Vandal switch with bezel in a v-grooved extension

[winger]

I Hope this is the right subforum for this question. As thetitle says :
Is it possible to mount the vandal switch / bezel combination in the top of a v-grooved extension?

Thanks

[Eco]

I'm assuming the "top" of the v-grooved section is the outside, not the threads.
Yes, you can.

[winger]

Sorry for being a bit vague.
With the top I ment the part directly in front of the blade holder.
Would there be enough room between where the threads end and the grooves start ? Or would the heatsink be in the way maybe ?

[Jedi-Loreen]

You can't mount a switch that high, the heat sink will be in the way.

Take a look at the hilt section photos in the Store, that's as high as you can mount a switch under a blade holder.

I don't know if you really can mount an AV switch in that extension, even with the bezel, that section has a smaller ID than the regular hilts and extensions. I think the bezel was made to raise the AV switch up for use in those regular extensions and hilts so there'd be a little room underneath, without having to buy the box designed for it. That's for the lighted ones. I forgot that the non-lighted switches were shorter, those look like they should work.

[winger]

Sounds like this would need some custom work then. Having an extension with a longer top part made to clear the heatsink. There are shorter lighted vandal switches made as wel IIRC. But these are very hard to find.

Thanks for everyone's input.

[Jedi-Loreen]

Tim just added some shorter, non-lighted AV switches to the Store.

But they are in nickel and gold finish.

Sounds like this would need some custom work then. Having an extension with a longer top part made to clear the heatsink.

That wouldn't actually work, if you're saying what I think you are. The heat sink is meant to be sandwiched between the extension or hilt piece and the blade holder. The bottom of the blade holder also has a lip that acts like both a blade stop, and holds the optics in place on the LED and heat sink. If you made the top of the extension longer, you'd need a way to raise up the heat sink so it would still be sandwiched by the blade holder. Get that spacing wrong and you either have loose, rattling optics, or a crushed lens holder.

[Sairon]

Why not use a slider and and hide it say in a groove, hidden switches are cool.

[DJMoonbass]

i plan on just throwing my gold plated antivandel with the bezzel right below the threads below the choke on my V grooved when i get around to buying it.

[mihunai]

You could ask tim to make you the v grooved section without the top groove, while maintaining the inner dimension, thread size etc... just a thought...

mTm

[winger]

That's almost what I was thinking of when I mentioned some custom work being done. Thanks for putting it into words for me.