Question about Using Battery Sled in Wooden Box Mod

[amurphy]

I've been looking around at DIY wooden box mods, and now I want to build one for myself. After building a dual 26650 OKR-T10 and having to cram all the wiring together, I'm searching for something that I can dictate the size of. I'm looking to build a dual 18650 box, with a SX350 chip. I haven't seen any wooden box mods that use a Keystone sled, and I was wondering if it would really be that difficult to construct my own contacts for the batteries out of copper wire, or if I should just stick to the sled, since I will be pushing 60 watts on this build.

Also, I've seen a post showing that someone used hobby wood from Home Depot as the body of their enclosure. I'm wondering if there is another type of wood that I could use that would look a lot more....high quality, is the phrase I'm looking for, I guess, but will also stand the test of time, even with a finish on it.

Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry if my ignorance on this subject offends you haha. Just trying to find my way in the wonderful world of modding.

 

[BlueridgeDog]

With wood you can make any size you want:



This is just 1/4 zebra wood and brass. You can get wood from lots of places (eBay etc).

 

[Visus]

Homemade copper contacts have oxidizing issues.
The copper oxidizes uber fast lots of resistance
You can use old electronics bat plates if you wanna use household items
solder a battery plate from em to the top of a copper spring
or just use it as is

There has been a post about battery resistive contact testing done and the keystone contacts on the 18650 1042/1048 sleds are the best
by quite a margin

Cliff note:
There were issues with the dna20/30 at full wattage resetting because the battery contacts had to much resistance in them and also certain batteries had to much internal resistance.


http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...y-holder-contact-resistance-measurements.html