Grain-Of-Light LED LIGHT

Here I have started to shape the aluminium metal and wood together to create that classic style. The aluminium will act as a heat sink and also give a great accent and contrast against the wood grain.

The aluminium cylinder insert and the thicker walled wood will give some extra strength, however - I am still working on creating better structural integrity with thinner walls: I just felt I should show this piece of Maple because it looks pretty cool :) I'll ad the electronics next and upload some pics.

Prototype flashlight with LED circuit integrated: CREE XM-L2 ran at <1000mA, powered by 1x18650 rechargeable battery with Carclo Optic, frosted medium beam, USB MINI-B recharging point and LED indicator.

Fine tuning the wooden tube for the light exterior. I will need to create some type of interior reinforcement as the wood is becoming very fragile and thin. This wooden tube prototype is allowing me to figure out the strength and durability of boring and turning out a piece of maple wood. At the moment i think I will need to come up with an alternative solution as the impact resistance of this piece is very low. It looks great though!

I have completed the first basic circuit for my light. It includes a Buck driver 1A, CREE XM-L2 LED, USB rechargeable input, 18650 (which i'm thinking of replacing with a CR123A).

My desire is to have selection of 4 modes for the LED: High/Medium/Low/Pulse. Most flashlights come with a high frequency strobe, but i would like to incorporate a soft pulsating mode that dims the light high to low. I will be looking for a driver that comes fully integrated with this feature.