Foil going off target why?

[Baldric]

Wow. What a range of advice, from total rubbish, to very good.

My advice is this: read the posts by twisterfencing, MrBiggs, Keith and D'Art, and ignore Extreme-D, Terilsson and mifencer (although the latter makes a valid point, just probably not relevant here).

In particular, Extreme-D's advice to buy a new weapon is just rubbish. Unless a blade is broken there are no electrical foil problems that can't be solved with a rewire and replacement of (some, or all of) barrel, tip, grub screws, spring or socket.

Some blades get so soft that you wonder whether its worth it, but thats a different issue.

Bearing in mind the info available, I would clean the tip and barrel, and test the continuity with a meter. (tip contact to bare wire at socket end, including the bending of the foible as described.) Replace the screws and spring anyway - its cheap and even if it doesn't help with this problem, it may prevent a new problem from occuring in the near future. Then re-assemble and test with bending the foible again and twisting the tip. I just have a feeling that the contact is not properly attached to the wire, maybe in one case, maybe in both - sometimes these can be ok for weeks and weeks, and then flare up.

If you have to re-wire, and don't know how - ask the person who does it to show you. Its easy, once you know how.


Regards

Baldric

PS - The comments about LP bayonets above are quite true. Buy the real thing, not a copy. It also helps to use an LP bodywire (or bodycord as you colonials say ) Some other manufacturers bodywire bayonets dont seem to marry happily with genuine LP sockets.

[seak]

thanks for all the advice

It turns out the problem was corrosion in the tip on both weapons and one corroded socket. They should all be fixed now

Thanks to all those who were running around armorers college!

[mrbiggs]

thanks for all the advice

It turns out the problem was corrosion in the tip on both weapons and one corroded socket. They should all be fixed now

You're saying that you didn't keep them in your clost for two months, waiting for someone to revive the thread?

Weird.