Graflex CE how to?

[Jedi Khamon]

Hello Saberforum!

New member here in need of some assistance. My Graflex will be here soon and the first thing I'd like to do "aside from the D ring" is replace and install the button below the bunny ears with a replica button that allows the led light to shine through. I've seen the buttons online but don't understand how the light is passing through.

I'm very new to this hobby and have very little experience modding anything so if someone can list the steps in order for this mod it would be great!

[Ginsu117]

Hello Saberforum!

New member here in need of some assistance. My Graflex will be here soon and the first thing I'd like to do "aside from the D ring" is replace and install the button below the bunny ears with a replica button that allows the led light to shine through. I've seen the buttons online but don't understand how the light is passing through.

I'm very new to this hobby and have very little experience modding anything so if someone can list the steps in order for this mod it would be great!

Its called a "Glass eye" button. Its just like any other button but clear so the led shines through the hole and makes the button glow. A simple swap.

[Jedi Khamon]

Its called a "Glass eye" button. Its just like any other button but clear so the led shines through the hole and makes the button glow. A simple swap.

Thanks for the reply, seems simple enough it just doesn't like a 10/32 or 8/32 would have any kind of way to let light pass through, unless the center of the screw has a tiny hole in it.

[Ginsu117]

If not you could always epoxy around the edge and place it in.

[Kouri]

It's anything *but* a simple swap.

Ginsu's talking about the replica eyes meant to fit in an actual flashgun - not the thumbscrew.



There's no center stem. It's a chrome bezel with a clear acrylic lens. There's also no easy way to attach it to a US Graflex, since the US lacks the threading for it to screw into place.

You *could* use a 10-32 replica-eye thumbscrew, but you'd need to:

1) Remove the acrylic lens
2) Drill a hole through the center of the 10-32 threaded stem
3) Replace the lens
4) Drill/tap a 10-32 hole into your US bladeholder
5) Dremel the heck out of the US faux-button-bezel to accept the replica eye. Or maybe replace it with a 16mm AV bezel. Either way, you need about a 19/32" hole in the bezel to accept the base of the replica thumbscrew.

[Jedi Khamon]

It's anything *but* a simple swap.

Ginsu's talking about the replica eyes meant to fit in an actual flashgun - not the thumbscrew.



There's no center stem. It's a chrome bezel with a clear acrylic lens. There's also no easy way to attach it to a US Graflex, since the US lacks the threading for it to screw into place.

You *could* use a 10-32 replica-eye thumbscrew, but you'd need to:



1) Remove the acrylic lens
2) Drill a hole through the center of the 10-32 threaded stem
3) Replace the lens
4) Drill/tap a 10-32 hole into your US bladeholder
5) Dremel the heck out of the US faux-button-bezel to accept the replica eye. Or maybe replace it with a 16mm AV bezel. Either way, you need about a 19/32" hole in the bezel to accept the base of the replica thumbscrew.

Thanks Kouri I love the look of it but I think Ill let that mod go, too much  heavy modding for that one, I appreciate you clearing that up points givin.

[Ginsu117]

Thanks Kouri I love the look of it but I think Ill let that mod go, too much  heavy modding for that one, I appreciate you clearing that up points givin.

Thanks Khamon, thoughts were in an actual flashgun lol. Point for correcting me lol