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Morlock Joined: 31/07/2008 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 28/11/2017 12:26:32 Reply \| Quote Roy, the best protection for any lamp glass is to have it set back a fair distance from the front face of the lamp, something like the Oldham bezel arrangement. The best anti scratch coatings are not up to sand, mud etc. IP: 86.183.190.138
gNick Joined: 19/03/2012 Location: Pity Me, Durham View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 28/11/2017 12:48:03 Reply \| Quote That my Scurion glass is glass I can confirm because it looks, feels and sounds like glass - I am an engineer after all! I've got no experience of specification of glasses but I would assume that the scratch resistant coating is to strengthen the surface of a relatively ductile glass to give one that is unlikely to easily shatter but not get the surface worn quickly. You use the same principle in metal, say for a knife, where you have a fairly ductile main structure so it doesn't shatter but harden the edge so you can maintain a cutting edge for a reasonable length of time. -- Don't look so embarrassed, it's a family trait... IP: 31.161.12.80
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 28/11/2017 12:50:45 Reply \| Quote Morlock wrote: Roy, the best protection for any lamp glass is to have it set back a fair distance from the front face of the lamp, something like the Oldham bezel arrangement. The best anti scratch coatings are not up to sand, mud etc. and that Sir, is my design! -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 92.24.23.178
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 28/11/2017 12:53:09 Reply \| Quote SimonRL wrote: royfellows wrote: Its a shame that Mr Biff is no longer producing the Rude Nora. His web site says Nora 3 is in development? Its been that way for ages -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 92.24.23.178
Wormster Joined: 15/08/2006 Location: Top of the Mendip Hills View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 28/11/2017 17:40:59 Reply \| Quote Hi Roy, How's that side project coming on? - I'm liking what you have been working on it looks very impressive! -- Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done. IP: 86.163.104.88
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 28/11/2017 18:07:32 Reply \| Quote Wormster wrote: Hi Roy, How's that side project coming on? - I'm liking what you have been working on it looks very impressive! Full stop I'm afraid mate. It is an analogue circuit switched by small magnetic switches. The beam was by small optics, not the best by my standards. I would not be able to get anything in that I currently use and would need to assemble a custom PCB switching through MOSFETS. It may at some time present an opportunity to test a new idea so would like to keep it on one side. Happy to refund your postage if you wish. EDIT For those wondering, its a kaput Stenlight. Of further interest possibly, I will venture the opinion that a high output Stenlight would be impossible without a complete design change. -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 92.24.23.178 Edited: 28/11/2017 18:11:05 by royfellows
Roy Morton Joined: 09/10/2007 Location: Redruth Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 28/11/2017 22:54:58 Reply \| Quote Roy Morton wrote: By the way....did your signature quote come from AvE by any chance? Roy Fellows wrote: AvE ? ---------------------------------------- Millwright, engineer, Mining based. Tool testing / reviewing (not corporate BS) sometimes to destruction but with proper analytical recording. He has a lot of his own guy type 'shop' jargon. Entertaining, amusing and hugely informative. Try this taster and stick with it to the end, some good physics in the end section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcSa9_FLVMoo -- "You Chinese think of everything!" "But I''m not Chinese!" "Then you must have forgotten something!" IP: 86.152.85.38
Wormster Joined: 15/08/2006 Location: Top of the Mendip Hills View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 29/11/2017 06:48:35 Reply \| Quote royfellows wrote: Full stop I'm afraid mate. Oh well, noting ventured etc. The post was only a few squids Roy, I'm not worried about that! -- Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done. IP: 86.163.104.88
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 29/11/2017 08:10:35 Reply \| Quote gNick wrote: That my Scurion glass is glass I can confirm because it looks, feels and sounds like glass - I am an engineer after all! SPARE GLASSSCURION Référence : EC93 SCURION Spare glass made of durable polycarbonate. Fits onto all Scurion® lamps. voir la description complète 9,50 € https://www.expe.fr/uk/vitre-de-rechange.html -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 92.24.23.178
gNick Joined: 19/03/2012 Location: Pity Me, Durham View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 29/11/2017 15:22:27 Reply \| Quote You are right and I am wrong, I am obviously having a early onset senior moment. It is indeed a polycarbonate one according to the Scurion website as well. For what it's worth, mine has remained scratch free since I upgraded the light and it has suffered a fair bit of wiping off of dig spatter so will have a been pretty well tested. The previous one had a couple of minor ones (from catching steelwork on a dig so a bezel wouldn't have helped) that probably would have happened to glass as well. The Scurion 'glass' certainly doesn't scratch easily but that is almost certainly the coating, there are some pretty amazing coatings that are very durable. -- Don't look so embarrassed, it's a family trait... IP: 31.161.12.80
