The $1 juice pump mod!

[jangler]

That's easy - the connection doesn't move, the BOTTLE does. You pump it by pressing the bottle up instead of pressing the top down. The sleeve I have my bottle in allows it to slide.

Aaah, makes sense. I'll be watching this. Thanks for posting this. Easy and materials are readily available..

[Lika]

Very nice mod, MoonMan.

And, yeah... It's not about laziness, it's about the little annoyances of constantly topping off and refilling. Love your idea

[jangler]

Just did this very same mod on my m401 and 901. Works wonderfully. I used the straw type qtip for the straw that goes in the cart. Thing of this design, is the spray is too close to the mouth. I may change this to a different feeding tube. I'm waiting for a nurse friend of mine to get me some butterfly syringe used to collect blood or IV. The tube is small enough for this application. This way I can move the spray bottle lower close to the LED of the battery. Can even put this in the box itself. The spray bottle is abut the same size a AA battery. Just need to mod the box itself so that the pump is accessible. Loving this... I don't have to fiddle with constant topping off...

[MoonMan]

Just did this very same mod on my m401 and 901. Works wonderfully. I used the straw type qtip for the straw that goes in the cart. Thing of this design, is the spray is too close to the mouth. I may change this to a different feeding tube. I'm waiting for a nurse friend of mine to get me some butterfly syringe used to collect blood or IV. The tube is small enough for this application. This way I can move the spray bottle lower close to the LED of the battery. Can even put this in the box itself. The spray bottle is abut the same size a AA battery. Just need to mod the box itself so that the pump is accessible. Loving this... I don't have to fiddle with constant topping off...

Glad to hear it worked for you! Putting the sprayer in the box is something I have envisioned as well - it will help it look a lot less like some weird crack pipe (which I think turns a lot of people off on the idea).

I'm looking into other types of tubing - I have some rubber tubing coming but I'm not sure if it will be solid enough to make a good connection. I guess glue could always be employed if it isn't. I'm thinking the current firm plastic tubing I use could be heated and bent to shape as well.

[jangler]

You might want to think of using food or pharma grade tubing. I don't know how long this tube will last before degrading and mixing with our juice. That's the main reason why I asked my friend to get me some winged/butterfly IV tube syringe. The needle is connected to a short piece of silicone tubing, about 6" I think. Silicone will last much longer than plastic. Anyway, we have a bit of time before we need to chuck and replace this. I'm also concerned with the spray bottle itself. I don't know what it's made off. The 4ml bottle my ebay supplier sells is made of glass. I have one. It's almost the same size in diameter, except it's a bit taller. I'll most likely swith to that. For now what I have works just fine. Will upgrade when I have all the parts. Topping off an m401 is a big pain for me. Not anymore, this is such a hassle free mod.

[gep]

Man! I could've used that on my road trip last week when my penstyles died and I only had 901's left to use.

*sigh*

[boxhead]

re all...i was getting ready to go out a hit all the dollar stores for little spray bottles and went to the bathroom...saw my girlfriends collection of purfume bottles (she was dusting and cleaning her area) and this little avon 1.5mil glass spray bottle jumped out at me ...asked her ...she didnt like it, and now just need tubing, and battery box, momentary button...time ...

[Deadmau5]

is there a tutorial coming up? C:

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

Moonman, great idea, well executed.

Boxhead, I remember someone else using a perfume bottle for juice (I think it was to fit in a custom case mod). Whatever, they said the fragrance persisted despite extensive washing, so you might wanna soak it for a week or so...

Emp

[MoonMan]

is there a tutorial coming up? C:

Look at post #13.

Also, my newest mod the UPAC is done, I just need to take pics. I'm rather pleased with the results!