So it's time while the epoxy is curing to start getting the wiring all ready to go for the assembly stage.
I'm a bit overcautious with stuff like this so I lay everything out first and judge wire lengths before I start soldering parts together.
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Having got all that sorted in my head I discovered the first mistakes I'd made - but not relating to parts or wrong diagram.
Yes to save time I had soldered the -ve connectors on the battery terminal and the 510 connector - this meant if I then soldered the wires from them onto other components I would have a caseless mod since I wouldn't physically be able to get the parts into the box.
At least I did catch it in time and de-soldered the two parts - they will be amonst the last few solder points since I can's do them until all the components are in place inside the box.
So that noticed, I then (after yet another coffee) started soldering the components together ready for final assembly.
This went really smoothly and I had no major screw ups which I am very glad of.
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There you see the majority of the components connected up.
Left to solder are the 510 connector, the resister/led, and the -ve battery terminal.
Just need to wait for the epoxy to set hard enough to not stick itself to anything unfortunate and get it smoothed properly and I can assemble my lovely machine !
All in all this has gone well so far, and I would be done with it a lot quicker if I didn't stop for a break or to do something else every five minutes - hazards of my current medical situation, I literally have trouble concentrating on one thing for any length of time.
A similarly skilled modder to me could possibly get the majority of the work done in two evenings of about 30 mins to about an hour.
I say this because of the epoxy set time.
Now I really am getting impatient !
Bloody curing taking all those hours !
I'm a bit overcautious with stuff like this so I lay everything out first and judge wire lengths before I start soldering parts together.
View attachment 36892
Having got all that sorted in my head I discovered the first mistakes I'd made - but not relating to parts or wrong diagram.
Yes to save time I had soldered the -ve connectors on the battery terminal and the 510 connector - this meant if I then soldered the wires from them onto other components I would have a caseless mod since I wouldn't physically be able to get the parts into the box.
At least I did catch it in time and de-soldered the two parts - they will be amonst the last few solder points since I can's do them until all the components are in place inside the box.
So that noticed, I then (after yet another coffee) started soldering the components together ready for final assembly.
This went really smoothly and I had no major screw ups which I am very glad of.
View attachment 36893
There you see the majority of the components connected up.
Left to solder are the 510 connector, the resister/led, and the -ve battery terminal.
Just need to wait for the epoxy to set hard enough to not stick itself to anything unfortunate and get it smoothed properly and I can assemble my lovely machine !
All in all this has gone well so far, and I would be done with it a lot quicker if I didn't stop for a break or to do something else every five minutes - hazards of my current medical situation, I literally have trouble concentrating on one thing for any length of time.
A similarly skilled modder to me could possibly get the majority of the work done in two evenings of about 30 mins to about an hour.
I say this because of the epoxy set time.
Now I really am getting impatient !
Bloody curing taking all those hours !
