Important update for anyone that has my flatline drop!!!

[datapimp69]

ok, here's the deal.

the last batch of drops that came back from the anodizer may have a problem.

it seems that he may have polished the "T" on top of the drop and this is causing to much wobble. as this is supposed to have a very tight tolerance.

so if you received a drop form me recently and it came with black screws to screw the top into the gun.

I need you to let me know if your has to much wobble..

I will replace any units the wobble, this is not right and not the was it should be.

so I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

[Skoad]

data, can you explain something to me?

I don't know much about annodizing or any of that fancy stuff, but you told me the reason you couldn't do a chromish looking one was because of tolerances?

what exactly does that mean? do you mean it would add too much thickness to the drop that it wouldn't slide on the quick disconnect or the dovetail adapter?

[Mossman]

Mine's cool man. THANKS! :D

[datapimp69]

that is correct skoad,

chrome adds a lot more thickness then anao.

and it dosent add the same amount every time.

so it is just to hard to know what to make the tolarance so it will fit.

i hope this helps.

[Mossman]

Oh actually I have 1 question. Once your dovetail models come out would it be possible for us flatline guys to buy just the drop part and a screw, no top parts? That way we'd have 2 complete drops, hopefully for less than 110 bucks :)

[datapimp69]

yes you can. and i have allready sold them this way.

the price for just a drop is $40.

if you care i figure it this way.

i take off $5 for each top so $40 for just the drop. but this also means that if you want an extra top they are only $5.

[WARPED1]

Can you put any ASA on there for preset screw ins, or only flatlines will fit?

[datapimp69]

warped,

the dovetail/asa mount ver is at the miller right now.

should be done by monday.

then off to the anao guy.

[Skoad]

and theres no way you can get it chromed and not chrome the parts that fit together?

[yeahthatsme]

i'm gonna get one of these when i get my flatline, they's purdy

[Evil Bob]

Datapimp...

Regarding the dovetail mount, what regs will it fit?

-Evil Bob

[datapimp69]

any with a std dovetail.

and it will have holes for an asa.

it is just like the shocktech.

[madmatt151]

When will the dovetail drops be ready to order? Thanks.

[datapimp69]

well they will be shipped to the anao guy on monday.

then the first ones should come back from him like a week latter.

will keep you posted.

[pbzmag]

I got a drop from you about a month ago. It does wobble considerably.

[datapimp69]

pbzmag, pm me with your address and color.

[FutureMagOwner]

Originally posted by Skoad
and theres no way you can get it chromed and not chrome the parts that fit together?

he could polish it maybe which to me looks like chrome

[sniper1rfa]

Chroming adds considerable size to a part, up into the thousanths, like 2-3 thousanths. This makes the total size difference 4-6 thousanths. For the fit Data is using, tolerances have to be like ± .001, possibly even ± .0005.

this means, with chroming, many many drops will turn out to be either too loose, or unusable.

Annodizing is very consistent, and also very thin. Annodizers can get to like .0005 without too much trouble.

The thing is, even polishing is more inconsistent than anno, and also takes off lots (relitively). hence the wobbly drops.

This can be fixed by not polishing the spot where the two pieces connect. easy enough. :)

Its just the first run of polished that had this problem. I bet Datapimp will continue making polished ones that dont have this problem.

[Russ]

How about nickel plating? Usually it's only .0002"-.0003" thick. The parts would have to be polished first, though, to get the "shine"