Moving tritium locaters?

[Dobbler]

I want to move my tritium locaters from one Wee to another Wee. Don't ask why :duh2:

Are these glued in, snapped in, or just set in and a little snug? I don't want to bust one up to find out :green:

 

[chocho]

I want to move my tritium locaters from one Wee to another Wee. Don't ask why :duh2:

Are these glued in, snapped in, or just set in and a little snug? I don't want to bust one up to find out :green:

I think Rob glues them in with superglue (cyanoacrylic). The only possible way I see is to use a minute amount of solvent to free it. Fingernail polish (acetone) can dissolve superglue - however - it will also wreak havoc upon the casing (likely releasing the radioactive tritium).

It's not coming out intact. :shakehead

 

[iconoclast]

I "upgraded" one of my wee's to have green tritiums.
I hit the original tailcap with a heatgun until the epoxy (or whatever he uses) softened, then pushed the blue trits out with a small pick. They came out unbroken and the goo cleaned off fairly nicely. I then used some norland 61 to glue in a couple green 1.5x6mm trits I got from the marketplace b/s/t. (I used an Arc-U to cure the norland in no time.) I expect I'll be able to use the original blue ones in another project, though they're a bit too long for the ubiquitious 5mm slots milled into some aftermarket items.

Hope that helps.

 

[chocho]

I "upgraded" one of my wee's to have green tritiums.
I hit the original tailcap with a heatgun until the epoxy (or whatever he uses) softened, then pushed the blue trits out with a small pick. They came out unbroken and the goo cleaned off fairly nicely.

You are braver than I am.

Granted, Dobbler, with all the suppliers on CPF, you could just roll your own. You can get really creative with vial placement too. See my "radioactive symbol" below. With a half-dozen vials encased in clear epoxy it's bright enough to read a book page in pitch darkness.

-Chris

 

[Dobbler]

You are braver than I am.

Granted, Dobbler, with all the suppliers on CPF, you could just roll your own. You can get really creative with vial placement too. See my "radioactive symbol" below. With a half-dozen vials encased in clear epoxy it's bright enough to read a book page in pitch darkness.

-Chris

That rocks! Can you post a shot of it in the dark?

Want to make one for me???

 

[Jay R]

I took one of my older Orbs apart and put the case into an ultrasonic cleaner with slightly warm water with a bit of washing up liquid and all three vials fell out. Have to say, that I have also done that with a more recent Orb and they stayed in.

 

[MikeSalt]

Any other suggestions? I have glued my trit in place on my Raw Ti and have noticed that it is not sitting flat. There must have been some dirt at one end or something like that and I would like to correct it.

My thought would be to remove the body from the rest of the light, recover the o-ring and then soak the body in almost boiling water. However, this is likely to shatter the vial, so will I have to start with it in cold water and then heat it up gradually? I'm really cheesed off with myself because I got glue on the o-ring too, so that has to be replaced. Should have checked the glue nozzle was cleared properly first.

 

[starstreak]

That's where I read the stuff about using the trits to read by...

You are braver than I am.

Granted, Dobbler, with all the suppliers on CPF, you could just roll your own. You can get really creative with vial placement too. See my "radioactive symbol" below. With a half-dozen vials encased in clear epoxy it's bright enough to read a book page in pitch darkness.

-Chris

 

[MikeSalt]

That's where I read the stuff about using the trits to read by...

I remember you saying that one. Well, there it is, they have to be yellow, and there has to be lots of them.:laughing:

 

[starstreak]

That looks neat, but you can't just cut the tritium sticks becuase its a tube,right?

 

[Jay R]

That looks neat, but you can't just cut the tritium sticks becuase its a tube,right?

Right. They are more like glass capsules sealed at the ends. Cut them and they won't work anymore. Plus you will end up breathing in the radioactive gas.