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LSU12ga · January 2, 2007, 03:10 AM

It's 2am, and i can't sleep.

So here is my idea for a cheap and easy forend light, keep in mind my electrical skills are limited and this will be my first soldering project, and i would liek some suggestions.

my idea is to get a small led key chain, or osme sort of small plastic housing, and place 2 or 3 bright leds in it. then, run the 2 wires from the leds, to a battery, attach one to the + terminal, and the - terminal have on a benty peice of metal, so when you depress the metal it brings the wire in contact with the battery, and voila, you have your flashlight, i just saved you 300 dollars.

any suggestions? i was thinking maybe you can forget the platic housing all to gether and just electical tape the whole thing to the forend, it wont be more then 1.5 inches long.

January 2, 2007, 03:10 AM	#1
LSU12ga Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2006 Posts: 407	Homemade shotgun forend light It's 2am, and i can't sleep. So here is my idea for a cheap and easy forend light, keep in mind my electrical skills are limited and this will be my first soldering project, and i would liek some suggestions. my idea is to get a small led key chain, or osme sort of small plastic housing, and place 2 or 3 bright leds in it. then, run the 2 wires from the leds, to a battery, attach one to the + terminal, and the - terminal have on a benty peice of metal, so when you depress the metal it brings the wire in contact with the battery, and voila, you have your flashlight, i just saved you 300 dollars. any suggestions? i was thinking maybe you can forget the platic housing all to gether and just electical tape the whole thing to the forend, it wont be more then 1.5 inches long.