Recent content by CHCKLS

Ugh, one more question.. I dropped the gold end cap and knocked the lens loose. There is a slight convex side and a flat side.. which way should this go back in.. I would guess convex facing diode and flat side secured to cap inside.

Sweet. Article helped a bit. I'll mess with it over the next few days. Thanks to everyone who responded!

Ah, didn't even think of that. Thanks. Is there a good starting point for this? Example certain mm from edge of casing to face of lens holder.. wondering if these adjusted individually as they were sold or just placed inside the casing at a certain distance for all of them.

Morning :) So back home and in a more controlled environment. Have these pictures and noticed something. The lens between the diode and the end cap is loose and turning. I am guessing this is my issue since the beam got "tighter" or less divergence in a certain distance. I guess from here I...

I have this one and can take more when I get back home this weekend if that will help. You see to the right what I have been calling caps. Cap body that is about 1/2" long and black and then cap itself gold color.

Yes, and playing around with it last night a little more I removed the lens in the cap body and just held the cap with the outter lens and can see the beam getting more narrow than before so that tells me there is something going on with the lens in the cap body.

Hi guys, new to the forum after browsing around the last few days and thought I would give this a try. I have this 95mW Viper from 2006 (I think that's when I purchased it). I haven't used it in years but wanted to use it this past week for a camping trip now that my kids are getting into...