Quark123 made into a twisty

The day I got my Quark AA and 123 body I put one of the spare body's caps on the 123 body on the light. This I call the concept

I figured all I needed was to put a metal layer (washer, disc, foil even) inside the battery tube cap. It had to be glued to the cap though (or so I thought...). I had only foil and that seemed weak, but when I visited DaFabricata yesterday to do some modding, he dug in his box of little parts and found a little copper washer of the perfect size, then soldered a piece across the middle to make battery contact. He then epoxied it inside the cap and I had a tiny twisty.
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My Quark is a warm (I am a tint snob) tactical, so the UI turns out to be VERY cool. Slightly loosened head is low, tight is high, and a little surprise: unscrew a little more from low and it goes to off. Wow, a two level progressive twisty! :twothumbs:thumbsup: And I don't ever have to loosen the tailcap. Ever. It is tiny - under 67mm long when loosened to off position.


:bow: Tim is Da master Fabricator. Oh, I get that now!

Tim upgraded several LEDs for me that night including two K2's, an XR-E, and an SSC P4 to upgrade two of my L1's to master thrower status, and my old K2 (non TFFC) TerraLux 3D to a K2 TFFC TV0D = photon cannon.

Re: Twisted idea - Quarked

Very nice! Is the oring working well the the plastic cap?

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Nice little mod/idea!


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Yes it is. The washer is not too thick so the cap screws on almost all the way down.

R@ndom said:

Very nice! Is the oring working well the the plastic cap?

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Very nice. Now it reminds me of a similarly shaped light in this configuration.

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carrot said:

Very nice. Now it reminds me of a similarly shaped light in this configuration.

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:thinking:....Novatac?


That did turn out cool!!:thumbsup:
Mark had the idea and luckily all the strange little parts I keep collecting end up finding a use sooner or later!

It was fun getting together with someone who shares a common interest and getting a chance to mess around with some lights/emitters I haven't had the chance to check out yet! I'm glad this one came together as easy as it did!
Here it is next to an EX10 for size reference...

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The new(er) Amilites?

carrot said:

Very nice. Now it reminds me of a similarly shaped light in this configuration.

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Just saw the Quark Prism. That will work well on this to keep the weight low for a headlight. Now if they could only get the Prism to me by the 5th so I could use it camping this year.

It was so fun to see all of Tim's new XP-G wall scorchers and do some modding. Thanks a ton Tim!
I still have to try to get those Rebels reflowed on boards to try next. And I really have to get one of those Hakko's!

I like it! As soon as the aluminum Quarks get XP-G's I will be buying one and attempting this mod. Thanks for posting it!

I think he's talking about the Twisty.

That's a nice idea. I wonder if 4sevens will offer a new tailcap for this.

brilliant, I've been thinking of uses for the tailcap.

I've been wondering how sturdy the plastic caps are...?

Oh, the Ra. How did I miss that?

divine said:

I think he's talking about the Twisty.

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That's a nice mod.