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Step 4Gut the Lighter
The entire inside of the lighter needs to be gutted out. There are probably many ways this could be done but I found the best is as follows:
1. Using a Dremel cutting wheel, make two small slits in the white cover on the bottom of the lighter. Careful not to nick up or cut the housing or it will look crappy.
2. Use snips, pliers, X-Acto or whatever you need to remove most of the plastic on the white cover. (The cover is sonically welded to the housing so it cannot just be pulled out.)
3. Use a sanding tool or dremel attachment to completely remove all of the white base from the housing. This is time consuming if you want to do it right.
4. Remove all of the inside of the housing as far into the lighter as you can to make room for the mini-diode housing. This is a painstaking process and you may have to resort to burning the plastic away with your soldering iron. Don't inhale the smoke or get it in our eyes. Burning plastic is no fun.
1. Using a Dremel cutting wheel, make two small slits in the white cover on the bottom of the lighter. Careful not to nick up or cut the housing or it will look crappy.
2. Use snips, pliers, X-Acto or whatever you need to remove most of the plastic on the white cover. (The cover is sonically welded to the housing so it cannot just be pulled out.)
3. Use a sanding tool or dremel attachment to completely remove all of the white base from the housing. This is time consuming if you want to do it right.
4. Remove all of the inside of the housing as far into the lighter as you can to make room for the mini-diode housing. This is a painstaking process and you may have to resort to burning the plastic away with your soldering iron. Don't inhale the smoke or get it in our eyes. Burning plastic is no fun.
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