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I just setup a small shop. I don't have a mill yet, only a lathe. Mill is coming soon.
I've been working my way up the not-so-steep learning curve (for me anyway, I'm a natural at anything to do with hands-on creation of pretty much anything). I'm no Ehgemus, but I believe I can hold my own. I haven't tried any of the multi-metal layering yet. I'm gonna have to see if I can talk Ehgemus out of his technique now that he's out of the game. It cant possibly be as easy as JB-Welding pieces together.
My threading has gotten to the point that I'm actually not embarrassed to show it to the public now. Tighter than any chinese machining you'll find.
I'm in the process of completing my first full host. At first, it was just a bunch of heatsinks and battery tubes for various flashlight mods, and threading practice. Now the body (2x18650 fat-body for large hands) and tail cap are complete, and I'm working on the head.
I'm really just throwing this out here to let folks know that there is still someone interested in providing a service that so many here appear to be in need of. I also should make it known that I strictly adhere to The First Principle of Manufacture. Good-Fast-Cheap, any two are possible, no more. If I can do it, I'll tell you so. If I can't do it, I'll tell you that as well. My time is too valuable to me to get caught up in letting my alligator eyes overload my chickadee ass.
I'm still sourcing parts like nice switches and such, as well. I'll put up some pics of some of my work when I get back to the house later.
For what it's worth,
-G
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And now the pics...
501B heatsink for press-fit contact board
501B heatsink threaded for stock pill
H-D Defiant 2xAA flashlight, anodize stripped, heatsink turned
C8 heatsink and 2x18650 battery tube (my first threads, came out a little loose thus the tef tape)
From scratch body and tailcap
That's 2" bar I'm parting material off of for the head
And, not really a host, but a little LED task light I whipped up from parts of an old Helping Hands. There are 2 harddrive magnets JB Welded to the wire framework, and a little fan to keep it cool, it gets REALLY hot. It usually rides along on the back end of the compound slide so it shines nice and bright on the cutting action.
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Here's my first ever host from scratch. It came out looking like more of a flashlight than I would have liked, but I think the machining is close to top notch. Threads are not sloppy, joints fit nice.
The body is 1.3" dia for large hands. The head is 1.98" max dia for lots of heat. It weighs in at 505g, thassalottaluminum.
This first one is pretty plain in the feature department, just tail-clicky and contact board. It'll take a 12mm module, but I could bore it out to accept anything larger.
-G
I've been working my way up the not-so-steep learning curve (for me anyway, I'm a natural at anything to do with hands-on creation of pretty much anything). I'm no Ehgemus, but I believe I can hold my own. I haven't tried any of the multi-metal layering yet. I'm gonna have to see if I can talk Ehgemus out of his technique now that he's out of the game. It cant possibly be as easy as JB-Welding pieces together.
My threading has gotten to the point that I'm actually not embarrassed to show it to the public now. Tighter than any chinese machining you'll find.
I'm in the process of completing my first full host. At first, it was just a bunch of heatsinks and battery tubes for various flashlight mods, and threading practice. Now the body (2x18650 fat-body for large hands) and tail cap are complete, and I'm working on the head.
I'm really just throwing this out here to let folks know that there is still someone interested in providing a service that so many here appear to be in need of. I also should make it known that I strictly adhere to The First Principle of Manufacture. Good-Fast-Cheap, any two are possible, no more. If I can do it, I'll tell you so. If I can't do it, I'll tell you that as well. My time is too valuable to me to get caught up in letting my alligator eyes overload my chickadee ass.
I'm still sourcing parts like nice switches and such, as well. I'll put up some pics of some of my work when I get back to the house later.
For what it's worth,
-G
_____________edit_____________
And now the pics...
501B heatsink for press-fit contact board
501B heatsink threaded for stock pill
H-D Defiant 2xAA flashlight, anodize stripped, heatsink turned
C8 heatsink and 2x18650 battery tube (my first threads, came out a little loose thus the tef tape)
From scratch body and tailcap
That's 2" bar I'm parting material off of for the head
And, not really a host, but a little LED task light I whipped up from parts of an old Helping Hands. There are 2 harddrive magnets JB Welded to the wire framework, and a little fan to keep it cool, it gets REALLY hot. It usually rides along on the back end of the compound slide so it shines nice and bright on the cutting action.
--------EDIT------------
Here's my first ever host from scratch. It came out looking like more of a flashlight than I would have liked, but I think the machining is close to top notch. Threads are not sloppy, joints fit nice.
The body is 1.3" dia for large hands. The head is 1.98" max dia for lots of heat. It weighs in at 505g, thassalottaluminum.
This first one is pretty plain in the feature department, just tail-clicky and contact board. It'll take a 12mm module, but I could bore it out to accept anything larger.
-G
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