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Tutorial: 445 Laser / Flashlight Combo! - SCHWEET!
We all like lasers... And I'm pretty sure that most of us like a nice bright Flashlight too!
Here's a nice modification that gives you both, in one unit!
This is a really nice 'dual' flashlight, in which I modified one end with a laser!
The host is excellent quality. The inner retaining rings and so forth. The only thing I did not like was the plastic flashlight lens, but it pops out easily, and I put a glass lens in there...
I like this build so much, that it gets to sleep in my Nova case!
The pictures show my original PHR set up, but I have since upgraded it to house a 445 diode running at 532mA's. It puts out 370mW's through AixiZ 405 glass...
Just make sure to use a nice dust cap for safety!
Accidental 'on' is unlikely, but using a silicone tail cap for an aperture cover is a good safety recommendation...
If you want to do this mod, take a close look at this tutorial, because it is a 'case positive' host, and needs to be wired up differently than normal.
* I will sell the custom heatsink needed (with set screw), for $23 dollars plus $3 dollars shipping if you want one.
* Please read my shipping policy here!
* Here's the host:
dual head cree, great deals on Sporting Goods on eBay!
The flashlight is very bright. I compared it with my Cree Q5 mods, and it is just as bright. (beam shot below)
It uses 3 X AAA batteries. The stock tail end, is a weak UV light with 5 UV LED's. It has a simple circuit that limits the power on the tail end, so that is another thing needed for this laser modification. To disable/by-pass the circuit. (it's easy to disable - shown in the pictures)
Not that you would want to, but in case you are wondering, yes, both ends can be powered on at the same time.
I like this build so much, that It got my Nova case!
Then my X-105 gets to share a case with my Evo Pro...
Hope you liked this project!
Click here to see my list of projects and tutorials!
We all like lasers... And I'm pretty sure that most of us like a nice bright Flashlight too!
Here's a nice modification that gives you both, in one unit!
This is a really nice 'dual' flashlight, in which I modified one end with a laser!
The host is excellent quality. The inner retaining rings and so forth. The only thing I did not like was the plastic flashlight lens, but it pops out easily, and I put a glass lens in there...
I like this build so much, that it gets to sleep in my Nova case!
The pictures show my original PHR set up, but I have since upgraded it to house a 445 diode running at 532mA's. It puts out 370mW's through AixiZ 405 glass...
Just make sure to use a nice dust cap for safety!
Accidental 'on' is unlikely, but using a silicone tail cap for an aperture cover is a good safety recommendation...
If you want to do this mod, take a close look at this tutorial, because it is a 'case positive' host, and needs to be wired up differently than normal.
* I will sell the custom heatsink needed (with set screw), for $23 dollars plus $3 dollars shipping if you want one.
* Please read my shipping policy here!
* Here's the host:
dual head cree, great deals on Sporting Goods on eBay!
The flashlight is very bright. I compared it with my Cree Q5 mods, and it is just as bright. (beam shot below)
It uses 3 X AAA batteries. The stock tail end, is a weak UV light with 5 UV LED's. It has a simple circuit that limits the power on the tail end, so that is another thing needed for this laser modification. To disable/by-pass the circuit. (it's easy to disable - shown in the pictures)
Not that you would want to, but in case you are wondering, yes, both ends can be powered on at the same time.
I like this build so much, that It got my Nova case!
Then my X-105 gets to share a case with my Evo Pro...
Hope you liked this project!
Click here to see my list of projects and tutorials!
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