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The finished light--taken in a dark room, so the light really isn't that dark.
Custom built bead blasted Titanium Mule with 23 Trit vials, supplied by the customer, installed.
The twist light started out as bare Ti and the resulting parts were highly polished to prepare it for bead blasting. All credit for the great bead blasting goes to TranquillityBase, who graciously took time out from his riding to do the work. :twothumbs
Before bead blasting:
And after:
The light is the background is for comparison--it was highly polished.
As with any mule, hiding the leads to the LED will improve the appearance of the light:
The Cree XP-G2, 4000K, LED with the wiring in place--pretty ugly, no? On the right is a Delrin spacer, with a groove cut into the bottom of it, to clear the leads.
And the top of the Delrin spacer was machined to hold four Trit vials.
And the Trits in the dark.
Add in the few remaining pieces, the lens, some O-rings, a silicone gasket and the IMR 18350 battery and it's done:
And a final parting shot of the tail end in the dark:
Custom built bead blasted Titanium Mule with 23 Trit vials, supplied by the customer, installed.
The twist light started out as bare Ti and the resulting parts were highly polished to prepare it for bead blasting. All credit for the great bead blasting goes to TranquillityBase, who graciously took time out from his riding to do the work. :twothumbs
Before bead blasting:
And after:
The light is the background is for comparison--it was highly polished.
As with any mule, hiding the leads to the LED will improve the appearance of the light:
The Cree XP-G2, 4000K, LED with the wiring in place--pretty ugly, no? On the right is a Delrin spacer, with a groove cut into the bottom of it, to clear the leads.
And the top of the Delrin spacer was machined to hold four Trit vials.
And the Trits in the dark.
Add in the few remaining pieces, the lens, some O-rings, a silicone gasket and the IMR 18350 battery and it's done:
And a final parting shot of the tail end in the dark:
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