Suggest me a mech mod please ?

[ericbnc]

$937, lol. I made the shims from a scrap cut from a disposable pie tin, probably thick aluminum. I worked/stretched the scrap flat and shiny with the rounded top of my deodorant stick and then cut a couple strips. Only takes a couple minutes.

The strips are hard enough to hold shape while bending to fit around the ridge for the magnet slot. After they are placed assemble switch (but not rice pin or screw) and give it a couple twists till it turns easy and goes up/down without sticking. This seats the shims, then the pin and screw are placed.

Both buttons feel about the same, no crunch, no wobble.

 

[smacksy]

$937, lol. I made the shims from a scrap cut from a disposable pie tin, probably thick aluminum. I worked/stretched the scrap flat and shiny with the rounded top of my deodorant stick and then cut a couple strips. Only takes a couple minutes.

Don't mind me asking but why do you need shims?

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[ericbnc]

To fix a crunchy button because the parts do not fit as tight as they should.

 

[Bad Ninja]

Thanks Eric. Which one performs the best, and what how did you make you shims? The listing has ended now, but on the up side someone else is listing a genuine SX for $937, what a bargin.

Lol.
When I see listings like this, (insanely high price for an average item) I suspect its a disguised shady money transfer.

Then again it could just be some choad who thinks his Stingray is valuable.

 

[smacksy]

To fix a crunchy button because the parts do not fit as tight as they should.

Are those crunchy buttons spring or magnetic? I had a crunchy button on the spring loaded Nemesis.. Use magnetic buttons ever since..lol

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[sonicbomb]

I made the shims from a scrap cut from a disposable pie tin

Would you say the thickness was comparable to a soft drink can?

Are those crunchy buttons spring or magnetic? I had a crunchy button on the spring loaded Nemesis.. Use magnetic buttons ever since..lol

SX uses magnets. Magnets or springs makes no difference, its the clearance tolerance of the post that runs from the bottom button into the top assembly that causes the wobble. Hence the shims, which fill the gap between them.

 

[smacksy]

Would you say the thickness was comparable to a soft drink can?


SX uses magnets. Magnets or springs makes no difference, its the clearance tolerance of the post that runs from the bottom button into the top assembly that causes the wobble. Hence the shims, which fill the gap between them.

The machine quality is important on any mod I would think..oh well, thx for the replies!

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[sonicbomb]

I suspect that super fine tolerances are an issue with copper as it's relatively soft.

 

[ericbnc]

Would you say the thickness was comparable to a soft drink can?


SX uses magnets. Magnets or springs makes no difference, its the clearance tolerance of the post that runs from the bottom button into the top assembly that causes the wobble. Hence the shims, which fill the gap between them.

It wasn't that thick, but if you place the metal on a hard surface and rub it with a rounded object (screwdriver handle will work) the metal will get as thin as you want. This is what I meant when I mentioned stretching the metal in my earlier post.

 

[sonicbomb]

Ok, I didn't realize aluminium was that malleable. I've got a couple of spare buttons to test this on. I may also try with a few layers of adhesive copper tape.

 

[ericbnc]

vape mail, best kind of mail.

 

[ericbnc]

why are they upside Down?

 

[smacksy]

Could it be the way he held his phone/camera?

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[ericbnc]

In my tablet docs they look right side up, oh well.

Love the side button on the Poldiac, that is a nice mod. The GP is a clone, but the button is very nice, pinkie fires easily. The other two took fiddling through my parts bin to get right, made by Vape 7 with button top batteries in mind and a solid top pin, so flush fitting will take having extra pins on hand.

The 18650 Vape 7 is supposed to have a titanium tube and it does feel light. These have nice recessed magnetic switches that feel nice.

 

[ericbnc]

Update on the titanium mod from Vape 7 - the 510 pin has 2 parts and is adjustable so flat top 18650's fit and fire.

 

[ericbnc]

Another update on the titanium mod from Vape 7 - the magnets are too strong for me. I pulled them and put in a spare small inner spring from a Nemesis switch and added a spacer underneath the bottom pin to soften and shorten the button throw. Now it gives the GP clone a real run for the money.

 

[BreSha6869]

I just recieved this little $7.29 Knight clone from FT and I gotta say.... It's fantastic for the $$$.

Great button, perfect threads, hits as hard as some of my authentics and is just an amazing value for a mod to bang around with.

Really happy with this one!

$7.29 Knight V2 Styled 18650 Mechanical Mod - brass + carbon fiber / 1*18650 at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[ericbnc]

It looks like the King II mod from the pictures- is it similar in the Hand?

 

[BreSha6869]

It looks like the King II mod from the pictures- is it similar in the Hand?

Both of my knurled King II's are still on the slow boat, but they do look similar in pics. The Knight is 18650 only though....

 

[ericbnc]

My King III is showing "out for delivery" in FT’s tracking but the V2 looks like it is still on the far side of the Pacific.