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If you are using one of those mods that have a little 3/16" button to activate your atty you know that it can be a pain to push by the end of the evening.
If you are a user of a KR-808D PV you have a ready pressure reducer close at hand to make your vaping a little more comfortable.
1) apply a little Super glue to the inside diameter of a clean inner silicicone cart gasket and stretch it onto the atty button stopping when the button and gasket are flush at the top. Let set.
2) cut the sides off a cart condom so that it is about 1/8" deep(bottom remains). Put a little super glue on the button/gasket surface and push the condom "cup" open end down on the button.
You have just doubled the size of your button and covered it with a nice soft silicone juice proof cover that will be a lot nicer to push for chain vaping sessions.
The "tombstone" shaped 510 concom can be used if you cut the cup a little shallower than 1/8" and use the side scrap to cut a seat that will fit snuggly in the cart cup. Then glue the seat on top of the atty button( center it for/rev, left/rt put a little SG on it and put the cart cup open end down oriented properly on the button seat.
4081 cart plugs are hollow in the end that sticks out of the cart. Cut off a 1/4in. from the end , it will stretch over the button but will be open and should probably stick up above the button a very little, when glued, for a little more cushioning.
There ya go . I hope I've pushed everyones buttons enough for one day. bikes

Rocketman

Like it.
The Trailer park with the free switch still ends up with about a pound of force to trip the switch. Doesn't sound like much but I agree, after a while it is a pain. The red thumb tack spreads this force out a little but the cushion button idea of yours sounds better.
I just tried the D-1 trimmed down condom on one with the thumbtack (temp installation no glue) and that helps. Will cut a few until I get one that looks straight
And stretching the clear washer over the little red switch button on the NewPark seems OK also. Not enough room next to the atty for the condom.
Looks cute, but this little switch only takes a few ounces of force.

It really pays to keep all e-cig junk, a use for everything
See folks, I'm not the only Cheapo here.

Caution Note: the little red button switch, store bought one not the free one, uses a spring to push UP on the little button. You push it DOWN to turn on. Break the little plastic red button and it falls down to ON. In other words, don't break the little red button. The switches I bought are dirt cheap, that might be the difference. The photo of the red button switch on Madvapes site looks different (button pops off) might not be as cheaply made as the ones I bought from MPJA. (29 cents ea)


Now what are you gonna do about the thumb end of the TP? Rolling the edge is a little help but I wish there was a simple, good looking fix for that end of the callous generator. You can pick different fingers to press the butt switch but my thumb always seems to end up in the same spot on the atty end.

Rocket

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Welding glove:0 bikes
Forgot to brag, my kid sent me a 901 AND a 510 Nicostic for my birthday. He's in the will.

Rocketman

Tried fingerless leather bike gloves, didn't help


I wonder if a nipple from a baby bottle could be modified to fit the atty end.



Hell, how 'bout I send you another KID for your birthday, I have an "extra"

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Rocket, just remembered. There's a guy goes by Scott Tenorman( a southpark character) on ECF that did FL mods and he put chair leg cups on the front end of his mods, looked very slick , round edged said they were a couple bucks for 4 pcs. might do it.

MY baby is 24 also he's a "coffee monkey" (his words)at Starbucks and goes to CU Denver. He doesn't need a twin., and I'm not rewriting the will.

Rocketman

The butt switched mod needs something to ease the pain
I will look into the chair leg tips and see if I can find something that looks good (like that matters with a TP).
The soft mod to the button also sounds good. Played a little at work and looks like something to consider. The thumbtack and reduced spring pressure helps and I've been rounding the front edge to ease the thumb. (photo)

Maybe I could bend and smooth a dime and make a thumb rest to attach.
That would keep with the theme.

You might want to smooth the front edge of yours a little. There's a good bit of metal at the edge to work with and a nice round smooth surface helps.

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Rocket the rounding looks good, that was more than I thought you could do. Is that more plancheting and polish or just fluff and buff? The chair cups were gloss black and straight sided with a radiused front contour and a 3/8" hole for the batt/atty connection.
His mod retained the tail clicky and added a momentary on the side. Used 14500 batts, I think it was the upscale TP model. I seem to recall ace hardware as source for the cups. I'll see what I can find here. bikes

JohnnyJames

Nope. It depends on which one you look at. This one is like yours (although the cap appears to be proportioned different), I assume you mean the chrome shaft itself does not move.



