I’m on it bro! 
:+1: I did as a break from drilling optics out in the garage… stress relief… sorta :person_facepalming:
Drilling optics. Fun
I got annoyed with the dim orange glow so much, I order 3 orange tritium tubes to mod the glow ring. We will see…
Install tritium in the glow ring to make it glow. Might turn out good though.
This and CRX’s mods look super cool, but were you able to fix the gritty switch on the Nichia without replacing the whole thing?
I did 3 out of the 4, and they are working better with the taller nub. I found some 2.5mm diameter plastic and cut them with a razor blade to 1.7mm tall, like the ones in my first GB lights. The original nub measure 2mm x 1.7mm tall, the red nub diameter is a bit bigger in diameter and is a tighter fit naturally.
I don’t know what these are, some kind of plastic sewing needle(s) found them in the wifes sewing basket.
@ trakcon
Replacing the nob with a wider one ~1,5mm thick helped a lot. FW3A mod thread. Post yours! - #484 by TheOnlyDocc
Thanks to both of you. Those nubs sure have been a source of FW3A drama.
Switch on center and mounted directly to board will not work with boot with the push button nub ground down. Works perfectly (no boot) with the stock button when the switch is mounted directly to the board or even the ground down button but with excessive slop/rattle. It was a learning experience, opened up other options and ideas… Now I have to make the custom titanium trit button…to make up for the one I waisted…
Works GREAT with just the rubber boot…
Works GREAT with out boot or cap…
I ordered some Carbide tooling…… 
Sorry for the delay, I’ve been absolutely pulled out at work, plus I’ve had some issues with the new trit design; I’ll have some of the original design over to you next week pal and see if I can fix the errors in the trit version, I think I may have to thicken it up slightly.
Spring assist…
Fits perfectly around the shoulder sitting on the larger body cover of the switch, nice resistance and feedback, really liking it!
Nice mod Kawiboy, so this is something for the next version of this light or another BLF light with a similar switch.
I just put stuff out there.
:+1: CRX was the one that thought of it in this thread, I’m just making work for me.
I used this switch sometime ago when the UT02 was the craze, it had the same type (diaphragm) switch, which in the UTORCH UT02 it started crapping out, so I bought a bunch of the micro tactile switch’s, I modded quite a few UT02’s and couldn’t chance failure. CRX refreshed my mememory, so glad he did, because I can’t stand these diaphragm switches!
No problem Rusty 
We think alike KawiBoy 
Scarry ain’t it!
“clink”
I’ll decide the answer to that on your answer to this:
Did you even run your idea past the wife before butchering those plastic darning needles?
Is that what they were?
You think maybe JoAnn fabric’s might have them?
There were like 3 of the red ones (so I took the one all bent up) but only one of the yellow/white ones…
No…
well she don’t sew/darn? in the summer…
I’m getting her Trit’s for her little sinner…10 of them…
I polished the living heck out of it too…
JoAnn Fabric’s is on the way home from work tomorrow…
Wait… what is Darning
And how/why do you know about (darning) it?
I’m not 100% sure that’s what they are, some distant memory called them that, but yeah some kind of knitting, sewing, darning, yarn type needle.
I’ve done some hand sewing in my time, mostly repairs to gear etc and some custom webbing holsters.
But yep, you answered my question
@kawiboy
What size is the spring on the tail?
Pardon me if it’s mentioned already but old and lazy eyes can’t foxus much