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 29/11/2017 16:42:39 Reply \| Quote gNick wrote: You are right and I am wrong, I am obviously having a early onset senior moment. It is indeed a polycarbonate one according to the Scurion website as well. Its OK Nick no worries. I had to fit a new glass, well didn't have to, to one of my roasters when a heavy roof contact took a small piece out of it. Didn't shatter or crack though. I did manage to shatter one with a hammer deliberately though. Needed to see how strong was the stuff I was selling to people. Polycarbonate is light and immensely strong, its the material of the old Oldham lead acid batteries. But I still prefer glass. -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 92.23.172.13
Morlock Joined: 31/07/2008 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 29/11/2017 17:49:07 Reply \| Quote royfellows wrote: Polycarbonate is light and immensely strong, its the material of the old Oldham lead acid batteries. But I still prefer glass. The best looking Oldham batteries were the black hard rubber model. IP: 109.147.81.233 Edited: 29/11/2017 19:33:07 by Morlock
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 05/12/2017 16:31:07 Reply \| Quote Scorpion latest I have finally received my sample batch of front glasses after 6 weeks! Confirmed that they same as stock sample and just ordered quantity. When quantity order shipped and in transit I will submit face plate drawings to manufacturer. All this is payed for with PayPal, if it was Capital One you would never see a Scorpion! I have settled on three models. A basic same as Lynx basic but uprated specs, ie IP68 - 5 metres. An X8, same as current Lynx X2000 but with separate switching for the floods. IP68 The X12 already briefly described. The aim is incredibly reliable and robust lamps to suit all tastes at affordable prices. However, some components more expensive that the Lynx so the Scorp will be a bit more. I have some trial components in the pipeline for a 50 metre dive lamp, possibly later next year. There are components out there good for 10 bar (145 psi), but dear! -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 92.23.172.13
The Fresh Prince of Portreath Joined: 05/08/2015 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 15/12/2017 18:30:50 Reply \| Quote I use two lamps, a Scurion 1500 (helmet battery) and an RF Trigon with Belt Battery. Last night I was out with someone who has a Trigon "equivalent". It blew the scurion well and truly out of the water. Better beam, much brighter. Hell of a thing. Very impressive. I need to take the Trigon out more. IP: 104.238.169.110
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 15/12/2017 19:14:41 Reply \| Quote You will need to get your order in for the new Scorpion when announced, You liked the Scurions crisp beam, I took this on board and now use better centre spot reflectors that give same light quality but all 2000 + lumens of it. I am increasing water resistance to IP 68 - 5 metres with a 50 metre dive model in the pipeline. GoPro compatibility and a lot of new features. Currently awaiting face plates. The sign of the red scorpion will be alpha and omega of lamps. I listen to what people say and take it on board. I have taken power as far as I want, now its intrinsic reliability and ability to withstand hard use. -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 88.106.227.212
The Fresh Prince of Portreath Joined: 05/08/2015 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 15/12/2017 21:32:36 Reply \| Quote I will. Took the trigon out this evening. It's still a very good lamp. IP: 104.238.169.71 Edited: 15/12/2017 21:33:33 by The Fresh Prince of Portreath
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 16/12/2017 09:07:34 Reply \| Quote The Fresh Prince of Portreath wrote: I will. Took the trigon out this evening. It's still a very good lamp. A hot date? -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 88.106.227.212
ant89 Joined: 01/04/2013 Location: Wrexham View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 16/12/2017 09:36:59 Reply \| Quote royfellows wrote: I have taken power as far as I want. Come one Roy! surely you know we all want a death ray mode on our lamps! IP: 87.115.101.7
royfellows Joined: 13/06/2007 Location: Great Wyrley near Walsall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 20/12/2017 15:46:32 Reply \| Quote Hello people With Christmas 2017 a mere few days away its a good time to wish all my friends and customers a happy Christmas and a good New Year. Off the usual subjects, here is a glimpse behind the scenes of Fellows Caplamps, this is the main screen of my possibly by now famous 'system' that I sometimes refer to. (click image to open full size image in new window) Developed by me originally as an off the shelf sales and accounting package it has been developed into a bespoke application to run LEDCaplamps. Looking at it, it is rather self explanatory, customer name on the "To Do" list blacked out for obvious reasons. -- ..................a proper engineer not a marketing man. IP: 88.106.227.212
The Fresh Prince of Portreath Joined: 05/08/2015 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Fellows lamps forum. Posted: 20/12/2017 17:09:54 Reply \| Quote Next financial year, I'll have one of your silly ones. IP: 104.238.169.94

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