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On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:32:26 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

straw-hats have an internal conical reflector so they tend to shine
sideways, which I assume your rotary flasher needs? You'd need to drill
your own dimple for your pivit e.g with a countersink drill bit, or
chamfer router bit, you wouldn't want to drill too far at risk of
damaging the LED die, so buy a big bag cheap from china to allow
experiments, e.g.


There's wide-angle LEDs that have such a dimple.

Can't find or google the name... but I guarantee they exist because I have some,
somewhere...

And the two-wire plastic LED top can be sanded, drilled, and ground very easily.


Thomas Prufer