Where can I get a little black nubbin, whatever that thing is, to replace the one I lost.
I never even saw it. Didn’t know to look for it. Still got the rubber, but no plastic nubbin, only a little ring in the rubber where a nubbin is supposed to be.
It’s the nothin’ nubbin. Definitely effects switch operation.
/\… Good pictures Jason. Turns out mine was glued & holding, that’s why I thought it was one piece. But a tiny bit of side pressure, applied on purpose; knocked it loose easily.
Solution… clean it all up real good & reglue with some good Super Glue or any good glue.
It might be a good idea to have the whole diaphragm switch ( metal cup acts as a spring actuator that is retained by the kapton tape) plus the boot with plastic plunger available for purchase. I would buy a few, just in case.
I definitely can make that nubbin, assuming it’s ABS plastic or similar. I have a micrometer to measure the hole size, what’s the length?
That little ridge in the center might be difficult, and it seems slightly tapered on the switch side. Hmm.
For the record, this will be my first “mod”.
I don’t think finding the old nubbin is an option.
Probably won’t make much difference what you make it of. And that little ridge & taper… personally, I would not worry about that at all. That may well just be dried glue.
I wonder why they did not just mold the nubbin as part of the whole to begin with??
DHL has its advantages and disadvantages.
For one it is really fast, 2-5 days from China but then they take horrendous import tax and duty charges…
But at least I never had anything lost with them in transit from China.
To add: this of course could have been manufactured as a one piece though. MMM as in multi-material injection molding.
But doing it as a two piece probably was cheaper or more than likely it was just an afterthought.
I remember someone from the testing team saying that on a later prototype/sample the button felt sharper. (too lazy to search for this)
So Lumintop might have done this change at some point which could have been rather easy depending on what kind of molds it’s made in. I’m not a injection molding expert but it could have been more expensive to switch to a multi-material solution.
My tracking number isn’t getting results like some others who posted above. I suspect that most folks who got their tracking numbers actually tracking paid for the express shipping. I didn’t and so I wait patiently. No worries.