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Note: Since the FlexModP3 driver is no longer available, you can use an X-Drive buck driver for this build, which is more efficient! :beer:
After I machine the top of the pill flat, it can just be thermal glued there...
DTR first put a FlexModP3 driver into a hand held host, and the result of his 'Frakenstein' build was epic...
I was happy to have been a part of that awesome build because he sent it to me for the machine work and heatsink.
But it was originally designed for a dual FlexDrive set up, and quite honestly, I didn't recommend the FlexModP3 when he had asked me about it.
Well that didn't stop him!
RL-2088 'Frankenstein' kit here:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f64/fs-rl-2088-frankenstein-kit-flexmodp3-66330.html
Here I will show a nice clean way to mount a FlexModP3 driver into the same host...
But I will mention that the head of the RL-2088 host, may need machine work and boring on the inside. (some need the extra machine work on the inside of the head, and some don't - I have seen this on different hosts) And then a custom heatsink fit for it.
The pictures and captions show the details...
I want to mention that the negative contact points on the FlexModP3 (both input and output), are continuous. So if you wanted to, you could just connect the diode case pin to the negative pin (blu-ray or 445), and just connect to the negative output of the driver just like you can also do with a V5 FlexDrive if you wanted to...
But as the picture shows, I went ahead and just ran an extra wire direct to the negative input side of the driver.
The 445 diode case pin has plenty of length left for soldering an isolated wire to. Just remove the pink triangle piece from the pins. And you can solder to the case pin...
I saw this price on the RL-2088 'Frankenstein' host with an SST50 emitter... $84 bucks!
UlraFire RL-2088 Luminus SST-50 LED 3X18650 High Power Flashlight [3052] - US$84.92 : shenzhen-wholesale
These linear drivers are rock solid and the adjustment is so very nice...
1/2 turn is about 100mA's.
Here's DTR's tutorial on setting up the FlexModP3:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f51/how-set-up-flexmod-p3-handheld-laser-56572.html#post798901
Here is a word document that I made for how to set up the FlexModP3. (It's about a 4MB file, so it may take a minute to download)
http://www.sonic.net/~jayrob/FlexModP3 Setup.doc
It is basically the same information that DTR shows in his tutorial. Just condensed down to a single page that you can just print out if you want...
Here's some pictures of the custom 'reversed' Maglite build that this drop in module is made for...
http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/custom-maglite-flexmodp3-build-flipped-backwards-62065.html
Hope you like it!
Click here to see my list of projects and tutorials!
After I machine the top of the pill flat, it can just be thermal glued there...
DTR first put a FlexModP3 driver into a hand held host, and the result of his 'Frakenstein' build was epic...
I was happy to have been a part of that awesome build because he sent it to me for the machine work and heatsink.
But it was originally designed for a dual FlexDrive set up, and quite honestly, I didn't recommend the FlexModP3 when he had asked me about it.
Well that didn't stop him!
RL-2088 'Frankenstein' kit here:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f64/fs-rl-2088-frankenstein-kit-flexmodp3-66330.html
Here I will show a nice clean way to mount a FlexModP3 driver into the same host...
But I will mention that the head of the RL-2088 host, may need machine work and boring on the inside. (some need the extra machine work on the inside of the head, and some don't - I have seen this on different hosts) And then a custom heatsink fit for it.
The pictures and captions show the details...
I want to mention that the negative contact points on the FlexModP3 (both input and output), are continuous. So if you wanted to, you could just connect the diode case pin to the negative pin (blu-ray or 445), and just connect to the negative output of the driver just like you can also do with a V5 FlexDrive if you wanted to...
But as the picture shows, I went ahead and just ran an extra wire direct to the negative input side of the driver.
The 445 diode case pin has plenty of length left for soldering an isolated wire to. Just remove the pink triangle piece from the pins. And you can solder to the case pin...
I saw this price on the RL-2088 'Frankenstein' host with an SST50 emitter... $84 bucks!
UlraFire RL-2088 Luminus SST-50 LED 3X18650 High Power Flashlight [3052] - US$84.92 : shenzhen-wholesale
These linear drivers are rock solid and the adjustment is so very nice...
1/2 turn is about 100mA's.
Here's DTR's tutorial on setting up the FlexModP3:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f51/how-set-up-flexmod-p3-handheld-laser-56572.html#post798901
Here is a word document that I made for how to set up the FlexModP3. (It's about a 4MB file, so it may take a minute to download)
http://www.sonic.net/~jayrob/FlexModP3 Setup.doc
It is basically the same information that DTR shows in his tutorial. Just condensed down to a single page that you can just print out if you want...
Here's some pictures of the custom 'reversed' Maglite build that this drop in module is made for...
http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/custom-maglite-flexmodp3-build-flipped-backwards-62065.html
Hope you like it!
Click here to see my list of projects and tutorials!
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