fasteddie
Enlightened
Don't know if anyone else has had as hard a timeas I have finding a split ring key ring small enough to fit an e1e or e2e clip. Finally found a good source for tiny split rings and wanted to pass it along.
There is a local bead shop here in Austin TX that sells supplies for people who string beads and make jewelry (now there's a strange hobby
). In the bead and jewelry world, they use some very small split rings, ranging from 3mm dia up to 8mm, in steel, gold plated, and sterling silver. The 5, 6, and 7 mm rings are perfect fits for the "hole" in the surefire e1/2e clip. I used one of those, then a larger one, and now I can clip my Surefire e-lights to a carabiner or a lanyard.
They also sell a neat little tool for spreading the split rings. You wouldn't think it was necessary, but at that small a size, it really came in handy. I did see a few places online that sell these rings, but I'm too lazy to look up the URLs again. Just search on jewelry and split rings.
Since the rings are cheap, and the minimum orders online tend to be high, if I see enough interest in this thread, I will buy a bunch and mail them out for cost, postage, plus a wee bit more.
There is a local bead shop here in Austin TX that sells supplies for people who string beads and make jewelry (now there's a strange hobby
They also sell a neat little tool for spreading the split rings. You wouldn't think it was necessary, but at that small a size, it really came in handy. I did see a few places online that sell these rings, but I'm too lazy to look up the URLs again. Just search on jewelry and split rings.
Since the rings are cheap, and the minimum orders online tend to be high, if I see enough interest in this thread, I will buy a bunch and mail them out for cost, postage, plus a wee bit more.
