MAG 3D 3W led upgrade w/heatsink

[Splat]

I just got done revamping my MAG 3D, 3W led upgrade with my homemade heatsink. I wanted to clean it up after finally settling upon a design for the heatsink. I made another one, this time using my final design from the first heatsink.

I used a 3/4" brass garden hose barb fitting and a 3/4" steel washer. Soldered, then epoxied with Loctite Extreme, the washer to the fitting. The washer had to be sanded down ever so slightly to fit snug in the Mag's tube for heatsinking, as well as grounding the bulb. Dremeled the fitting for the bulb's set-screw to retain the focusing feature. Added Arctic Silver 5 to the inner wall where the washer/heatsink would be. Modified the grounding strip from the switch-housing and wedged it between the washer and the inner tube wall. Cut down the Mag's plastic tower, epoxied the heatsink to the Mag switch-housing. Inserted batteries, screwed the head and tailcap on and fired her up. WOW! Now that's a spicy meat'a'ball'a!!! The focusing works fine, no rattles, blinking or any other problems. Ran her for about 10 minutes and she didn't appear to dim at all. I love this light now. Efficient, BRIGHT, and still built like a friggin' tank. Ooorah! 

PS, my digicam's batteries are dead so no pics until maybe tomorrow.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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Splat

[J-sews]

That sounds like a cool project. Bring on the pics!

[jock1]

Any pictures yet I would love to give this a try

[edap617]

I can't wait to see the pics.

Happy New Year!

Eddie