O-Sink. The Hotlips Pedestal Redesign

Hi Guys Some time ago I needed some hotlips. There were NONE to be had. So I hunted around for a place to make me some copies of the Premium Hotlips that we all know and love. One thing led to another and I decided to have a few made. I did have a problem with Hotlips. I was bad at centering the emitter. I am Just bad at at.
I had a good 10% failure rate. I found it very frustrating. This required a slight redesign of the pedestal. So that is what I did. You see the result here:

Guess what!! It works. It works perfectly!!
What do you think?
Yaesumofo

Re: HotLips pedestal Redesign.

WHOA!!! Actually that is EXACTLY what Lambda made for me way back in the past, with a central oval-shaped depression to match the Luxeon slug's form perfectly. It just "pops" in, doesn't it? Excellent!

E-mail sent...

Re: HotLips pedestal Redesign.

Blind freddy will be able to align the slug to the pedestal now /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Good idea.

Re: HotLips pedestal Redesign.

You going to sell these by any chance? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buttrock.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Re: HotLips pedestal Redesign.

I do have a few to sell.
Do I need to do this on the BST?
I think so.
Yaesumofo

Re: HotLips pedestal Redesign.

What a tremendous response I have had to thees!!! Wow thanks guys. I wonder if I should apply the same pedestal design to the "C" hotlip?
Any ideas?
Yaesumofo

Re: HotLips pedestal Redesign.

Speaking of the O-Sink did anybody get theirs yet?
Any reports?
Yaesumofo

Re: HotLips pedestal Redesign.

Not yet. But I'm in Canada so it will take a few extra
days to get to me. Friday or Monday would be good.

Greg

Re: HotLips pedestal Redesign.

Got mine today, looks perfect! Thanks.

O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

In case you guys are wondering there is a "C" cell version of the O-Sink in the works. These will have the new and improved pedestal as well as a slightly larger counter bore allowing for the fitting of "e"cans and the like. I expect to have these in the second week of July. At first I will only be making O-Sinks for the "NEW" "C" cell bodies. I may do a run for the older bodies depending on demand.
Yaesumofo

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

On this O-sink, what would the relationship of the emitter leads be to the wire holes once the slug is fit into the depression? Just curious. Thanks!

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

I'm a beliver now. I've held a C cell mag. I'm going to use these for both my R/O and LuxIII setups now and only use the 3D for the tri-lens. They just fit in your hand and pocket so easily. They are a lot harder to turn on and signal, for somereason the switch depresses really deep and it's hard to hold and tap the switch with your middle/index fingers, but oh well!

Anyways though as my luck would run, my die in my emitter isn't centered, so I need to have adjustability. I just hope I can offset the luxeon in the right direction to center the die!!! Now that's hard! Gonna have to think this one out!

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

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LEDmodMan said:
On this O-sink, what would the relationship of the emitter leads be to the wire holes once the slug is fit into the depression? Just curious. Thanks!

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Hope this helps /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Later
Sway

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

Beautiful. Just what I needed to see. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Thanks! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

So What are you guys doing with your O-Sinks? Show us!!
Yaesumofo

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

Still waiting on mine...

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

I used mine in my 3-cubed light ( link ).

You can see a photo of the whole light in the Class 2 entries .

Greg

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

I got them today - thanks, yaesumofo! They fit neatly into the 2D and 3D Mag bodies (1 of each, at the moment) that I have.

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I got them today - thanks, yaesumofo! They fit neatly into the 2D and 3D Mag bodies (1 of each, at the moment) that I have.

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Glad to hear it. Use them in good health.
Yaaesumofo

Re: O-sink shipping. + C Cell O-Sinks in works

oooh...

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