Use wire snips to cut them, why on earth would anyone try to grind a springy spring?
I donāt have immediate funds for this but in the next couple of weeks I shouldā¦ if that is ok Iād like to speak up forā¦ 100 large and 50 small please.
If we have leftoverās Iād probably help you (and me) out there and buy more as well, all dependent of course on the testing of the samples.
The CaroBronze springs aggravate me as they donāt take solder well and are so stiff. The heavier Intl-Outdoor spring collapses under heavy loads (high current) and is difficult to bypass because of the thick wire and short height. So yes, I would like to stock my parts box with these more ideal BSL LS springs.
Thanks JoeChina for making me think about this moreā¦
Maybe we can get up an accompanying Group Buy for those that have real concerns about the safety of these springs or might want to cut them in a manner that would create & cause dust.
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Huh? The Carobronze springs are stiff? It has been the opposite experience for me.
And why would you cut springs with a dremel?
And the Intl Outdoor spring will almost always end up in a plastic deformation after being deformed, as the Beryllium Copper used in this spring has the weakest yield strength of all BeCus, no matter the current you pass through them. It is a great spring for IntlOutdoor lights, but not most other lights.
And you have been added to the interest list DB Custom.
Yepā¦. That full face mask could come in real handy from time to time. I just use my half respirator & a face shield in those situations now. BUT that combo is awkward & clumsy. :person_facepalming:
Yeah, I wouldnāt suggest he pass them on at that price, especially since he has to do all the re-packing and shipping. I also donāt like the idea of GB participants paying for ALL the springs, leaving so many extras that are āfreeā. Iād say that somewhere in the middle is a fair price, but I donāt pretend to know what that is. :zipper_mouth_face:
Heās not going to get stuck holding extraās. I promise you that. Several of us here will up our ante in the long game and there wonāt be anything left. By the time that all getās sorted out and he seeās what is left Iāll know if I can take an extra hundred, or two. Some otherās will do the same thing, problem solved.
If this were tax return time I might be prone to buy a thousand myself. Of course, itās not, monies are all more tightly controlled right now and we have to start thinking about Christmas soon. (I know, right?)
indeed, if there are some left over I could easily order quite a few more myself. Heck if I have the money I plan to order extras as it is. Just waiting for things to settle down so I can see how much I can afford.
My initial request (20+20) was based on my available hobby funds, but if the price drops from the original estimate or ther are some surplus springs Iād love to get a few more. The prospect of never bypassing another spring is very appealing.
Iām sorry I havenāt read this thread, just post 1.
I wanted to ask if the large spring is going to be 7 mm on the top and 9 mm on the bottom? Typically you would want to get a smaller top so that you have more of a tapered shape. This will allow the spring to partially compress into itself allowing for a shorter compressed height and allowing a wider range of battery lengths to fit. When the spring is shaped more like a cylinder you just donāt get as much compression from it.
If this has already been discussed, just ignore my post above. Thanks
I would just cut off a coil if the cell was too long or if it looked like there would be issues. By cutting off a coil (or two) at the wide base the overall length would be shortened and the cell length wouldnāt be as critical.
Then again, I tend to forget what Iāve found to be optimal and find a new solution every time the problem arisesā¦
This is a good suggestion, the only reason I would see for leaving it larger would be if we made a smaller spring that could fit inside of it for a double high current spring setup.
Honestly I have been to busy to even read BLF, I only found out about this because someone was nice enough to point it out to me in a PM.
We almost need a BLF highlights thread to links to important developments on BLF daily / weekly lol.
Not that I neccessarily recommend it but for sake of the discussion: one reason to want the top wider and the spring compress less by the coils touching is to protect the spring from shortening from over-compression. (It happens with the Fasttech ācarobronzeā spring: it can fully compress and it does not nearly come back to the original length after that, moreover it gets weaker and weaker over time)
So it all depends on how good the material is mechanically. And you can only really find out about that by testing samples.
