My first mod

Thanks for all the inspiration I have got the last year, reading on this forum. Now I have just finished my first mod. It was a $5 flashlight that my compagny use as gift for customers - a LedLenser clone. While doing som sanding on the light, I found brass underneath, so some polishing was necessary. The original was powered with 3 coin batteries. Cutting a little of the threads allowed me to put in an extra battery. I think the result is pretty good, so now I am working on doing my first flashlight from the buttom up. Pictures comming soon... Meanwhile, here is some pictures of the mod:





The one 5mm Led was replased with 7 3mm Led's:




The Original vs the Mod. A picture of my old Arc AAA is included for size comparing:




Here is some beam shot. The mod is shown to the right.

First the Original vs the Mod:


Next an the Arc AAA vs the Mod:


Finaly I have been taking some shoots of a modelship, I have build.

Lighted by the Mod:


Lighted by the Original:



Lighted by the Arc AAA:

Very nice.. keep up the goodwork.
Mike..

Good Job ... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

gorgeous.. how on earth did you space those 3mm holes so nice!?

-awr

He he... I wrote a program in C# :



The program allows me to have 1 center + up to 5 circles of leds. You just enter the diameter of the leds, the radius of the circles, the number of lights you want in each circle. The program then shows the picture above, where also the total diameter of the light is calculated. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Very nice /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

cool.. can you modify it to use hex pattern like a honeycomb, or that will just work itself out if you use the right qty of light/circle? That still doesn't say how you managed to space them so evenly when you drilled them out.. you have a mill, or did you actually do that by hand?

-awr

Thats really nice

Is it me or do the circes in the diagram not match up quite right? Is that to allow for metal strength

(I have to write a program that invloves drawing circles you see)

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AndrewL said:
Is it me or do the circes in the diagram not match up quite right?

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When you want the LEDs in circle, they newer will match up quite right. It they should, you would have to use a hex pattern like a honeycomb, and I like the look of circles better.

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andrewwynn said:
cool.. can you modify it to use hex pattern like a honeycomb, or that will just work itself out if you use the right qty of light/circle? That still doesn't say how you managed to space them so evenly when you drilled them out.. you have a mill, or did you actually do that by hand?


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Right now, the program only draws circle. Thet would newer give a hex pattern. Of cause that could be modyfied, if I should want that. About the drilling - It was done in hand, using a big nasty battery driven screw driver. You just wait for my next project. It will use 3 or 4 circles of LED's /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

can we get a copy of your coool application?

Sure, but not guaranty included. If you mess up 91 of your precious HighBright LED's, don't blame me /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif The program requires the .NET framework to be installed. Only testet in Europe, where our printers runs in milimeters, so how it would react in the states, I don't know, but I supose it would work.

www.klokmose.dk/uploads/LedLight.exe

PrebKlok, your program is very nice, compliments it is a program that I cannot leave me to escape it.