Sweet, thanks savagemann for these pictures. Couple questions though, where is the spring from, battery contact or something? Seems like you would get better connectivity without it if thats the case since this telescope's. Also wondering if the locking ring is reverse thread? FWIW I was just reading the reviews at fasttech on this and a user states that the 510 pin is actually sort of telescopic as well. If you take 2 sets of needle nose pliers you can actually unscrew the 510 pin out of the bottom section and I think the bottom contact is pressed into the delrin. If it where me I'd twist it all the way out and cut a small line in the pin with a dremel so you could use a flat head screw driver to adjust it up and down when needed. I can't confirm this will work though until I have mine in hand.
Edit: just thinking about the spring and is it used to make connection from the magnetic button side to the battery connector side? Seems this is the weakest link if there is much voltage drop. Wonder whats inside the smok magneto to compare......anyone??
Yes, the spring goes between the battery contact and the body side of the switch contact.
But, when the device is telescoped down the tighten up the battery, those two contacts touch. I believe tyhe spring is merely just to add resistance between those 2 parts before they are tightened together.
The locking ring is reverse threaded. Very smooth threads at that. I can give it a nice flick and is spins all the way closed or open.
Yes, the 510 pin and bottom contact are pressed into the delrin, and screw together.
Here is something I figured out recently about this part of the head..............It kind of is telescopic. As the delrin part can slide either with a little pressure.
I actually like this alot.
The way mine works is I attach the atty before putting the battery in, and screw it down flush. Then install the battery and snug it up.
The battery pushes the whole delrin assembly up against the 510 connector of the atty.
So for example, I have a couple IGO L and W attys and a Phoenix V5 I use a lot. All of them fit a bit differently at the 510, so when I switch out an atty, I just unscrew the battery tube a turn or 2, then attach the atty flush, then tighten up the battery tube and all is well in the world.
I'm not sure if they did this by design, but mine works that way.
It took a little while for it to break in and me to figure it out.
The delrin has loosened up a hair and become a little easier over time, but not in a bad way.
The way I figured this out, was one day I was switching between my V5 and IGO L. I put the IGO on and it wouldn't fire.
Then I realized the battery tube felt a bit loose. It tightened up a whole rotation, then was firing fine.
Ever since that day I have been flush mounting everything.
I love it.
IMO, no need to mod the 510 connector once everything breaks in.
The delrin was pretty stiff to start out though.
Keep in mind, this is only 1 device, and not sure if it was by design, but lets hope it was, as it's a great auto telescoping feature.
