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Yeah!





Here's how I made the heatsink by soldering some washers together. A dremel is a must! I used five but it wont give a full duty cycle, so my advise is to use more of them or bigger. (If you want to attempt of course, this is damn hard to achieve)


Rough surface is the key to success.


Some normal solderwire. I flatten it with a hammer.



I heated it all up with a hot air gun at full power.


Here's how I get the diodes out of the modules unharmed with an old piece of radio antenna. I got the "vise thingy" from an old desk lamp.



Rough surface again.


This jig puts pressure on everything so it doesn't move around and keeps the molen solder from getting into the threads.


Pretty.


Nice and clean.


Done.



I also removed the diode window for more power with nothing else but a humble knife. It took me about 15 minutes (my very first try too).






Cuting masking tape
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SSaNViSaYmk

Lights matches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN3J9t7_3XU


That's all folks, hope I brought some inspiration.
Ask questions or whatever.