my way to mod lever pin

[esdee]

ok, 127 is my holy grail

i have an 127 that i wear daily an another one that i use to pretest all my mods...

the easiest must be the lever mod, but i didn't like the idea of using silicon... so what? so i used soldering iron!

but lets see the whole process with pics (i know you like them!)

first of all how my fiddy's lever pin looked like

and this is how the gen looks!

so lets start!

first of all i removed the pin and attached it to my dremel!

it's like a lathe compared to the size of the pin!

look how crappy the surface of the pin looks!

then i placed a sandpaper (i think it was size 800) on a flat surface and flattened the pin

and the pin turned into this!

flat and shiny, just the way we like it! :cheesy:

now what i did is i put some 1mm solder iron

all the way to the back side of the hole that the pin inserts like this

here you have to make sure the soldering iron comes all the way out the back of the pin hole

then you cut the solder you don't need like this

i used a wire cutter for electronics you can use whatever you like, maybe a razor!

and the solder that remains should look like this

then you place the lever in place and insert the pin,

the pin should stand like this because of the solder on the second hole

and now press the pin inside!

now compare the before and now pin!

on the back of the crown guard you will see some solder pushed out by the pin, i used a razor to cut the solder that came out, and the back got also this very nice flat look!

hope you liked it guys!

Edited November 6, 2007 by esdee

[Seadweller4000]

That is an awesome tutorial! Thanks for taking the time.

Very, very nice.

[DuDro]

Great tutorial...However, I need some clarification on a small detail...

Did you use 1mm thickness solder and NOT a 1mm pin tip from the iron itself?

Did you polish both sides of the lever pin or just the larger diameter side?

Perhaps I'm the only one confused by this. Please clarify...Thanks in advance!

[esdee]

Did you use 1mm thickness solder and NOT a 1mm pin tip from the iron itself?

yeap 1mm thickness of solder, no an extra small piece of pin

Did you polish both sides of the lever pin or just the larger diameter side?

i polished the large diameter side of the pin (the one thats visible know)

on the back side of the crown guard if you cut that small amount of solder that will come out when you press the pin its very easy to polish the solder too because its so soft!

[DuDro]

Cool...Thanks!