From: goodsoldierschweik@invalid.com   
      
   On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:19:54 +0700, Schweik   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:08:55 +0930, Greg Wormald   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>In article ,   
   >> goodsoldierschweik@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:35:01 +0930, Greg Wormald   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> >Hi Charles,   
   >>> >I've been playing with flashlights rather than knives for the last   
   >>> >while, but I still keep an eye out here.   
   >>> >Most of the posts have been cr*p, and fall to my kill file. I suspect   
   >>> >that the on-line forums have taken a lot of the business--although they   
   >>> >have their own disadvantages.   
   >>> >How's your 'knifing' been going? Anything interesting at your place?   
   >>> >Greg   
   >>> >   
   >>> >In article <4c037b53$0$14086$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,   
   >>> > Chilla  wrote:   
   >>> >   
   >>> >> The subject says it all.   
   >>>   
   >>> What are you doing playing with a flashlight?  I've flushed all my   
   >>> incandescent flashlights and replaced them with LED lights.   
   >>>   
   >>> Cheers,   
   >>>   
   >>> Schweik   
   >>> (goodsoldierschweikatgmaildotcom)   
   >>   
   >>Not "A" flashlight--but a few, and all LED.   
   >>   
   >>So far I have about half as many lights as knives.   
   >>   
   >>My most recent light is a total custom, all titanium light from a maker   
   >>in Hawaii, McGizmo. It uses one CR123A battery, has 3 levels of   
   >>light--one suitable for inside, one for outside, and one super that will   
   >>light up a whole river gum tree like daylight at 100 metres, and fits in   
   >>a shirt pocket.   
   >>   
   >>He calls it a Haiku XP-G, and I got the additional bead blast finish.   
   >>   
   >>Just like some of my custom knives, it's a delight to use, or just to   
   >>play around with, and is suitable for admiration.   
   >>   
   >>Greg   
   >   
   >I think that "making your own" might be interesting. You can buy the   
   >super LEDs and a current limiting circuit circuit can be very small   
   >very large. the biggest problem would be limiting the voltage and that   
   >could be done with some sort of insulating spacer if more then a two   
   >cell light. Hmmm....   
   >   
   >Cheers,   
   >   
   >Schweik   
   >(goodsoldierschweikatgmaildorcom)   
      
      
   Correction.. "can be very small" forget the large :-)   
   Cheers,   
      
   Schweik   
   (goodsoldierschweikatgmaildorcom)   
      
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