I need a little help.
There are studies that indicate to become proficient at a skill, one must expend 10,000 hours practicing the skill. Well, I don't have 10,000 hours left in me. The skill I am concerned with is the ability to draw on the light or with the light. How do we improve our reaction time. That is where I can make the greatest improvement. I know the various methods of trying to improve reaction time but as of this date none have been productive for me.
I am trying to develop a grip that would be hooked to the light like a sensor and when I pressed the hammer on the simulated grip it would register a time like the sensor does a hit. I have tried a button but that will not work because the button completes or beaks a circuit whereas the sensor send an impulse. I am looking for something that would work with CFDA timer through the light. Any suggestions on how to fabricate such a grip sensor?
You are probably saying why don't he just draw on the light and shoot. Good thought but remember I am an old fella and I only have so many draws in me. I am looking to create something as close to the actual skill used in the draw but something I can do several hundred times in a session without wearing out the wrist, arm, shoulder etc.
The problem with the sensor to the barrel of the gun is that we are really timing trigger pull with the gun out. Such a drill is not skill specific. The mind is very skill specific when moving from the frontal lobe to the subconscious. The closer we mimic the actual skill the better. I am trying to fabricate a grip that sends a sensor like impulse when I make a backward motion of the thumb on the hammer.
If I could get such a grip to hook into a CFDA light, then stimulated reaction contest would be possible. I think some real progress might be made. Cal has such device for sale that hooks directly to his timer not to the light. Not sure how his works. Anybody using Cal's device?
I am trying to develop a grip that would be hooked to the light like a sensor and when I pressed the hammer on the simulated grip it would register a time like the sensor does a hit. I have tried a button but that will not work because the button completes or beaks a circuit whereas the sensor send an impulse. I am looking for something that would work with CFDA timer through the light. Any suggestions on how to fabricate such a grip sensor?
You are probably saying why don't he just draw on the light and shoot. Good thought but remember I am an old fella and I only have so many draws in me. I am looking to create something as close to the actual skill used in the draw but something I can do several hundred times in a session without wearing out the wrist, arm, shoulder etc.
The problem with the sensor to the barrel of the gun is that we are really timing trigger pull with the gun out. Such a drill is not skill specific. The mind is very skill specific when moving from the frontal lobe to the subconscious. The closer we mimic the actual skill the better. I am trying to fabricate a grip that sends a sensor like impulse when I make a backward motion of the thumb on the hammer.
If I could get such a grip to hook into a CFDA light, then stimulated reaction contest would be possible. I think some real progress might be made. Cal has such device for sale that hooks directly to his timer not to the light. Not sure how his works. Anybody using Cal's device?
Get one of these, I think the CFDA cable is 1/8" https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/CUI/MP-3502?qs=sGAEpiMZZMv0W4pxf2HiV7FC9DRd7zaqrorVcDLb%252btDuvfMYsNWaMQ%3d%3d and get one of these https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/539-PT2725WQ and as much 2 conductor wire , I would suggest 22-18 gauge flexible as long as you want(10 feet is probably plenty). Put them all together and plug into the light. Find a spot as close as you can get to the hammer and attach the piezo there. Tape comes to mind. Turn the sensitivity all the way up on the timer and it will probably pick up the first click of the hammer. Those parts are from Mouser Electronics where I get mine, but you can get them from any mail order supply or probably a good supply house in the Valley of the Sun. Ask Noah. That is a complete sensor except for a box and a thick piece of foam to act as a spring.
ReplyDeleteIf you have one of the magnetic ones and you are just trying to test your thumb reaction and not holster time, just put it on top of the frame right at the hammer and turn the sensitivity up and see if it will pick up the hammer clicks.
ReplyDeleteOr you could get a simple push button switch you hold in your hand, put the !/8" connector plug on it and plug it into the light and just push the button with your thumb when the light comes on. All the sensor is, is a simple momentary switch that closes the circuit to let current flow from the light to the light.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember and don't have one here to check, but if the sensor plugs into the light these parts work. If the light plugs into the sensor a different part is needed. from the CFDA store looks like the light plugs into the sensor 1/4" so this is the part you need to put on the end of the cable to plug to the light and I'd recommend some shrink tube to cover it https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/568-NYS229
ReplyDeleteShady and I build our North timers, lights, sensors from scratch so we know a little about how they are wired but know nothing of how and why they work. I remember we had to wire in resistors from the sensor feeds I believe, we put them in the light cases. On that system I used marine couplers rather the big plugs, but to make the device compatible with CFDA lights, plugs are needed. BUT the sensor is not a momentary switch. I thought a button would work but it does not. It is not a circuit. Something else. Maybe I will put sensor in grip with a toy clicker above it. That might work. Piezo respond to sound I think and sends a small impulse which I think the programing, coding, reads impulse to stop timer. But what do I know, just a farm kid.
DeletePossum, i put sensor on top of grip and it does work but is about 100 to 200 mls slow. I will try pet clicker on top next.
ReplyDeleteOK, I've got the parts so I'll go ahead and put one together to see if I can make it work on my theory. I have the shooting sports timers at home.
ReplyDeleteFor what it's worth, I tested my theory on my timer today and simply touching two bare wires together to complete the circuit did the trick for stopping the timer. Fabrication begins. Haven't tested CFDA timers yet.
ReplyDeleteBe careful you do not fry your timer. When we made the North timer the design included a resistor from the sensor. The sensor is not a switch. I don't think a momentary switch will work because the is no circuit involved. I do have a functioning grip. It is a sensor set in a 1 inch pvc pipe for a handle. I will send you photos if you send me your e=mail address. When it is just press with the thumb it is 100-200 mls slow. But when I put a medical glove on with a washer in the thumb it is accurate. I am in the 180mls range now. Hope to improve that with practice. The advantage of this is that you can do many simulated draws without the stress of a 3 pound gun. Got to avoid overuse injuries. Waiting for my pet clickers to come, then I will try them.
DeleteHope to set up reaction timers is dry fire area at Winter Range. Still waiting for parts.
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