While poking around looking for something completely unrelated, I
found this:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...lashlight.html
Looks no harder than a salt/pepper grinder, but a lot cooler and more
useful.
You could play around with the idea and make all kinds of single- and
multi-cell or multi-bulbe flashlights. Or even use LEDs.

"'lektric dan" wrote in message
...
While poking around looking for something completely unrelated, I
found this:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...lashlight.html
Looks no harder than a salt/pepper grinder, but a lot cooler and more
useful.
You could play around with the idea and make all kinds of single- and
multi-cell or multi-bulbe flashlights. Or even use LEDs.


It should not be too hard "IF" you can find the hardware for it.

Leon wrote:
"'lektric dan" wrote in message
...
While poking around looking for something completely unrelated, I
found this:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...lashlight.html
Looks no harder than a salt/pepper grinder, but a lot cooler and more
useful.
You could play around with the idea and make all kinds of single- and
multi-cell or multi-bulbe flashlights. Or even use LEDs.


It should not be too hard "IF" you can find the hardware for it.

Take apart a Maglite. Use the bits you need.

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:
"'lektric dan" wrote in message
...
While poking around looking for something completely unrelated, I
found this:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...lashlight.html
Looks no harder than a salt/pepper grinder, but a lot cooler and more
useful.
You could play around with the idea and make all kinds of single- and
multi-cell or multi-bulbe flashlights. Or even use LEDs.


It should not be too hard "IF" you can find the hardware for it.

Take apart a Maglite. Use the bits you need.

I think you will need all of it. Perhaps slip a Maglite inside a wooden
holder.

Leon wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...
Leon wrote:
"'lektric dan" wrote in message
...
While poking around looking for something completely unrelated, I
found this:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...lashlight.html
Looks no harder than a salt/pepper grinder, but a lot cooler and more
useful.
You could play around with the idea and make all kinds of single- and
multi-cell or multi-bulbe flashlights. Or even use LEDs.

It should not be too hard "IF" you can find the hardware for it.
Take apart a Maglite. Use the bits you need.

I think you will need all of it. Perhaps slip a Maglite inside a wooden
holder.


Like a pen kit.


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Leon wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...
Leon wrote:
"'lektric dan" wrote in message
...
While poking around looking for something completely unrelated, I
found this:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...lashlight.html
Looks no harder than a salt/pepper grinder, but a lot cooler and
more useful.
You could play around with the idea and make all kinds of single-
and multi-cell or multi-bulbe flashlights. Or even use LEDs.


It should not be too hard "IF" you can find the hardware for it.

Take apart a Maglite. Use the bits you need.

I think you will need all of it. Perhaps slip a Maglite inside a
wooden holder.

Most of the Maglite is aluminum extrusion with some threads cut into them.
Replacing those with wooden turnings with threads shouldn't be terribly
difficult. You'll have to add some conductive material (copper foil for
example) in appropriate locations.

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Most of the Maglite is aluminum extrusion with some threads cut into them.
Replacing those with wooden turnings with threads shouldn't be terribly
difficult.

You dont think?



You'll have to add some conductive material (copper foil for
example) in appropriate locations.


I think it would be easier to simply slip a Maglite in side a hollow piece
of wood.

"'lektric dan" wrote in message
...
While poking around looking for something completely unrelated, I
found this:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/200...lashlight.html
Looks no harder than a salt/pepper grinder, but a lot cooler and more
useful.
You could play around with the idea and make all kinds of single- and
multi-cell or multi-bulbe flashlights. Or even use LEDs.


Been done. Google.