Just turning my tutorial into a Kit for sale...

There have been different modifications to the Mini Mag lights, and here is yet another modification using a FlexDrive with custom spacer and heatsink.

This mod uses a single, protected 14650 battery for a large capacity.

If you want to DIY following this tutorial, I can sell the heatsinks and custom spacers with o-ring. Or you can get the entire kit! (except the diode and battery) (pricing at the end of this post)

Here are the pictures...












Note:
Another way to get ground, is to have your 'negative FlexDrive input wire' longer, and feed it up the inside of the aluminum spacer, and fold it over the front. (the part of the wire that is folded over the front would be bare wire) That way, when you push the assembly into the host, the ground wire would get 'pinched' between the host and the spacer, and make contact with the bare aluminum area at the tip of the host on the inside lip. (this is the contact point by design of the Mini Mag - see first picture)




The Mini Mag lights are very appealing because of how nice the finish is on them! Plus, they come in different colors!

I will sell the custom heatsink, with spacer and o-ring for $32 dollars plus $3 dollars shipping if anybody is interested...

Or for the complete kit, here is the price breakdown:

* Basic Mini Mag Kit - $52... Black host/heatsink/spacer/o-ring/tail switch. (Terra Lux)
* Add the 'Hot' option - Plus $55... This includes the FlexDrive installed with current pre-set. (This 'Hot' option is a little more work and time than my other kits)
* AixiZ module - $5
* 405-G-1 glass lens mod - $55 31% increase for blu-ray vs AixiZ acrylic! (new) See link in signature!
* 650-G-1 glass lens mod for red! (fit for AixiZ) - $52 25% increase for red vs AixiZ acrylic! (new) Shown here: http://laserpointerforums.com/f64/fs...ase-46332.html
* Shipping - $6
* Please read my shipping policy here!

All you will need is a battery and a diode!


Driver:
If you are just using this post as a tutorial, you can get the FlexDrive here:
http://hacylon.case.edu/ebay/laser_d..._FlexDrive.php




Build tip for getting negative:

The host itself is ground. (battery negative to tail cap switch)

You need to get the negative input lead to the driver to touch the host.

I showed one way to do it, but you could also use the diode case pin if you wanted to. In this case, you would not need the little wire I showed. Just your positive lead to FlexDrive. And the negative would come from the diode.

As long as the heatsink is touching bare metal. If not, then you just file off the anodized area where the heatsink would be touching when tightened, and then you could use the diode case pin to be the 'ground to driver'. But the Mini Mag has anodized threads at the head, so this may be a problem for getting good ground from the host to heatsink.

A FlexDrive only needs one ground connection. Most of the time, I like to give ground from the host or pill, and then connect the positive and negative driver outputs to the diode. Because there is less chance of a bad connection, which could kill your diode.

But if you have a good connection from your heatsink to your host, then it is fine to get the ground from the diode case pin.

With a red build, the case pin is the negative. With a blu-ray build, you would just solder the case pin to the negative pin, and then the negaive wire to your FlexDrive...

See the 4th wiring diagram in the FlexDrive documentation:
http://hacylon.case.edu/ebay/laser_d..._V5_manual.pdf







Tail Switch:

I have tried both the Terra Lux tail cap, as well as the Nite Ize brand, and I like the Terra Lux much better...

The Terra Lux switch requires more pressure to 'click' it on or off. Nice smooth finish too!
mini mag cap terralux, great deals on Sporting Goods on eBay!








This host is also the perfect length for an O-like module using a 14500 instead of a 14650... my heatsink shown here, would be adjusted to be a 'custom front piece' similar to my DIY Green Kit. (shown in my signature below) Then the front end of the barrel would be drilled out so that the module would slide through and be held in place with a tiny set screw. (which would also be the positive contact point) I think a small sleeve type heatsink would also be used on the module. This would probably have to be glued on, because it would be very thin...
Jay











* FS: Mini Mag Green Kit!
http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...d.php?p=528182

* FS: New Side Button Build Kit!
http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...ad.php?t=22607

Eat your heart out kipkay

What are you talking about is that a expression or somthing O_o?

