I'm thinkin' maybe we should try this again? . . . . and you kids should behave yourselves

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Thank you!
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Well, I detailed it (fine sanding), oiled it, got it all assembled, and got that second switch on there, and it was a little long. So, I put a ccouple crimps in it to get it positioned right, and now it don't look so pretty anymore. So, I guess there's one more switch in the making. I had no intention of posting any pics or vids tonight. I'd been aiming to have something to show y'all later tomorrow.
 

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I'm in Seattle right now and if he's waiting for a break in the clouds he's gonna have to sit in the driveway with the camera in ready to shoot at a seconds notice.

damn. i might have to fly up to Seattle one o these days and Shock the Bee
 

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So, I just had another failed attempt at the switch piece. Meaning, things are happening that I don't expect when I'm working the materials. So that means I have a bit of a learning curve to reliably achieve the physical specs and aesthetic results that I have pictured in brain. No biggie; but I'm not gonna let it hold up the run or the "show-me". Looks like I'm going to present with a less than stellar switch tomorrow, with some description of what it is I'm shooting for. That'll give you kids plenty of time to shoot down the circuit concept I have going on while I work on the switch in the off hours and move along with run#9.

Speaking of which, this is a really simple internals scenario; but it's doing everything exactly that I want to see done. One of those things is getting the make/break contact away from the battery. When I made the Dublin'(s), the make/break was silver-on-silver and isolated from the battery. Well, I've been noticing that I rarely, almost never, have to clean the contacts and (as they're exposed) I can never see a visible spark at the make/break either (lights off and all). . . . . and I'm consistently running a 0.16Ω build in there. This got me to very unscientifically suspecting that the coating on our battery contacts is designed for good conductivity; but with no mind to it being a make/break. Furthermore, whatever contact material we use, it's certainly not of the exact same composition and conductive properties as the coating on a battery. With an external, silver/silver contact, I'm hoping to arrive at some of the same benefits as I'm seeing in the Dublin'. Mind you, it's nothing like it structurally. It's a top switch. Also, just by happenstance, I've got that neg. leg running straight to the atomizer. (not to the 510 . . .. to the atomizer).
 
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