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Wow CRX. the black in the heatsink slots looks great!
Hmm… after seeing the innards of yours I’m inclined to follow suit and do some tweaking. Nice looking head, too. Did you rub off the coating and will it patina now?
Thanks for posting this up
Thanks for posting this very nice pictorial of the build and tweaks!
Is this copper?
Please, I need confirmation.
my S41 is glued so i can’t open it without damaging the head :person_facepalming:
It looks like we are looking at nickel. All Noctigons are very thin coated gold on the outside, nickel underneath to help the with the gold bonding, and then the solid copper under the nickel. Around the indentations, you can see all 3 layers.
The gold can be removed practically waving super fine grit sandpaper over it, while the nickel takes a little bit of rubbing. I've sanded down many a Noctigons over the years.
Thanks! It seemed aluminum.
Wow CRX. the black in the heatsink slots looks great!
X2
Looks awesome.
Bob
Q: is the bluing conductive, and can it be soldered to?
great job
thanks for your time to document it and share with us
btw your collection looks great
Great thread crx! that looks stunning with the black stripes.
Great job, it looks super.
CRX, what battery are you using? It must be 16340 or cr123? I just took about .005” off of each end of the battery tube to square it up and improve contact. I don’t think I can go any shorter and still take a 18350. Also mine is a S41 but I doubt there’s any difference.
V2 looks georgous!
Did you rub off the coating and will it patina now?
Yes the coating came off mostly with acetone, should patina nicely now
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Is this copper?
Yeah i think Toms explanation is right there
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my S41 is glued so i can’t open it without damaging the head :person_facepalming:
C’mon, give it a shot like i showed, you can do it
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Q: is the bluing conductive, and can it be soldered to?
It’s just a thin layer of oxidised copper so would imagine it’s only slighly less conductive and would need cleaned before soldering
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great job
thanks for your time to document it and share with us
btw your collection looks great
Thanks
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Great thread crx! that looks stunning with the black stripes.
Yeah i think it does look better now
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CRX, what battery are you using? It must be 16340 or cr123? I just took about .005” off of each end of the battery tube to square it up and improve contact. I don’t think I can go any shorter and still take a 18350. Also mine is a S41 but I doubt there’s any difference.
That’s why i trimmed down the driver retaining ring and replaced the spring with a copper stud so as to leave plenty of space in the battery compartment.
Here’s mine with a flat top purple Efest 18350, still space for a button top
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V2 looks georgous!
V2, i like that
Amazing work!!! What’s your address, I want to send you mine
(joking…kinda….not really)
Nice work sorting out the details - that’s where the devil is, & something we’ll probably never see coming off a production line in a budget light.
I’m thinking about changing mine to a forward clicky. Besides the switch, do i need any other parts? Just wanted to know before i tackle this.
thanks!
It’s a fairly simple swap, i think i just cut the nub off the rubber boot and used a slightly thinner washer.