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FiddleCaver wrote:It made me think though that it would be nice to build one with only one LED, but still super bright.
FiddleCaver wrote:The only complaint that I got was about the weight, which is something that can be easily fixed. I'll just shave some aluminum off the design in a few areas... It made me think though that it would be nice to build one with only one LED, but still super bright.
karst97 wrote:So that leaves the housing, and probably the most expensive part of the light if you machine your own. I ended up using a CPU heat sink and some plastic bits glued on to provide protection for the LED and circuitry.
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Anyway, if someone could come up with a reasonably priced housing for 2 LEDs that would also take a waterproof momentary switch, making new lights would be a piece of cake and pretty darn cheap.
Scott
potholer wrote:I'd have thought the work necessary to adapt a Maglite head would be quite large - about all it would really provide would be a front glass and bezel.
potholer wrote:There's certainly a lot of stuff you can put in the head for torch mods, but cutting one down for a headset would seem to leave you with a tube with a glass front.
potholer wrote:As far as heatsinks go, is there much that needs doing apart from conducting heat to the body?
That wouldn't seem to require much material.
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