I assume it's silver so cleaning should be a breeze without disassembly with a cloth or piece of paper. I just use an eraser every once and awhile on my silver contacts.
I'm thinkin' maybe we should try this again? . . . . and you kids should behave yourselves
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I assume it's silver so cleaning should be a breeze without disassembly with a cloth or piece of paper. I just use an eraser every once and awhile on my silver contacts.
you just grab a little piece of paper (I use a blank, 3 x 5 notecard, as I have them on hand . . . as I consider them handy, and they seem to have the polishing qualities of ~~~~5,000? grit sandpaper), insert between the contacts (between toots, fully assembled), gently compress the button and pull the paper over-back 2-3 times. No disassembly, 4-7 seconds. If the silver has tarnished at all, it will leave a grey smudge on the paper. You'll see, that after ~2 gentle pulls the paper is coming out white. Yer done. I've done this about 3 times in the ~2 months I've been running mine at ~0.23Ω.
I've also made a point of using only 2, relatively new batteries with this mod. I wanted to see how the contact surface of the battery is affected by this arrangement. I took these pics a couple days ago. (so, 2 months of daily use at .23Ω . . . haven't so much as given these surfaces a kiss n' a promise. that's just what they* look like)
*these four pics are of one battery. the other was making steam at the time.
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Looking good Pete - I'm definitely warming to the new design. With a good year or so to go, I'm guessing the courtship will go well
I gotta say this is the best looking natural wood I have ever seen. I love the look of that button but it looks like it can fire accidently or get bent easily...well by a lame clumsy person like me.
Peter said for transport, give the atty a couple of turns which will free up the button contact. Turn the button contact slightly to the side to prevent firing.
did I say that? I mean, yeah, I totally thought that while I was designing; but I didn't realize I'd posted it. Probably a bit more hassle than the alternatives. (but doable nonetheless)
This mod would be just as difficult to autofire as any other unlocked mod: be it a sumpin' or any of the other popular BF mechs. I would not advise pocket or purse carry if jangling around with keys or coins. If a small piece of metal gets under the button and bridges the gap between the contacts .. . . then, THEN you got some autofiring. However, the button doesn't press by itself any more than on any other such mod. It's footprint is the same, and it requires roughly the same amount of pressure as we're accustomed to. As I've said before, the complex, convoluted motions required for snagging are almost inconcievable (not to say that nobody will ever hoople it; but not in everyday use).
There are a dozen simple ways to disable it tho, for more-than-casual carry. Say, I was going to throw it in my purse, with my keys and miniature button-pushing gopher, and I wasn't going to use it for a few hours . . . just snatch the silver contact pin out of the mod. Depending on how you choose to set it up, you can just let it drop right out into your hand with the battery pulled aside for a moment, or you can set it up so it doesn't come out unless you pull it out with purpose.
The only way we're going to be able to stop speculating on things that I, personally, have had no problems with tho, is to get some of them out there, into different peoples hands, and see what they say. And, yeah, it is a little bit different . . . . . which is cool.
(things can't get better if they can't get a little different)
You know, I should also mention that one strong element of my design parameters on this was to make the mod that I think is best. I made that choice knowing that it might result in something that would maybe turn a couple people off; or, perhaps, that wasn't the best mod for everyone under the sun. I guess, rather than trying to please everyone, I was trying to please myself*: with the hope that, if I follow my instincts and don't get so bogged down by maybe a couple people don't like it, I could come up with something just a hair outside the lines, and a little bit better for all those who do like it.
(it's ok to not like it . . . . right in front of me and everything . . . . it's a mod; it's not your grandchild)....snaaarp
*I can't repeatedly make something that I don't love, and isn't the best I can do . . . so, I kin'a need to be pleased with it if it's going to happen at all
(it's ok to not like it . . . . right in front of me and everything . . . . it's a mod; it's not your grandchild)
....snaaarp*I can't repeatedly make something that I don't love, and isn't the best I can do . . . so, I kin'a need to be pleased with it if it's going to happen at all
That seems like a highly implausible scenario.
but you're good with the miniature button-pressing gopher?
You know, I should also mention that one strong element of my design parameters on this was to make the mod that I think is best. I made that choice knowing that it might result in something that would maybe turn a couple people off; or, perhaps, that wasn't the best mod for everyone under the sun. I guess, rather than trying to please everyone, I was trying to please myself*: with the hope that, if I follow my instincts and don't get so bogged down by maybe a couple people don't like it, I could come up with something just a hair outside the lines, and a little bit better for all those who do like it.
(it's ok to not like it . . . . right in front of me and everything . . . . it's a mod; it's not your grandchild)
*I can't repeatedly make something that I don't love, and isn't the best I can do . . . so, I kin'a need to be pleased with it if it's going to happen at all
You had ME at Hello...
So cute - I want one. A mini gopher... who knows how to make stuff. And has little tools and his own anvil. And his name is Patrick.
Hmmm....... Perhaps some sort of small dimpled shim could be fashioned to sit between the contacts to prevent accidental pocket firing.
Wife took the baby to a friends house for a chick-flick night... Sipping on some German honey mead and tooting on some AiV white rabbit.... The silence is golden!
I revisited the "loosen the atty and shift the button over a little" business while doing final fitting and stuff in the shop today. It's actually very easy/quick to do (and re/un-do). It disables the mod without having to travel so far that the button hangs past the edge of the cap . . .
Only thing is, tho, it won't do anything for all-yer'allses imaginary pocket firing . . . . . you'll still be able to imagine the peas out of that. As for realtime pocket firing . . . . I really don't think it's going to be an issue.
As to the idea of having some loose little part that you "just slip in there" (as mentioned by monkeys above), seems just as simple to not have a loose little part to keep track of until the "firing pin" becomes a loose little part when you just nab it out of the mod for these pocket things . . . I'll say again tho, the physical footprint of the button is ~same as the previous design, so if that wasn't firing off in your pocket, this one oughtn't to either.
Only thing is, tho, it won't do anything for all-yer'allses imaginary pocket firing . . . . . you'll still be able to imagine the peas out of that. As for realtime pocket firing . . . . I really don't think it's going to be an issue.
As to the idea of having some loose little part that you "just slip in there" (as mentioned by monkeys above), seems just as simple to not have a loose little part to keep track of until the "firing pin" becomes a loose little part when you just nab it out of the mod for these pocket things . . . I'll say again tho, the physical footprint of the button is ~same as the previous design, so if that wasn't firing off in your pocket, this one oughtn't to either.
A new possibility for a name just sprung to mind. The Telegraph Mod.
That firing pin does pop out though - easy-peasy. But does still leave the problem of keeping track of that tiny little part until next use.
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