The .08 cent USB mod

[invidregis]

If you have a USB cable this is the simplest and cheapest mod to date.

What you need:
1 small screw and washer
1 dowel rod just a bit shorter than an aaa battery
1 metal thumb tack
drill bit smaller than the screw
Super glue and knife

First prepare your cable, strip the shielding, cut all wires but the red and black. Drill a hole in one end of the dowel in the center to accept the screw. Now remove the plastic bit from the brass end cap, there are notches in the plastic to pry it off. Using the same drill bit drill through the bottom of the brass cap, then in the center of the plastic. Using the knife carve a channel for 1 wire along the side of the dowel. Shimmy the plastic cap up the cable. Place the screw and washer in the brass cap, so you just start into the dowel, then wrap the positive wire (red) around the screw and tighten. Now seat the negative (black) wire down the carved channel, and glue it there. Start pushing the thumb tack in the center of the other end of the dowel. Wrap the end of the wire around the pin end and push all the way down. Screw it in the cigar and vape your eyes out.

[phylo]

Brilliant, yet so simple! I just might have to tackle that one myself!

Phil

[CaSHMeRe]

don't believe it until I see it in action via video ... for now ... its all just smoke and mirrors!

nice try trying to pull a fast one on us invid !!! ... lol

looks good bud ... what love to see it in action!

[invidregis]

Yikes!!! the dreaded video. I think the camera that i "can" use takes video, I just don't know how to post it. I know for sure I cant pry the video camera out of my wifes hands now a days. I will make one over the weekend, and figure out how to post then.

[robw]

Any problems with 5 volts going to the atomizer?

[invidregis]

Any problems with 5 volts going to the atomizer?

I have been using it for 5 days with no negative effects. Some, including myself think that the extra power keeps the atomizer from clogging with unvaporized fluid.

[robw]

I'm building mine now!

[invidregis]

Let me know how it goes. One thing, put a dab of glue where the cable goes into the plastic, it might work its way lose otherwise.

[Silk]

Not had the guts to try this yet, I've not got enough spares to risk anything till after the hols, but it loooks great!

One thing I have already found is over here (in the UK) you can get doggy poo bags on a roll, and the inner core is the same diameter as these batteries, ok a little longer, but that's easy to fix. I have a few cos I've been using them for spacers on another project.

The reason I mention it is, they are hollow, so running a wire up them will be easy and reduce the risk of stuff catching, jamming etc.,

Great mod though invidregis

[invidregis]

Thanks Silk! Hollow would be better than carving a groove in the wood. I try to keep my mods cheap and simple.