Homemade Mega Torch awesomeness

[Spend_day]

He's a crazy dutch guy which kinda explains it hehe.

Its kinda frightening that he got sunburn from the torch though

What he wants to do is hook one up to some sort of remote control plane / helicopter and pretend its a UFO / Aleins with a tractor beams trying to abduct people hehehe

and cook dogs sunburn people and generally attack foke. do it in texas and at least 20 people will say they were attacked/abducted/probed by the aliens

 

[iviv]

Build 2, but don't cross the beams...

 

[eddiemcgarrigle]

I could certainly do with a cut down version (less bright, less hot) for the times when I'm putting out house fires. I think one of these puppies would illuminate the inside of a house in the same way that fires are depicted in film and tv rather than having to put up with the crap batteries I'm issued with and not being able to see my hand in front of my face .

 

[Slinky1989]

I bet you'd have to take out a small loan every time the batteries died

 

[stevenazari1]

what happens if you put a big magnifying glass on it???

 

[yipyipboo]

He also added a mechanism so the light needs a key to operate.

dunno why this made me laugh.

 

[Priapus]

Build 2, but don't cross the beams...

What would happen?

 

[gillywibble]

I like the comment -

Coooooool


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[Priapus]

Ha ha ha. Nice.

 

[Welshy]

What would happen?

Have you never seen Ghostbusters?

 

[Liverpool-Lad]

The maxablast is nice....

My 150W modded maglite gives it a run for it's money tho

Any more info on this?

 

[Energize]

what happens if you put a big magnifying glass on it???

It would focus the beam over a much smaller area, increasing the intensity by over 10,000x.

 

[Mr Jones]

It would focus the beam over a much smaller area, increasing the intensity by over 10,000x.

Billy ant bully is probably saving up his money for his next upgrade...

Edit: Could this be the first step to a spartan laser?

 

[MikeHunt79]

Any more info on this?

5D maglite -
reflector replaced with Alu one,
plastic lens replace with high temp class,
whole switch mech replaced with soft start circuit
65W OSRAM IRC bulb overdriven to ~140W
5 x 3.7v Li-Ion cells giving ~18v

4000+ Lumens, and can also be used as a heatgun (it sets newspaper on fire and shrinks heatshrink).

 

[Deadly Ferret]

It would focus the beam over a much smaller area, increasing the intensity by over 10,000x.

Would that be enough to burn a hole through somebody, as though it were a high-power laser beam?

 

[Energize]

Would that be enough to burn a hole through somebody, as though it were a high-power laser beam?

If the bulb is 140W, and outputting maybe 100W of light after uv being blocked. Then it possibly could if the beam was coherent enough and the person stood there for a while. Of course though that would be over a very short distance as normal light loses coherence rapidly. It would be better to build a 100W co2 laser for burning things.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

He illuminated a ferry that was 9 miles away, pmsl, hes on crack that dude.

 

[Liverpool-Lad]

5D maglite -
reflector replaced with Alu one,
plastic lens replace with high temp class,
whole switch mech replaced with soft start circuit
65W OSRAM IRC bulb overdriven to ~140W
5 x 3.7v Li-Ion cells giving ~18v

4000+ Lumens, and can also be used as a heatgun (it sets newspaper on fire and shrinks heatshrink).

Pictures etc would be great. How much did the whole project cost?

Are the HID torches good?

 

[Priapus]

Have you never seen Ghostbusters?

I can't say I have?

 

[iviv]

He illuminated a ferry that was 9 miles away, pmsl, hes on crack that dude.

How do you measure that? Get someone with a very long tape measure?