From concept to reality - Phobos host (taking orders)

[rhd]

Canada, right?

RHD says that Canadian post can sometimes take an unholy amount of time to arrive. Some of my packages also took a month to show up.

Yep - I'm still waiting on my Phobos too. It's normal Cilegray.

I've got a decent handle on how long Eud's stuff takes to get from Croatia to Canada, and this is just par for that course.

CanadaPost is not speedy.

 

[cilegray]

Yep - I'm still waiting on my Phobos too. It's normal Cilegray.

I've got a decent handle on how long Eud's stuff takes to get from Croatia to Canada, and this is just par for that course.

CanadaPost is not speedy.

Oh, I know it's normal... it's also normal to be checking my mailbox everyday with anticipation

 

[sinner]

Your host is exceptionally practical.. This just game me a brainstorm of ideas and inspiration to work on some nice hosts !!! :thanks:
Glad to see there are still non-flashlight fully custom hosts coming up, Not that they arnt readily available but scarce for sure..
Also i love the focus adaptor how it covers half of the head! :beer: +1
I have used quite a bit of metal past few weeks , i have made one new host! Hope you like it aswell!!
P.S: Phobos was a Genuis Computer Hacker come Microsoft's Security Incharge as far as i remember.. I'm not sure this has anything to do with that but is that the same guy Phobos ?

 

[Eudaimonium]

Thanks for the comments, man!

Actually, Phobos is:
Phobos (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And I remember it by a multiplayer map from Unreal Tournament 2004

 

[n2stuff]

Thanks for the comments, man!

Actually, Phobos is:
Phobos (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And I remember it by a multiplayer map from Unreal Tournament 2004

Yep. One of mars moons the other is Deimos. Unreal tournament was a very fun game. The BIG bathroom was my favorite.

Very nice host.

 

[Eudaimonium]

I was thinking of naming the 18650 version of the host "Deimos" just to stay in theme.

I really gotta wrap up the designs for that.

 

[n2stuff]

That sounds great. I was going to suggest that

 

[sinner]

O Well!! Nice Read and i should mention this name is genuinely awesome imho..
The Wiki Guys have done extensive photoshooting of the little moon but yours looks way better than that !! :beer:
Keep Up the Good Work !!

 

[tsteele93]

Here is my build using the Phobos host...

http://laserpointerforums.com/f45/m...-host-nexbox360-module-72569.html#post1044970

I took a slightly different route and made it into a greenie!


Eudaimonium Phobos with nexbox360 green module beam shot 1 by tsteele93, on Flickr

 

[nexbox360]

@Tsteelle93: Looks real good , i like the work you did with one of my modules it came out very good, soon when i get the a little extra money to play with i would like to build one just like that with one of my modules as i really like the host it offers a lot of heat dissipation with a little bit of Artic silver thermal past where the module fits on the host and it should have no problems running 100 sec+, how long have you had your running for with one of my modules so far, and was it very warm after the long run? I also hope to do a 445nm build in one of them but hope i can get one that will fit a nice 18650 battery for the extra "juice"

@Eudaimonium As far as i can see these host are not available to hold the 18650 battery yet, are they? If not is there any way you can build them yet as i would like to order two of these but want to get one that i can use an 18650 in and the other for the 16340 and 18350 batteries. Please PM me if you can help me out, if not i may still order 1 or 2 of them that hold the 18350 and 16340 batteries.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Eudaimonium]

Yeah well, for 18650 version I was about to re-design a whole lot of things, not just simply extend the battery barrel, and instead of wrapping up the designs, I always end up doing something else :undecided: And it's sure not going out this week, tons of work for college, no time for 3D modelling.

Sorry man. I'll put up a thread when it's ready.

 

[clif]

Started my 12x build, and had it wrapped up and finished and my damn switch broke! :banghead:

No problem, I should get the ones I ordered 2 months ago in another 6 weeks or so, as they are marked "shipped" finally! :crackup:.

Anyway set a microboost to 550mA and with the G2 lens in it was doing 680mw. What I did as a shim in the focus adapter head was take a full length aixiz module tension spring to make a small standoff gap so that the G2 lens stuck out further, allowing the diode to be focused properly.

 

[tsteele93]

I would gladly settle for a longer tube so you could use two 16340's at least as a temporary option.

 

[rhd]

I would gladly settle for a longer tube so you could use two 16340's at least as a temporary option.

Unfortunately, a 2x 16340 host is basically just an 18650 host. I gather that Eud very specifically doesn't want to simply create a version with a longer tube:

Yeah well, for 18650 version I was about to re-design a whole lot of things, not just simply extend the battery barrel, and instead of wrapping up the designs, I always end up doing something else :undecided: And it's sure not going out this week, tons of work for college, no time for 3D modelling.

So, his host, his rules

I'm excited as heck to receive mine! Plus, at this stage, what can't you do with a single-16340? I suppose a high powered 445 is the only thing that's out of the question with this host. But apart from that, the world is still your oyster

 

[cilegray]

Heck, I've had to order some pretty exotic cells from AW like some 10180s and a few 14250s to try and squeeze a high powered blue in there.

Should have a pair of builds in these hosts in 2-3 weeks depending when the rest of the parts come in.

 

[tsteele93]

Unfortunately, a 2x 16340 host is basically just an 18650 host. I gather that Eud very specifically doesn't want to simply create a version with a longer tube:

So, his host, his rules

I'm excited as heck to receive mine! Plus, at this stage, what can't you do with a single-16340? I suppose a high powered 445 is the only thing that's out of the question with this host. But apart from that, the world is still your oyster

Please don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to tell him what to do. I'm just saying as a customer that I would be perfectly happy with the option to buy the host with a longer tube until he had time to finish his plans on the new version - which he admits is not on the immediate horizon.

Single 16340's don't last real long, and this would actually be a nice host for a med/high power 445 if you could power it more easily.

Of course it is his host, but as a buyer I would think that he might appreciate my input. Maybe this is just a "for fun" thing and he doesn't care if we like it or not, but if it is an actual income generator then I would think it could be helpful for him to hear what the customers would like to be able to do with it. :yh:

I already built mine as a 150mW green using nexbox360's green module and had to do a bit of reworking to get a CR123A in the endcap (read: hogged it out with a Dremel tool!).

As a side note, what do you guys do to protect soft aluminum. Mine is already pretty scratched up. Wondering if polishing would help? It would look nice polished.