Yea Haha... Suck it KIPKAY!!

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you never heard of the "kip kay laser hack"??

dont ever do this...
YouTube - Laser Flashlight Hack!

Erm yea but really I find them to be a confusing bunch.

Do you sell the basic mini mag with out the flashlight. Also where do you get the battery?
Thanks

If you just want the heatsink, spacer and o-ring, it is $32 dollars plus $3 dollars shipping.

There is an e-bay link for the TerraLux tail cap in my first post, and you can find the battery in a lot of places. Just Google 14650 battery...
Jay

I'm not sure yet, but I might just need the heatsink only. Would you be willing to sell one by itself?

Sure... just PM me.

I would sell it for the same as my other heatsinks. $23 dollars plus $3 dollars shipping.
Jay

Airsoftlaser, I sent your Heatsink/spacer/o-ring (and other item) today. (Saturday)

Hope your build goes well!
Jay

Thanks.

Hydrojo, I sent your Heatsink/spacer/o-ring (and other item) today. (Friday)

Hope you guys are doing well with this build...
Jay

shmigoli, I sent your Heatsink/spacer/o-ring (and other item) today. (Friday)


Jay

What do you charge the battery with...?

This one will work:
DealExtreme: $10.88 Rodee AD-108 Lithium Battery Charger (for 18650/17670/14650/16340)

hi,
i want to make a phr 803t laser and i have got orderd this host DealExtreme: $11.99 Cree XR-E LED Flashlight Complete DIY Body Shell/Casing Kit with Driver Pill (2*CR123A/1*18650) with 2 CR123a baterys now i only need a heatsink ans a driver set on 100ma and do you have a heatsink for it and do you know a good way to make it bcuz i screw it up and i would need a litle bit of help.

Couple of things...

That host from DX does not include the round circuit board for battery contact. So you will have to find a board that fits the bottom of the pill.

Also, for a blu-ray build, you would want to use a FlexDrive. Which means that the best battery choice will be a single 18650.

And yes, I have those hosts, so I can easily make a heatsink for it. It would be $23 dollars plus $3 dollars shipping.

Just send me a PM...

i have orderd the circuit bord and do i neet to take all the things of it of should i leve them on it.

If your round contact board has a driver built onto it, you will need to remove the components, and then get two lead wires for your FlexDrive input. (positive and negative)

i think it has its this one DealExtreme: $5.50 17mm 1000mAh 5-Mode with Mode-Memory LEDDriver Circuit Board for Cree XR-E Emitters (0.9~4.5V Input) so then i need to teke att of it ans only leve the spring and the 2 wires in it.

You will need to remove the components, and get positive and negative lead wires...

The positive will need to be a contact point that will make a connection to the center of the board where the battery will make contact. And the negative will need to make contact with the threaded aluminum pill that the board mounts into.

This is your negative contact point. The pill has bare metal threads to contact to the host.

Usually you can just solder the edge of the board to the brass ring that presses into the pill, and find the contact point that makes a connection to the outer 'ring' of the board.

Alternatively, you can also choose to get your negative connection to the FlexDrive from the diode. If it is a red build, the diode case pin is the negative, so it will already be getting the contact from the host via the heatsink. But for a blu-ray build, you would just make sure to solder the diode case pin together with the negative pin... (but I like to get positive and negative leads to the driver at the pill when I can. Less chance of getting a bad connection to the diode and killing it)

i think im gonna buy just the pieces so i can make myown, but do you think you could make a ez focus adapter for it, since the housing is sticking out of the minimag? thanks

Yes I can, but I would need your finished build to get it just right.

A couple of factors play into the measurements of the EzFocus adapter.

Basically, where the lens sits at focus, in relation to the front of the host. But it will depend on what lens you are using, as well as your module position inside the heatsink...