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The initial intent was to make a light that I could place down the centre hole on the Dillon toolhead.
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I found some LED T10 lights on a well known auction site - $6 for 10 including shipping. They take 12V DC, measure approx 1 cm in diameter and 3cm in length and feature 7 mini-LEDs clustered together. As can be seen, the bulb can be removed from the case to reduce the dimensions a little.
I cut some 3/4" diameter copper pipe and expoxied it into a plastic bushing scrounged from the spares box. The length of the pipe and the seating of the LEDs is a little critical as, if they are too long, they run the risk of getting hit by the shellplate bolt.
On top of the bushing sits the power connector that is wired directly to the wires of the T10. In this case the bulb can be left in it's case. Heat shrink and hot glue was used as insulation as necessary.
This nicely fits in the centre hole of the tool head and offers nice central and overhead illumination. However, it didn't quite throw light down the cases to allow you to see powder level. I then wondered if I could make a light that fits down the smaller hole between station 3 and 4. It turns out that a spent .303 British brass fits nicely into this hole stopping a short distance above the rim of the cartridge.
I drilled out the berdan primer pocket of on case to make room for the wires. The case length was then trimmed so it sits flush to the base of the toolhead. The bare bulb fits nicely into the trimmed end of the .303 brass. I had a spare circular power connector in the spares box and cut a section from another .303 brass. The connector fits nicely into this and then is expoxied to the rim of the other case for a fairly neat finish. More work was required to insulate the wires, but it wasn't too bad (tm).
Both lights are powered by a 12V DC wall wart. I could have hard-wired the wal wart to the lights, I had the connectors, so decided to use them.
Image linked from this thread
I found some LED T10 lights on a well known auction site - $6 for 10 including shipping. They take 12V DC, measure approx 1 cm in diameter and 3cm in length and feature 7 mini-LEDs clustered together. As can be seen, the bulb can be removed from the case to reduce the dimensions a little.
I cut some 3/4" diameter copper pipe and expoxied it into a plastic bushing scrounged from the spares box. The length of the pipe and the seating of the LEDs is a little critical as, if they are too long, they run the risk of getting hit by the shellplate bolt.
On top of the bushing sits the power connector that is wired directly to the wires of the T10. In this case the bulb can be left in it's case. Heat shrink and hot glue was used as insulation as necessary.
This nicely fits in the centre hole of the tool head and offers nice central and overhead illumination. However, it didn't quite throw light down the cases to allow you to see powder level. I then wondered if I could make a light that fits down the smaller hole between station 3 and 4. It turns out that a spent .303 British brass fits nicely into this hole stopping a short distance above the rim of the cartridge.
I drilled out the berdan primer pocket of on case to make room for the wires. The case length was then trimmed so it sits flush to the base of the toolhead. The bare bulb fits nicely into the trimmed end of the .303 brass. I had a spare circular power connector in the spares box and cut a section from another .303 brass. The connector fits nicely into this and then is expoxied to the rim of the other case for a fairly neat finish. More work was required to insulate the wires, but it wasn't too bad (tm).
Both lights are powered by a 12V DC wall wart. I could have hard-wired the wal wart to the lights, I had the connectors, so decided to use them.
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