I put sandpaper around a shaft cover and twirled it around to enlarge the hole. It was a bit of a trial and error because I didn’t want to make the hole too big. It’s a little uneven if I look closely, but it’s not catching anymore.
I’m not sure if 3nigmat1c’s is powder coated but both you guy’s thats probably the issue. it adds around a millimeter to the diameter with the coating. When Clayton designed the Link is wasn’t designed with be coated in mind. So I think John has the right idea to enlarge the hole ever so slightly.
I noticed it catching even before the powder coating but had chalked it up to a combination of manufacturing variances on all the different parts (Link, washer, actuator, gate). It didn’t bother me too much post-powder coating other than the “popping” noise when it catches and I didn’t want to mess up your powder coating job. 
Do you still do powder coating for links Rosser?
Earlier today, I took my Dremel to one of my JLF dust covers. I enlarged the hole’s radius about a millimeter or so and now it works flawlessly with my Link. The dustwasher doesn’t pop up or anything. It’s smooth as butter. Now if only I could figure out a solution for the dustwasher that’s supposed to go underneath the metal panel. :lol:
Stay tuned I may offer it in the future again maybe. I just had issue with shipping Ikagi-chan so I don’t know if I want to do individual links for people either way, I’m busy at the moment doing restocking for Clayton. we may see some glow in the dark’s soon.
good stuff I’m not sure about the issue with the secondary washer I’m too busy coating them to actually try one out 
So is the latest version with the powder-coat adjusted deadzone available for purchase anywhere? The thread’s first post says Focus Attack is the exclusive retailer but I am assuming they have older stock. Or maybe the deadzone doesn’t matter at all when used with an optical PCB, perhaps even less so if one were to get a Spark CE with adjustable sensitivity?
Focus has the older stock without any adjustment. An optical pcb has nothing to do with the deadzone some people feel that the the lower part of the that goes into the white pivot and Actuator is looser than they prefer so the adjustment just reduces the circumference. I’m not sure if Clayton has anymore of the adjusted links, but I think he does all those sales directly through his webpage I just coat them and ship to him.
I have some adjusted bases left (until I get the rest from Rosser), just shoot me an email and we can work something out.
Phreak: On a side note, were there ever any Links made (at least the bottom part) where the “cone” part would be slightly slimmer so that the top half had a better grip on it?
Yup, but not fabricated. They were original bases manually ground a tad to get that better grip. I’ve been sending those bases out with any new units for months now.
I’m excited to do a second run with all the adjustments and some other fun stuffs, it’s just going to be a bit.
What you describing would not make the links grip any different. If the cone was “slimmer” it would just make it wobbly
No we actually needed to grind it down to be somewhat slimmer, once we did that the grip increased significantly.
Yeah. A slightly slimmer cone would allow the collar from the top half to drop lower, and push the ball-bearings further into the rounded groove.
As it stands with the “older” ones, you get the picture I posted when I first got my Link:
With a slimmer cone, the gap between the two red arrows should be lessened, if not brought to zero.
I just bought this off Focus Attack, and I didn’t think I would mind the dead zone difference very much but it’s quiet noticeable. I even have 2 JLF springs, one on top of the other to try and compensate for it and it’s still very noticeable. I want to say it’s about 2x to 2.5x the dead zone of the regular jlf (from an Eight Arc Fusion if that makes a difference). Has anyone been able to find a temporary fix to this? Maybe using tape or something?
you should read the last page
a spring has nothing to do with this what so ever Springs are about the tension the circumference of the section below the cone is slightly less that the JLF just ever so slightly most players have no issues.
Yeah, shoot me an email and I’ll get you an adjusted base piece which should help remove that dead zone. I have a couple on me still until rosser completes the remaining ones.
Any Idea when we could buy white colored Links? :]
White has been a difficult color. I will be able to let you know this week how everything goes I just don’t want to make any promises.
aw it’s cool man. any other colors on hand?