Well, let's say I strongly disagree with Itshak: IMHO mixed old and new brass are just horrible. ;-)
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+++++++++++10 on that - hurts my eyes to see that, I had a new brass stealth cap and it left the next day.
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+++++++++++10 on that - hurts my eyes to see that, I had a new brass stealth cap and it left the next day.
++++++++++=10 on that
Guys you are lucky he agrees to make more - after the limited run in August of 2012 - there were to be no more
Dave it is a special GG indeed and if it's such a loved daily then I wouldn't worry too much if it has a few marks on it. Enjoy brother just makes it even so much more unique
My CR seems to be pretty loose. I tried the additional o rings that came with it, I also tried re-using the original CT instead of the Ody friendly CT replacement. I'm constantly resetting it, because its moved. Because of this its a high maintenance part that needs attention constantly. Anybody else had this issue?
No Poppa but both my original CR's are as tight as the day they came and one of them is a daily user. It must be an o-ring issue though can't think of anything else buddy.
I also want to Old brass stealth cap
i am sorry Imeo it is 26 (8)now lol
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Here is the link that darkreign posted to buy magnets straight off a website
D6-3.5x2mm N38 NiCuNi Plated Ring Magnet - Rings - Magnet Shapes
have you tried this? do they work well? can you replace the spring in the bottom cap with these as well?
The Gaussboys magnets are a replacement for the spring in the firing button switch only. You will need three of these magnets for each spring replacement.
Many that use them including myself like the feel of the smoothness it gives to the button.
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So it's been a few months with my brass JGG and I wanted to share some of my experience. This is my first GG ( or a high end mech for that matter ), so consider me a GG noob and feel free to bash me if I say anything stupid here as I will mostly go over the negative observations - the positives were widely discussed here and I agree to most of them. Again, these are not "expert" opinions but rather impressions of a first time GG user.
The mod is beautiful and functional, that's for sure. Love the safety features! The button kept coming apart at first, until I really tightened it and I do find it very convenient: easy to lock/unlock, prevents mod from rolling. The downside is that I have to take the button down when I clean the mod and after doing this quite a few times I put several small scratches on the tube when tightening the ring with pliers. Same goes for firing pin - it is particularly tedious to get tight and I put a scratch on it while attaching it to the button. I wonder if this affects the voltage drop I am getting ( more on VD below ). I eventually realized that it's a good idea not to use pliers in direct contact and also should probably acquire replacement firing pins in case there's a chance it will improve VD.
Brass tarnishes like crazy, got so dark in just a couple of days that you can barely see any engravings on it. It gets much darker than some cheap brass mods that I have. Ultrasonic cleaner doesn't help much. Cape Cod cloths do help but doesn't bring it to original shine. So I basically stopped bothering and just let it go black. I also tried gaussboys magnets for button (really cool suggestion!) but reverted since I liked the tighter action of the spring.
Now, on to few more serious issues. I am a kayfun guy ( got two KFL, KFL Plus and KF Mini ) and first of all, the airflow control doesn't do anything for them. So I got stealth cap and found that you can't get the mini to sit flush with it. While mini + stealth cap would make a slick device in 18350 mode, I have to use the big cap just to have a flush fit. What's worse though, my KFL Plus which I just bought, got really stuck on a stealth cap, I spent few hours trying to take it off with no success - it is almost as if it got welded to the cap. That would be sort of ok ( I could "marry" the KFL to this particular cap and get myself another cap, but this is a KFL Plus with adjustable draw and it's got the draw screw on the bottom duh ). I am going to have to take the happy couple to a machine shop and hope that with the right set of tools they can be divorced as the tools I have at home just don't cut it.
And finally my biggest issue with the mod - the voltage drop. I noticed right away that it didn't hit as hard as my cheap brass mod ( that I don't even bother to properly maintain ), but only recently obtained a voltage meter and was able to look at some numbers. On a 1ohm kayfun coil I am getting 0.5-0.6v drop (under load of course ) on GG as opposed to 0.3v on my other brass mod. This is a significant and noticeable difference - like I said I felt it right away. I also have a brand new SS JGG and also decided to test VD on it and got 0.6v drop. Today I spent time cleaning threads with toothbrush and shining the contact points ( on a brass GG ) and still getting 0.5V drop at best.
