Why I love my screwdriver.

[Lurker]

Take the adapter out of the S/D first. Take the switch out of the adapter. Sandwich wire between the switch and adapter while putting the switch and adapter back together. Then put the adapter/switch unit back into S/D. Wire gets pinched between the switch and adapter. Other end of wire is soldered to the prong. Hope that makes sense. Don't really want to take it apart right now.

 

[just4747]

How can the switch and adapter make a single unit before both going in? On mine, the switch has to go in the battery housing first from the inside, you stick the button through the hole where it sits, then you can screw on the round threaded adapter over the button on the outside of the battery housing. Maybe we have 2 different kinds of switches??

You gotta take pics for me man, I'm so confused because nothing you say about yours matches up with how mine is set up..

 

[just4747]

Okay here is how mine is set up (quick crappy cell pics). There are these 6 pieces: the atomizer and it's adapter, the battery, the battery housing, the switch/switch housing, the little washer that slides onto the switch housing thread, and that little round threaded adapter that screws over the switch from the outside:

And here is how the switch part must be assembled: the switch/switch housing is placed into the housing from the left and stuck through the other end, and then the little adapter must be screwed on over that from the outside till both are tight together and then they are both held on:

 

[Bastage]

you would get jumped if you took that thing to the airport! I think the screwdriver is an awesome idea and very well made, but I can't spend $175 on one.

 

[Mitch909]

Couldn't you just make the solder connection to the washer that you put on the switch before you put the switch in to the housing.....That would then make contact to the housing once it was in place......

 

[Lurker]

Just4747, we are not talking about the same piece when using the term "adapter". Like I said before, in your pics the "adapter" is still in the S/D. It screws out. Ours are the same you just have not fully taken yours apart yet. I'll try to take photos sometime today. There are probably many ways to complete the circuit, the way I did it just happened to work first for me based on what I had laying around.

 

[ApOsTle51]

Unless I am wrong and this part really is metal (on this Radio Shack switch); is it Lurker?? That's the part I have been thinking is really a plastic and not a metal because it feels so cheap:

it looks like that switch is aluminium , which is why it feels cheap. Rub a needle file over it to check if its aluminium or plastic. by looking at it i'm 99% sure it will be aluminium.
It will solder but aluminium is hard to weld or solder. give the aluminium housing some key by roughing it up with the file and use plenty of heat when soldering and use fluxed solder.

 

[just4747]

Thanks for responses guys..Lurker, when you get a chance, show me a pic of what else unscrews and how the hell you unscrew it? I suspect you are talking about the end-most part where the button comes out of, but to me it doesn't look like it unscrews! Very interested in a pic and explanation

 

[Lurker]

Yeah the end part the switch goes into unscrews into the inside of the battery compartment. There are two notches on it inside the battery compartment. You can find something that will fit in there and unscrew it. What I did was unscrew the unit while the switch was still attached. You can grab the switch threads just under the button with some needle nose pliers and turn it clockwise to get it started. I'll work on the pics soon.

 

[just4747]

Mine's only got one notch and I can't get it to budge...don't see how it'll be possible to get out. And when you unscrew the switch thread from the outside that just loosens and detaches the switch housing, doesn't do a thing for this internal adapter.

 

[Lurker]

Ok, I know it's ugly but it works
Notice the continuous piece of wire that runs from the prong then goes between the "adapter" and switch and then back to the prong. Built in redundancy incase the wire breaks off somewhere. Also I did have to file out the hole in the adapter slightly to get the new switch and wire to fit back in the adapter.

 

[Lurker]

Mine's only got one notch and I can't get it to budge...don't see how it'll be possible to get out. And when you unscrew the switch thread from the outside that just loosens and detaches the switch housing, doesn't do a thing for this internal adapter.

Don't unscrew the switch thread. Turn it the other way to get the adapter loose.

 

[just4747]

Okay, yeah I definitely don't have that thing in mine lol. The only things with threads on them at all, is the switch housing (right under the button) and the little round adapter that screws onto that from the outside...that's it. So we clearly have two different things..

 

[Lurker]

Oh well. You can still get it to work I'm sure. Just need a wire from the prong to something metal (except the other prong). Just solder a long piece of wire to the prong and run it through the hole the switch goes into before re-attaching the switch?

 

[just4747]

Okay, this is getting aggravating. I tied wire to one prong, wrapped the other end around the little washer, and put electric tape over that prong so the two prongs are never touching...so why is the SD still activating right when I screw it all together with a battery in? If the two prongs aren't touching then why would it be burning up from the get-go right when I tighten it together???

 

[ApOsTle51]

does it stop activating when u press the switch ?

 

[Lurker]

Make sure the switch is "normally open" not "normally closed". Sounds like your getting close

 

[just4747]

Yeah they're N.O. I actually tried to tighten the switch in there a little more and pushed the prong down a little more and it seems to work now. But GOD those RS switches are ****ty. I tried grabbing the threads from the outside under the button to tighten it a little with pliers and it just wrecked the threads and deformed them from one little grab...ughh
Can't wait to get the new one in the mail from Trog..I wish I knew where to get those ones! (In different colors too )

 

[just4747]

I just sent Trog an e-mail asking about this, but where can I find the exact same little round threaded piece that holds the whole thing together? Mine's getting all scratched up so I wouldn't mind getting a replacement:

Also, any clue where we can buy higher-quality switches like the real SD ones?

 

[CaSHMeRe]

Just ... would this work?

Push Button Switches. Lighted Push Button Switches. Game Switches

The one labeled push button

EDIT: Scroll half way down and there are LOTS to pick from! Hope one works!