Gummy strikes again

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Gummy Bear

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So I got board today. Just goofing around with an Idea for a switch. It’s a dinky little 14500, no wires , The battery just slides in until it hits the center pin of the atty connector.

The belt clip is the switch. It’s not the belt clip that I want to use, but it will do till I can get to the flea market tomorrow to buy some cheap knife with a good belt clip. . This belt clip was one side of an old set of feeler gauges.





I just can't forget and lay it down on a metal work bench.
 
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Very nice indeed !!!
Perfect example of "sometimes less is more"
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the lexan was a free sample from that plastics company that you just mentioned, yea what ever their name is, damn it. The pex are from lowe's part # is PXP34 by Vanguard.

Atty connector from madvapes, and cut the outer flange down so that the center pin is sticking out below it.
 
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Ain't no think to it. we all have it, (some worst than others). Very contagious.

The bottom cap fits real tight now but in a month it will be very loose and then I'll cut an L slot into the tube and solder on a stud on each side of the cap. Kinda like those B.B.s used on the copper mods.
 
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I really like that Gummy. It's funny when you go to a hardware store and everything starts looking like a mod opportunity. I went today looking for some odds and ends and a battery spring. Found out flashlights were cheaper than battery springs so I walked out with a few......now the wheels are turning. LOL
I just can't forget and lay it down on a metal work bench.
hey, why not dip the ends and clip in rubber and just cut off enough of it where it makes contact?
 

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or clear nail polish to insulate - is there any danger to palming it and making direction connection from one end to the other? (i'm slightly buzzed, so pardon me if this is rediculous...i'm enjoying the idea that i could go one better and make my hand the switch, rofl...):laugh:

wonderful solution

EDIT: wow, there are huge holes in my knowledge of electricity, hahaha
 
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