I would guess that Lumintop machines the retaining rings themselves, so I don’t know why they can’t get a better fit. Maybe that was their first run of retaining rings and they are going to refine the fit on the next batch of rings.
What was the early ring made of, aluminum? It fit better, right? They may have switched materials, but kept the same cnc profile. The brass might cut differently than the aluminum and changed the fitment of the threads. It’s certainly possible. Or they did change the machining profile to compensate for the different material, but changed it too much.
They will probably never tell us these small details, but we can clearly see they are trying to make improvements where they can.
Someone posted their home made version somewhere around here. They found an 18350 tube from another light and then made their own inner tube. Is that what we’re looking at or is this made by Lumintop?
If Lumintop, then it’s a big deal. If homemade, then it’s ehh. Good for that person, but not those who want to buy it.
Pictures of the FW3A 18350 tube are from Martin’s facebook account so it might be official : Redirecting...
It’s a bit odd that it hasn’t been announced here first since the FW3A is a TLF/BLF flashlight.
Somebody? Did not find a 18350 tube…I bored the tail end and machined the tube to a press fit…the Ti/mini is at a Jewelry store to be Laser welded inside the tube as I machined a double lap joint for extra strength….
. Sent a bunch of pictures of my builds to Neal who in turn sent to Lumintop to get the ball rolling, thank Neal for pounding this into Lumintops head, they didn’t want to do it initially…
. Neal sent me this badass Titanium clip I guess for helping?… so I mounted it… added trits…
Hahaa yep excited, I wanted so badly to put it on the FW3a mini but it is too long… so looking into finding or designing shorter clips for my mini FW3’s I plan on making more of the “Homemade” Ti/mini’s for a few close family/friends…