This one has a moving shaft and removable cap.



On my PT I use a smiliar RS switch (slightly bigger cap) and really like it's light touch and feel, but it sticks out too much and I wouldn't trust it on a mobile PV.



If you look at 'The Chuck' and it's switches you can see the progression. The first few look like yours or the one from Vapes, then we see ones like mine. White shaft, round nut but with the cap pulled off and the post filed smooth (I think).



If you check out his main page it seems he has gone to another similiar switch, hex nut with black shaft. The Chuck fans are some of the most devoted and you don't hear complaints about the switches operation, to non-fans they call it a cheap RS switch which I don't beleive is true anymore.

THAG BUILT: A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing!

I find these switches interesting. Rather expensive, but maybe 'Made in Japan' means better build quality.

Minute Man Electronics Miniature & Standard Round Push Button Switches

Food for thought.

Rocketman

Ha! If it costs more than a quarter it ain't going in the Trailer Park.

Just wouldn't be right.

I can get the Free Switch down to about a pound to actuate. Something to cushion or widen the finger contact area seems to be acceptable. One pound and the thumbtack seems to be somewhat painless. The little cheap red button switch actuates at about 4 ounces. And even the ones with sharp edges don't seem to be a bother.

Where the butt switched mod has a problem at the other end. Hold the butt switched mod and the thumb always seems to migrate to the forward edge of the flashlight housing. Make this too rounded and smooth and you have "drop potential". The latest photo shows a fairly well rounded (Bikes: planish the edge to move metal into the curve, then smooth the curve). This seems to be more comfortable.

Having someone hold it for you while you vape might be better.
Maybe I can get the Swamp Lady to uh, no maybe not.

(and considering the latest developments on this forum, that's a pretty impressive collection of pipe bombs you got there boy).

(resistance is really down )

Rocket

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Watch yo mouth,the FDA has homeland security watching us, and they have no idea what planishing is (could be a conspiracy).

JohnnyJames

That's Jeff's collection, maker of the The Chuck. All this started in May 2009, right now you have to wait weeks to get one @ 80 bucks a pop.

Rocketman

maybe not use the "pop" reference


and I might just have a "Free" one soon.
OP on another thread might give me his old one


Oh well, guess he's gonna keep it anyway.

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Probably wouldn't want to get a freebee and have anyone say "that's not fair".
Rocky the OSHA approved TP nose guard is called a chair tip on the packages at Lowes, but they didn't have any in fashionable black.
I considered a consult with Dwell south on "puffy paint" or duct tape and magic marker but think I'll check out ace hardware and wally world. bikes

Rocketman

I'll check at work but I remember seeing a soft rubber "protector" that was used with cutting tools. Various sizes and colors. I'll search and see if I can find a photo.

A poster I haven't seen here in a long time 'renderwerks' used the rubber dip stuff on a store bought mod that kept slipping out of his hand.
I'd consider this but I'm not good at dipping. It was OK for channel locks and pliers.

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I remember RW clear dipping his screwdriver mod. He hasn't been here to answer durability questions.
Why din yu splain to me beat the crap out of the work piece a leetle at a time. Looks like my planishing mold will be a 2" hitch ball chucked up in a vise.( I've been incrementally scooting boxes around on the back porch and have gotten real close to one of the work benches [vise and Drill press] ).

Rocketman

Years back, while in the NAVY, floating around with nothing to do, planishing a 5 Franc coin into a ring was a good pastime. 10,000 little taps with a tablespoon from the galley.
Pretty cool ring, annoying as hell to listen to.
Little taps, lots of them. Whatever you use can't have an edge that might contact the workpiece. And use the force (hope the force is with you) of the impact without a backup.
Hold it in one hand and strike with the other (little jabs).

I just might have to try another one of those rings.

Rocket

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Been there, done that WesPac (Australian dollars). You're right about the irratating noise. Our X.O. had to restict the ring work to topside and off watch. Don't know why I didn't think of that, might be the 40 years since I got out(in April) Thanks, bikes.

bigslick83

WOW!
sorry to get off subject, but that hand grenade mod is the coolest thing I have ever seen.

I really like the horn switches from madvapes. a little big for some mod plans, but the large surface area makes the switch easy to press/hold/inhale.