PDIB's Making MODs!

[hildicat]

Received today a new spring and a coupla' brass screws from the Bee. Not five minutes later I had the new spring installed along with one of the screws. Made my half dead battery (~3.8v last I checked) feel like it was fresh off the charger. No Noalux, other than what was already on the button stem and no other adjustments. I kinda wish I had replaced these items in stages so I could better tell which was contributing to the improvement more. Either way, I'm an extremely satisfied customer. Best $4 I ever spent! The button throw feels about the same, and though I complained about it feeling too stiff earlier, its either growing on me or maybe I've developed some thumb strength.

Now I really like the idea of a virtually maintenance free mod. If all I have to do is replace a screw every now and then (no tools needed) I will happily buy a lifetime supply and stash them about the house and vehicles. Do you have a source for these, perhaps an online retailer where one could purchase a few dozen?

 

[Alexander Mundy]

I was more worries about the rod being a conductor, and causing a disrupt in the current. I'm not familiar enough with onboard switches. Lol but I figured you would be able to shed some light on it.

Do you think it would just be easier to wire in switches instead? I mean it's built for it and I have several, but I just was gonna try to keep it simple.

Looked it up to be sure

"The small onboard buttons labeled UP and DOWN allow the user to increase or decrease the power level in .1 Watt increments. The onboard tactile switches are waterproof and rated for 300,000 actuations. However, they are designed to always be used with external actuators, not pressed directly with the fingers. Please make sure the actuator presses down on the button only, and does not rotate or drag the top surface. Alternatively, remote normally open type switches or buttons can be attached to the UP and DOWN mounting holes for customization."

I would wire up off board switches myself unless room is at a premium, but as long as you follow the above metal be fine.

 

[ValHeli]

No, no.. please don't get me wrong. It's all good! I was just getting you familiarized, LOL! Didn't I say we learn something new here sometimes?

Sooooo outta place here. I'll go stand in the corner and fake talk on my cell phone. lol

 

[supertrunker]

i used the spring in my atty - it's a very very low Ω coil! Bit of cotton in there like a rabbit's tail and the job's a good 'un!

(screw underneath the metal plate (washer optional) - spring on top of the plate inside the firing button cover).

T

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Looking back at the posts around magnet time means all major machining is done and now starts finishing and assembling all the pieces. The last magnet announce to pic of completed mods being posted took around 3 weeks.

 

[ValHeli]

[
... ****coffee coming out of my nose**** :

 

[IMEDICx90]

Looked it up to be sure

"The small onboard buttons labeled UP and DOWN allow the user to increase or decrease the power level in .1 Watt increments. The onboard tactile switches are waterproof and rated for 300,000 actuations. However, they are designed to always be used with external actuators, not pressed directly with the fingers. Please make sure the actuator presses down on the button only, and does not rotate or drag the top surface. Alternatively, remote normally open type switches or buttons can be attached to the UP and DOWN mounting holes for customization."

I would wire up off board switches myself unless room is at a premium, but as long as you follow the above metal be fine.

Thank you! I'm not pressed for space right now as far as I know (the board isn't actually installed yet and I haven't test fitted it just yet as I have been routing out the housing) so I will probably just wire up switches instead since I have them and it seems less complicated, that way I can mount the switches where I want them instead of trying to find the on board switches behind the casing.

 

[ValHeli]

Hey Alex, would you mind teaching me some of your googlefu?

I'm not kidding.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...511889-pdibs-making-mods-90.html#post12328254

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Hey Alex, would you mind teaching me some of your googlefu?

I'm not kidding.

Little "Search Thread" button above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Entered "magnet time" and voila.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Thank you! I'm not pressed for space right now as far as I know (the board isn't actually installed yet and I haven't test fitted it just yet as I have been routing out the housing) so I will probably just wire up switches instead since I have them and it seems less complicated, that way I can mount the switches where I want them instead of trying to find the on board switches behind the casing.

Best done that way in case you somehow inadvertently whack a button hard somehow. Just replace switch instead of breaking the board.

 

[SkinyFatMan]

Yeah, brass screw would replace the battery contact in the switch (like that pic I posted a short while back . . . . .. god, I must'a spent like four hours taking that pic and posting it . . . . . good thing it feels like it was all worth the trouble)

Totally worked. Easy peasy.

Seems like (and I'll verify later) it may have gotten rid of the sideways button press issue I was having.

Also, very glad I bought 3 screws. I lost 1 under a piece of furniture taking it off the packaging.

 

[ValHeli]

That's exactly what I did, but the search result is this whole thread. How do I minimize result to the post?

Little "Search Thread" button above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Entered "magnet time" and voila.

 

[Treebeard]

[
... ****coffee coming out of my nose**** :

Hey, we gotta be able to laugh at ourselves....right....

 

[timk]

Oh oh oh it's magnet time! Woo hoo!

 

[onjre]

You know... I've never seen the sesure cats dibi dance. Tapatalk doesn't seem to animate gifs and I guess I've never caught one of those posts on my computer.

 

[onjre]

I feel like I'm missing out on something.... Or maybe not

 

[Treebeard]

You know... I've never seen the sesure cats dibi dance. Tapatalk doesn't seem to animate gifs and I guess I've never caught one of those posts on my computer.

Forget the cat dibi dance. The one you really want to be able to see is the spidy ninny tingler. I ROTFALMAO everytime I see it.

 

[ValHeli]

You mean, you don't see THIS??? ooooh, you're missing out

My ninnie-tingling spidey sense tells me...

...It's MAGNET TIME!!!

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DIBICON LEVEL 3 IS SET!!!

 

[MamaTried]

damn alzheimer's...

i finally remembered to pack 2 of my wood blocks blivet into a priority mail box. did the online postage thing, so all i need to do is drop it in the mail. let's hope remembering to do that won't take a few more days....


Mr. dibs - the lighter color is sposed to be stabilized box elder. the darker one has a label.

i have a twin of the darker one...

 

[supertrunker]

damn alzheimer's...

i finally remembered to pack 2 of my wood blocks blivet into a priority mail box. did the online postage thing, so all i need to do is drop it in the mail. let's hope remembering to do that won't take a few more days....


Mr. dibs - the lighter color is sposed to be stabilized box elder. the darker one has a label.

i have a twin of the darker one...

We all do Dennis! Human nature!

T