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note to self - don't ever try and paint by flashlight. woke up today and the paintings had splotches and just looked really bad!
This is my collection of Jeff Hanko's Fantastic lights! A group shot including the 16x16 3D EX10, an older 10x1 D10 with a finely grooved head, 10x6 3D D10 from Jeff's first run since his return, A Jhanko/Steve Ku V10R with Veleno 18650 body, A one of a kind 10x10 3D LF2XT (My EDC), Another V10R with two 15mm extenders, A Jhanko/Steve Ku V10R with the Veleno 18500 body and yet another V10R! What a happy Family!
Our dog Vince is a sucker for a moving beam of light. He'll chase a laser pointer for hours, and a focusable flashlight is just about as effective.
Here's a picture I did about 2.5 years ago. I wanted it on my Flickr to inspire me to finally do it again and share! (My friend Steph)
Using two interlocked tube clamps, a Surefire G2 tactical flashlight, and a boring old mountain bike.
Got this rechargeable LED Flashlight as a gift last Friday. To celebrate it, we had a power outage through the night and past noon time the next day!
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view flashlight - _MG_7327 on a black background.
Grrr. Frustration. After the battery pack working last week, I was planning to get the switch seated. But after knocking around awhile, during all these other activities, the insulation on the wires to the switch (which had been hanging loose from said wires) was wearing through in a couple places. So I cut the wires, yanked them out, and did my best to cut and de-solder the ends from the terminals on the switch. (Which is also looking battered, but still tests good)
I go to some trouble to dig up some more wire, a bit heavier gage this time, just in case, and re-solder them to the switch. While I'm at it, I also Dremel a notch at either end of the hole I cut for the switch, to make room for the lumps on either end where the wires connect.
In the process of threading the wires back through the ooooh so tight and cramped space between the inner and outer shell of the Thermos (ever try to push a string?) and the solder breaks on one terminal of the switch. So I grit my teeth, these things happen, and with some trouble and wishing again for that third hand, I manage to reattach it with out pulling everything all apart again.
Then comes wrestling endlessly to angle and twist and tug, and trim with the X-acto, and dab with hot glue when I damage the insulation again, and pry it out to crimp the edges of the hole up a bit more, and back to shoving and trimming and...Well you get the idea.
So I finally get the durned thing in, and I whip out the ol' multimeter, and guess what? Continuity from both! wires to the metal shell of the Thermos. Which means I'm going to have to pull it all back apart all over again. Pry out the switch and yank the wires back out. Siiigh. But that's for another day/night, whatever. For tonight, frustration rules the land. Muhahahahaha!
Erm, yes. ...I'm blaming the fumes. Yeah, sure the fumes. ...
EDIT: The next night
Hot diggity damn! It works!
New day, fresh perspective. The old wires had been abused for a while, so they had worn insulation all along their length. The new wires were only worked up-close to the switch. I pulled the switch out like half an inch, and retested - No more continuity to the shell! :) So I slapped some electrical tape over the suspect area, tucked it back in and bingo:
One switch in place, and operational, and still testing clean!