What we have now looks somewhat akin to an expensive wood carvers mallet so its time to crack on and start giving the aluminium ‘bar’ a recognisable shape. Having now machined the ‘electronics’ or cable end we now turn our attention to the ‘globe’ end. This is considerably more complex from a machining perspective and [...]
The first thing to do was to learn how to use a lathe and later on a vertical milling machine! I AM Joking! Although these items of equipment were put to good use I could never have done this without the help and (Machinists view) of a good friend of mine Bert Wells (aka The [...]
In order to give everyone some idea of just what goes into the making of a custom fully self designed Dive Light, I will over the coming days be posting up a series of articles describing what was involved. I will show you the stages involved, some of the difficulties encountered right up until the [...]