nice floody flashlight

hello guys,

some days ago i decided to use my new milling cutter the first time and built a new flashlight. Here is a detailed presentation of my work.


First the raw aluminium in the lathe:



the reworked sureface:



and the threads:



the cooling fins in the head:



some decoration on the mill:



and the finished head:



now the body is on the lathe:



and on the milling machine:



the flashlight is almost finished:









some colored locators:



some facts of the flashlight:

the lights size: 30mm in diameter und 130mm long
you can use 18650 Lithium batteries
there is a 3,25A linear-driver built in ( you can change between the modes, if you like, two or three modes, or sos or strobe or memory )
uses a XM-L T5 neutral white LED ( you can easily change it )
the light has got a very efficient TIR Optic with a very floody beam, like a LED LENSER out of the focal point.

this is my latest flashlight and i hope you like it.

And please excuse my bad english

best regards,
Michael

that looks good!

Michael,
Your English is fine and your light is beautiful.


But I think you deceive us a little, showing it as simpler than it really is. Where are the LEDs that illuminate the tail end? How are they controlled? Did you build your own driver?

Your threads look beautiful. Much nicer than mine. Would you mind telling me what insert you use? Coolant or lubricant? Aluminum alloy?

Thanks for posting.

That's quality work!

DIWdiver said:

Michael,
Where are the LEDs that illuminate the tail end? How are they controlled? Did you build your own driver?

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Tritium inserts, brutha.

DIWdiver said:

Michael,
Your English is fine and your light is beautiful.


But I think you deceive us a little, showing it as simpler than it really is. Where are the LEDs that illuminate the tail end? How are they controlled? Did you build your own driver?

Your threads look beautiful. Much nicer than mine. Would you mind telling me what insert you use? Coolant or lubricant? Aluminum alloy?

Thanks for posting.

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thank you ,

"hoop" is right, there is tritium built in and no LEDs

the threads are easy, i use carbid cutting plades, i dont know, which manufacturer it is.
i use no coolant or lubricant. And the alloy is: Al Cu Mg pb.

Nice job!
Turned out great!:thumbsup:

Hoop said:

That's quality work!



Tritium inserts, brutha.

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Oh! I didn't realize they came in such nice colors. I thought they were all puke green!

Still way cool.

RC-Lights said:

the alloy is: Al Cu Mg pb.

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Ah, our great friend lead. I haven't used alloys with much lead. Maybe that's why. Too bad that stuff is so toxic.