I can't find much info on JGG voltage drop, so maybe 0.5V is considered to be in a "hitting hard" territory, but the fact that I am getting less drop on a cheap mod ( brass chi you clone ) that I spend no time maintaining ( just washing in ultrasonic once in a while ) I find upsetting. Right now I kind of ran out of ideas on improving the drop ( kick is not my thing as it doesn't provide enough power for sub-ohm stuff, I tried removing the bottom spring assembly and it didn't change the VD ). If the VD is to be improved, I believe it has to do with the contacts/threads, but as I described I did measure it on a brand new SS JGG with pristine contacts and VD was still big. If there are JGG owners who were not happy with voltage drop on an out-of-the box JGG and had to tweak it to get significant improvement, I would appreciate the advice. Or, conversely, if somebody measured out of the box voltage drop and found it far smaller, that'd be interesting too, would mean I am doing something wrong with the assembly.
Overall, I very much like the device, but I would only be in love if the VD could be improved.
The mod is beautiful and functional, that's for sure. Love the safety features! The button kept coming apart at first, until I really tightened it and I do find it very convenient: easy to lock/unlock, prevents mod from rolling. The downside is that I have to take the button down when I clean the mod and after doing this quite a few times I put several small scratches on the tube when tightening the ring with pliers. Same goes for firing pin - it is particularly tedious to get tight and I put a scratch on it while attaching it to the button. I wonder if this affects the voltage drop I am getting ( more on VD below ). I eventually realized that it's a good idea not to use pliers in direct contact and also should probably acquire replacement firing pins in case there's a chance it will improve VD.
Brass tarnishes like crazy, got so dark in just a couple of days that you can barely see any engravings on it. It gets much darker than some cheap brass mods that I have. Ultrasonic cleaner doesn't help much. Cape Cod cloths do help but doesn't bring it to original shine. So I basically stopped bothering and just let it go black. I also tried gaussboys magnets for button (really cool suggestion!) but reverted since I liked the tighter action of the spring.
Now, on to few more serious issues. I am a kayfun guy ( got two KFL, KFL Plus and KF Mini ) and first of all, the airflow control doesn't do anything for them. So I got stealth cap and found that you can't get the mini to sit flush with it. While mini + stealth cap would make a slick device in 18350 mode, I have to use the big cap just to have a flush fit. What's worse though, my KFL Plus which I just bought, got really stuck on a stealth cap, I spent few hours trying to take it off with no success - it is almost as if it got welded to the cap. That would be sort of ok ( I could "marry" the KFL to this particular cap and get myself another cap, but this is a KFL Plus with adjustable draw and it's got the draw screw on the bottom duh ). I am going to have to take the happy couple to a machine shop and hope that with the right set of tools they can be divorced as the tools I have at home just don't cut it.
And finally my biggest issue with the mod - the voltage drop. I noticed right away that it didn't hit as hard as my cheap brass mod ( that I don't even bother to properly maintain ), but only recently obtained a voltage meter and was able to look at some numbers. On a 1ohm kayfun coil I am getting 0.5-0.6v drop (under load of course ) on GG as opposed to 0.3v on my other brass mod. This is a significant and noticeable difference - like I said I felt it right away. I also have a brand new SS JGG and also decided to test VD on it and got 0.6v drop. Today I spent time cleaning threads with toothbrush and shining the contact points ( on a brass GG ) and still getting 0.5V drop at best.
I can't find much info on JGG voltage drop, so maybe 0.5V is considered to be in a "hitting hard" territory, but the fact that I am getting less drop on a cheap mod ( brass chi you clone ) that I spend no time maintaining ( just washing in ultrasonic once in a while ) I find upsetting. Right now I kind of ran out of ideas on improving the drop ( kick is not my thing as it doesn't provide enough power for sub-ohm stuff, I tried removing the bottom spring assembly and it didn't change the VD ). If the VD is to be improved, I believe it has to do with the contacts/threads, but as I described I did measure it on a brand new SS JGG with pristine contacts and VD was still big. If there are JGG owners who were not happy with voltage drop on an out-of-the box JGG and had to tweak it to get significant improvement, I would appreciate the advice. Or, conversely, if somebody measured out of the box voltage drop and found it far smaller, that'd be interesting too, would mean I am doing something wrong with the assembly.
Overall, I very much like the device, but I would only be in love if the VD could be improved.
Published on Apr 26, 2013
GGTS TWEAK MORE VOLTS LESS DROP LOAD FORGETABOUTIT!!!!!
After that bath in the ultrasonic clean all brass contacts with hot water and toothpaste as per Bishops video and you should see improvement in both voltage and drop.
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Old brass had a great patina when it tarnished. New brass almost goes black when tarnished.
27... please... After a week's delay in customs my OBJGG is scheduled to finally arrive tomorrow.
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