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**DONOTDELETE**
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I just got an itch to get obcessed with LED flashlights, so here I am... After seeing the lightwave 2000 in a catalogue I just had to investigate the subject. After researching the matter I just ordered a lightwave 2000 and a Photon II to play with. Unfortunately I could not wait for them to arrive :/ so I drove down to Radio Shack to see what I could waste my money on.
I bought 1 Blue LED and 2 White ones, and a 47ohm resistor to play with. After getting home I broke out the soldering iron and a old paper towel roll (my makeshift battery compartment) and went to town. After scavaging components from an old handheld game I had, I now have a working (ugly) led light. It has an extremely wide beam that does not go very far, but works well up close. I am planning on refining it into something that actually resembles a flashlight. My question is, what LED has a far thin beam that goes dirrectly forward? My plan is to make a 4 battery, 5 LED model with 4 wide beam LED's and 1 thin peircing beam in the center. Any tips would be appreciated.