Hi guys,
On the Aqua v2 rda/rta, the posts unscrew. This gave me an idea: I want to use the deck as a post-less deck. This will enable me to fit in a bigger coil or coils.
I love the Aqua v2 more than any other atty. I use it in RTA mode 99% of the time, and I use it far more than any of my other RTAs. The only thing I would change about it is the deck, which is a little cramped for my liking - especially when I am using fancy twisted wire coils, and for Ni200 spaced coils. Therefore it would be awesome if I could free up some space by removing those posts and wiring directly into the deck (as close as possible anyway.)
As you can see from the photo, the positive post fits onto a rod, and therefore this will be easy to replace - I just need a nut or two nuts to fit onto that rod, and I am sure I can find that easily. Then I will capture the wire between two tightened nuts on the positive rod.
The bigger problem is the negative post, which fits into an M5 screw hole. The problem is that the screw hole is only 5mm tall, and I cannot find any M5 screws that short - the shortest I can find online is 8mm, but that will still be far too tall, and very likely the head will also be far too big (all the heads on my existing M5 screws are massive in comparison to the deck.)
So I am attempting to make a new mini M5 screw with a total thread length of 5mm.
I have already cut an appropriate height off an M5 screw, which fits perfectly into the screw hole. I then cut a flat-head into it so I could screw it in. But this provides no way of actually attaching the wire.
My plan is to cut the head off a small screw, and then solder it on top of the mini-M5. I plan to use a washer-head to best trap the wire. I did briefly consider metal glue, as I have some 'Steel Strength' metal glue, but unfortunately its maximum temperature is 150° C (300° F), not high enough even for a temperature controlled vape.
So my question is: Can I do this? I have done some Googling on soldering solid metal, but I am a bit confused as to what methods would work here. The first problem seems to be that I can't use standard rosin flux, I need an "aggressive flux" like Phosphoric Acid?
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Here are some photos of what I want to do:
At the bottom, the screw-part that I cut off; at the top, an example of the screw I cut it from for reference:
Side and top views of the screw-part that I want to solder on to:
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An example of the sort of washer screw head I want to solder on top of the screw-part. I will cut it off from the screw, leaving just the washer-head to solder on. Note that this is just an example of the appearance, I have not bought this yet.
On the Aqua v2 rda/rta, the posts unscrew. This gave me an idea: I want to use the deck as a post-less deck. This will enable me to fit in a bigger coil or coils.
I love the Aqua v2 more than any other atty. I use it in RTA mode 99% of the time, and I use it far more than any of my other RTAs. The only thing I would change about it is the deck, which is a little cramped for my liking - especially when I am using fancy twisted wire coils, and for Ni200 spaced coils. Therefore it would be awesome if I could free up some space by removing those posts and wiring directly into the deck (as close as possible anyway.)
As you can see from the photo, the positive post fits onto a rod, and therefore this will be easy to replace - I just need a nut or two nuts to fit onto that rod, and I am sure I can find that easily. Then I will capture the wire between two tightened nuts on the positive rod.
The bigger problem is the negative post, which fits into an M5 screw hole. The problem is that the screw hole is only 5mm tall, and I cannot find any M5 screws that short - the shortest I can find online is 8mm, but that will still be far too tall, and very likely the head will also be far too big (all the heads on my existing M5 screws are massive in comparison to the deck.)
So I am attempting to make a new mini M5 screw with a total thread length of 5mm.
I have already cut an appropriate height off an M5 screw, which fits perfectly into the screw hole. I then cut a flat-head into it so I could screw it in. But this provides no way of actually attaching the wire.
My plan is to cut the head off a small screw, and then solder it on top of the mini-M5. I plan to use a washer-head to best trap the wire. I did briefly consider metal glue, as I have some 'Steel Strength' metal glue, but unfortunately its maximum temperature is 150° C (300° F), not high enough even for a temperature controlled vape.
So my question is: Can I do this? I have done some Googling on soldering solid metal, but I am a bit confused as to what methods would work here. The first problem seems to be that I can't use standard rosin flux, I need an "aggressive flux" like Phosphoric Acid?
Any advice would be much appreciated!
Here are some photos of what I want to do:
At the bottom, the screw-part that I cut off; at the top, an example of the screw I cut it from for reference:
Side and top views of the screw-part that I want to solder on to:
]An example of the sort of washer screw head I want to solder on top of the screw-part. I will cut it off from the screw, leaving just the washer-head to solder on. Note that this is just an example of the appearance, I have not bought this yet.
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