pyro1son
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Slowly over the years I've become more and more fond of higher end/output torch's. The first torch I brought for my self was a 4D cell Maglite, which served me well in for many years in the Scouts. Unfortunately due to its size and the fact it needed 4 D-cells every time it was used because the battery life was quite poor, the Maglite got relegated to the bottom of the wardrobe for several years. Until I stumbled across the British Blades forum, as I've always had a fascination with knives, and from there I found CPF, which lead to me buying my first Fenix, the LD20. After reading numerous threads here at CPF I decided that it was time to breath new life into my old Maglite. It was time to start collecting the necessary parts.
Host: As I already had a 4D Maglite that would do nicely.
Emitter: After reading many different threads I decided to go with a DX drop-in.
Power: Now this was the tricky part. The maglite was too long for Li-ion cells and not long enough to reach the 8.4v with Alkaline or Ni-MH batteries. So I snagged me a bargain 2D cell Maglite from the bay, and using 2x 3AA Series to D cell adapter and my problems were solved.
First I cut the tower on the switch down and soldered on a connecter.
I then went to fit the emitter into the Mag head. This didn't go to plan. The drop-in was just too wide at both ends, so I attempted to dremel down emitter to make it fit, which wasn't successful.
BUT due to the amazing people on such forums I was saved, packrat over at British Blades gladly helped me out by reducing the size of the drop-in and increasing the room in the Mag head, I can't thank packrat enough.
The images below show what needed to be removed and the difference inside the Mag head.
After that I soldered on the other half of the connecting lead.
And it was almost ready, just needed to charge the batteries and assemble the light.
And here is the final product.
Definatly not the 1200 lumens advertised but works brilliantly and I'm extremely happy with the way it turned out.
I shall try and get some beam shots later in the week after my exams and probably some run times.
Feel free to ask any questions and thanks to looking
Host: As I already had a 4D Maglite that would do nicely.
Emitter: After reading many different threads I decided to go with a DX drop-in.
Power: Now this was the tricky part. The maglite was too long for Li-ion cells and not long enough to reach the 8.4v with Alkaline or Ni-MH batteries. So I snagged me a bargain 2D cell Maglite from the bay, and using 2x 3AA Series to D cell adapter and my problems were solved.
First I cut the tower on the switch down and soldered on a connecter.
I then went to fit the emitter into the Mag head. This didn't go to plan. The drop-in was just too wide at both ends, so I attempted to dremel down emitter to make it fit, which wasn't successful.
BUT due to the amazing people on such forums I was saved, packrat over at British Blades gladly helped me out by reducing the size of the drop-in and increasing the room in the Mag head, I can't thank packrat enough.
The images below show what needed to be removed and the difference inside the Mag head.
After that I soldered on the other half of the connecting lead.
And it was almost ready, just needed to charge the batteries and assemble the light.
And here is the final product.
Definatly not the 1200 lumens advertised but works brilliantly and I'm extremely happy with the way it turned out.
I shall try and get some beam shots later in the week after my exams and probably some run times.
Feel free to ask any questions and thanks to looking
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