Lumintop Tool Copper with electronic switch

And again, today I grind the top of the tailcap a little bit more and smoothing the edges again. Now its perfect :slight_smile:

And……perfect tailstand.

Well done! :+1:

Looks great!

I do wonder if the manufacturer themselves understand what a attractive option the copper version would be modified like this?

If it was sold like this I would have bought it already :slight_smile:
Or a lamp with a conversion kit if there was one, not to fond of the original switch implementation on the non ti’s.

-lyse99

Woow, hi there… compliments and congrats :partying_face: !!
For exactly same purpose i ordered several myself :smiley:

That brings me to ask: is there a thread about negativ ordering experiences somewhere?

Clearly your mod should be the standard :stuck_out_tongue: :+1:

Thanks for sharing the process of your improvements
and for illustrative pics :open_mouth:
Amazing :exclamation:

Sub’ed.
Will do this hack after I got another switch :smiley:

But where does one get another switch?

Yes. Looks awesome!

I had a spare replacement Tool Ti tailcap laying around (my original tailcap WAS faulty until I took the circuit board out, cleaned the contacts with DeoxIT and screwed it back in).
After receiving my Tool Copper, I decided to have a crack at this mod. I’m quite pleased with the result:






“Ears” cut off with an angle grinder (although could have easily been done with a Dremel), and ground level with my Dremel. Dremel used to sand the end flush, and then worked up sandpaper grits from 120 grit to 1200 (could’ve gone higher but didn’t have anything higher left). Dremel with buffing wheel and polishing compound to buff, and a final polish with Autosol metal polish.
I used 400 grit to 1200 grit and then buffed to give the button a welcoming satin finish.

She’s now my prettiest copper light (her name’s May btw - is that weird?).

……can’t see the pics :frowning:

Fixed, thanks :slight_smile:

Your Lumintop Cu looks very good, is also very nice polished :+1:
I had already forgotten how good the Cu looks polished without patina, great job!
Here is mine with the Massdrop brass:

My Tool Cu is still relatively new, it hasn’t had much of a chance to develop patina yet.
I think that it’ll look nice with a natural patina, yours definitely does

Pulling up an old thread to explore a problem I’m having with this mod. I followed the above steps and everything went very well. Been EDCing it for six months or so. The issue I’m having is the switch will sometimes not operate correctly. Clicks may not switch from one to another, or may not turn off the light at all just keeps cycling without shutting off. Ideas?

Replace switch.
MIke

Looking at the pictures I don’t see a signal from e-switch to the driver. So it operates by cutting power. Right?

The Copper Tool with electronic switch has arrived at Massdrop

I really like the Copper Eswitch option

Stock Massdrop CuTool in middle, the other two have LED swaps

I don’t mind the green tint in actual use, unless I compare side by side while whitewall hunting…
My brain quickly adapts its white balance to the environment, our eyes are not as sensitive as my phone camera, to flicker, tint, color, brightness…
And, I can swap the other lights copper heads onto the Eswitch Tool too.

Its fun to have a silent switch… the regular tool clicks really loud, enough to wake a baby :wink:

although, Im still loyal to my Maratac… actually… Ive been carrying more than one FlashToy lately


Note the 219C is 24% brighter than the 219B in the worm

E-SWITCH mod done on a Tool vn. No more burning holes in my pants. This turned out nice for what tools I was working with. Angle grinder, files, 100, and 150 grit sand paper, polish.

Congrats on your switch mod

fwiw, the ESwitch won’t give 3 modes with a fully charged LiIon, when using the stock Tool driver
Only high mode works until voltage drops below 3.8v (and yes, I realize the stock tool does not officially support LiIon, but I also know people who do it anyway)

maybe your toolVN does not have mode loss problem, since it may have a non stock driver that is LiIon only

Does your ESwitch work to give multiple modes w your Tool VN? Or do you run it single mode anyway?

I have full access to the UI of driver VN2. I run my ToolVN on 1% 30% 100% No memory. At 850 lumens turn on i cannot suffice with only 1 mode. I just had to reprogram the driver after installing the switch. I had a hard time reaching the programming mode and almost thought it wasn’t going to work. Then after 30min I finally got it to the mode group I wanted.

The TI tail spring seems to be of higher quality material and probably gives a slight bump in output when using direct drive current.

Lumintop was nice enough to let me buy the TI tail cap by its self.