. trying to get one of my two going as stock, and I tooks some alka-leaks from my mags and filled one. I had it sitting with the lense/bulb asembly out, tail standing/leaning, and I;m not sure what happened, but I picked up the light, and the whole thing was hot, like it had just direct shorted with the 7 cells, and the wraps had all heated up and peeled away from the batteries a bit, and there was a pool of leakiness in the tail cap.

Do you think this will fit behind that reflector? I dont have the proper measuring equiptment. http://www.leddna.com/10w-aluminium-heatsink-for-high-power-led-bulb/

I know this heatsink will fit under there but would that hole in the middle be a problem? http://www.leddna.com/3w-aluminium-heatsink-for-high-power-led-bulb/

I think the larger one would be close, and you could modify it so it was angled on the back end, and it would sit against the back of the head which is what you'd want anyway...

last post here http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?231745-Rayovac-Sportsman-7D has option to use for glass lense....