Maglight halfprice

"> My plan is to cut the switch section of tube off and replace the plastic
> front lens with glass.
>
> there are other links to show how this is done.
> http://groups.msn.com/Divelight/messages.msnw but I think you will need to
> join to see it ? ( not sure).

I've done this. The best way to do it is to make up a new stub on a lathe to
screw into the head. You need a piece of 3 or 4 mm glass to replace the
stock plastic lens (most glaziers will cut you these for a quid or so) and
away you go. An MR16 bulb fits straight in. Mine's been tested to 100m.
Certainly a lot easier than building the whole thing from scratch.

All these ideas and more I got from Steve Lindblom's "Divelight Companion"
available from Airspeed Press:

http://www.airspeedpress.com/newlitebook.html

Andy

"> My plan is to cut the switch section of tube off and replace the plastic
> front lens with glass.
>
> there are other links to show how this is done.
> http://groups.msn.com/Divelight/messages.msnw but I think you will need to
> join to see it ? ( not sure).

I've done this. The best way to do it is to make up a new stub on a lathe to
screw into the head. You need a piece of 3 or 4 mm glass to replace the
stock plastic lens (most glaziers will cut you these for a quid or so) and
away you go. An MR16 bulb fits straight in. Mine's been tested to 100m.
Certainly a lot easier than building the whole thing from scratch.

All these ideas and more I got from Steve Lindblom's "Divelight Companion"
available from Airspeed Press:

http://www.airspeedpress.com/newlitebook.html

Andy

just got a maglight for 14 pounds from Halfords half price sale. Great DIY
light head

David

>just got a maglight for 14 pounds from Halfords half price sale. Great DIY
>light head
>
>David
>
I think you'll find after lots of swearing that Maglite heads are, in
fact, crap for DIY umbilicals. The switch is not sealed and the glass
at the front is not sealed well enough either. Far better to buy a
cheap underwater torch and use that as the basis for the head.
Granted, it won't be black and ally but it will seal far better.

There is a whole section on this on the ukrs website.

> >just got a maglight for 14 pounds from Halfords half price sale. Great
> >DIY
>>light head
>>
> I think you'll find after lots of swearing that Maglite heads are, in
> fact, crap for DIY umbilicals. The switch is not sealed and the glass
> at the front is not sealed well enough either. Far better to buy a
> cheap underwater torch and use that as the basis for the head.
> Granted, it won't be black and ally but it will seal far better.
>
> There is a whole section on this on the ukrs website.
My plan is to cut the switch section of tube off and replace the plastic
front lens with glass.

there are other links to show how this is done.
http://groups.msn.com/Divelight/messages.msnw but I think you will need to
join to see it ? ( not sure).

but there still a halfprice sale at halfords on Maglights if you want one


David

"> My plan is to cut the switch section of tube off and replace the plastic
> front lens with glass.
>
> there are other links to show how this is done.
> http://groups.msn.com/Divelight/messages.msnw but I think you will need to
> join to see it ? ( not sure).

I've done this. The best way to do it is to make up a new stub on a lathe to
screw into the head. You need a piece of 3 or 4 mm glass to replace the
stock plastic lens (most glaziers will cut you these for a quid or so) and
away you go. An MR16 bulb fits straight in. Mine's been tested to 100m.
Certainly a lot easier than building the whole thing from scratch.

All these ideas and more I got from Steve Lindblom's "Divelight Companion"
available from Airspeed Press:

http://www.airspeedpress.com/newlitebook.html

Andy