I have the multi colour tail switch that I ordered from Led4power now. So after thinking about it I wasnāt so keen on laying trits in there with such a bright tail cap.
ā¦.and I came up with this ideaā¦
The drill bit walked a little and whilst itās hard to see in the pic the line of holes was not 100% straight. So I cut a groove over them.
I stuffed the inside with blutac but I later found this wasnāt such a good idea. With the blutac blocking the holes inside I epoxied up the holes.
It took more effort than I was expecting to remove the blutac as the epoxy was doing itās job and was sticking like shit to a blanket. Even after trying to clean it up the epoxy still looks ādirtyā.
I cut back the outside epoxy flush with the body and reinstalled the switch. The ādirtā is just as easily seen on this side. I donāt mind the epoxy is a little opaque but the dirty bits irritate the crap out of me. Really not looking forward to removing the epoxy and trying again :person_facepalming: :weary:
On the bright side I think it was a shit hot ideaā¦
At the end of it all I might make a lanyard hole and call it done.
I re-did the epoxy. I still ended up with some bubbles but nothing too bad. I polished it a little this time but Iām not sure if I like it this way yet. If not it wonāt be much to scuff it with fine sandpaper.
Bugger it! I donāt know why the second pic doesnāt show??? It comes from the same album.
Yeh, I burned through a couple of drill bits. One bit in particular was head and shoulders above the rest (12.5mm) but I didnāt pay attention to what it was made of when I bought it so I guess Iāll search google for whatās good for drilling titanium. The cutting bits I use are the carbide indexed bits and they were fine.
Iāve thought about joining that group just to see what itās about but would rather not go through FB. Also Iām aware of what some torches go for on the other forum. I have some mokume waiting to be machined but anything I produce is not intended for sale on the outset.
If you can set up a coolant it makes all the difference in the world. I donāt have coolant set up and I, uh, well, kind of started a fire. Havenāt made anything in Ti since my EDC quad. Been awfully hot to do anything at all out there lately and itāll probably be like that for the next 3 months or so. I wonāt be able to stay away that long, but I really donāt have plans to do anything at the moment.
If it makes you feel any better, the great Photon Fanatic broke a bit drilling the chain hole in the tail of my Texas Poker. Happens to the best of usā¦