Hi guys, haven't been here for a few years, feels good to be back and to see how fast the LED technology evolved 
Camping season started, we've done a few trips already this year. Apart from headlamps we don't have much lighting gear on us, so I was thinking to make a simple lantern. As recently I'm making a lot of things out of wood, I made a quick sketch of the lantern and started carving from a solid piece of oak wood (this wood comes from a 200 year old building so it's extremely dry and hard to work on).
Here's the sketch and what I came up with so far :
The lower part is hollow and should fit 6 AA (maybe even 8) cells. The wires will be run through the pillars of the lantern, and in the head I'll make space for an LED. I want it to output max 1000 lumen, and potentiometer dimmable. Also thinking of making a copper 'roof' on the lantern which can be connected to the LED heatsink to draw away all the heat from the driver and the LED.
So far I found I could use the Taskled H6CC or the LED Dimmer Slave V4 drivers, if you have any other suggestions, feel free to post here For the LED I'm thinking of the Cree XML2 2700K.
Will post more pics as this little project continues
Cheers!
Camping season started, we've done a few trips already this year. Apart from headlamps we don't have much lighting gear on us, so I was thinking to make a simple lantern. As recently I'm making a lot of things out of wood, I made a quick sketch of the lantern and started carving from a solid piece of oak wood (this wood comes from a 200 year old building so it's extremely dry and hard to work on).
Here's the sketch and what I came up with so far :
The lower part is hollow and should fit 6 AA (maybe even 8) cells. The wires will be run through the pillars of the lantern, and in the head I'll make space for an LED. I want it to output max 1000 lumen, and potentiometer dimmable. Also thinking of making a copper 'roof' on the lantern which can be connected to the LED heatsink to draw away all the heat from the driver and the LED.
So far I found I could use the Taskled H6CC or the LED Dimmer Slave V4 drivers, if you have any other suggestions, feel free to post here
For the LED I'm thinking of the Cree XML2 2700K. Will post more pics as this little project continues
Cheers!
