Hello everyone. A few weeks ago Ingchao suggested to me to try & use a 3/4" copper pipe end cap for a heat sink. I thought about it & figured why not. It's multi purposed. I saves room in your 1" pvc hilt, it's a heat sink, & blade stop. You just have to drill 2 holes in the back for the led wires to go through. Here are a few pics on how I did this.
3/4" copper end cap, lens & holder, led, & scrap piece of blade stock cut so it will be flush with the opening of the end cap when it's inside the assembly, & a 1/4" notch cut out of it. It acts as a spring clip to hold the lens in place.
Insert the led, lens holder & lens, & your make shift spring clip. Everything fits perfectly inside. You'll have to sand the corners of the led holder a little. It's real snug, you sand the corners down & you'll be able to remove the holder without any issue.
Insert the led assembly into your 1" pvc, where you have your threaded insert in place.
Once your led assembly is in place just tighten down with a thumb screw or button head screw. Your led is secured & you have a blade stop.
Last pic was a little blurry, sorry. Thank you..
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