show off your mech! homebuilt mods only!

[memoe]

Made this a year ago still use at the CPU.

 

[jmarkus]

a few mods, dna40 large screen stealth (1200 mah, 9volt battery box), chana mini large screen dna40, vs dna40 (converted from dna30 model), cloupor mini dna 40:

 

[DaveSignal]

 

[badinfluence357]

Wow this thing is a Cadillac --- very clean--great job

What's the size of copper rod?

 

[jblack741]

Dual 26650 w/OKR T/10

IMAG0820

• jblack741
• May 9, 2015

It joins the family

 

[david4500]

custom PWM PCB in a 1590G

 

[vapero]

my first squonker

 

[david4500]

 

[BlueridgeDog]

custom PWM PCB in a 1590G

I have only build regulated, but I could see myself venturing into unregulated with that chip...it is available? It would be great inside a more custom enclosure.

 

[BlueridgeDog]

a few mods, dna40 large screen stealth (1200 mah, 9volt battery box), chana mini large screen dna40, vs dna40 (converted from dna30 model), cloupor mini dna 40:

What atomizers?

 

[TheWestPole]

I'm not sure if this thread is only for ground-up mech building, though I do those too and will post some here later. However I also do a lot of take-a-crap-mod-and-make-it-good renovations. This is a recent example of one of those.

I saw potential in this Who Dares Wins 26650 mod, especially the form factor and material, and thought in the worst case I could use the aluminum casting and replace the main components. That turned out to be the case. Stock performance was poor, hampered by a typically weak switch (current passing through small spring) and iffy contact with the 510 center pin. I bypassed the stock switch and installed an LPG tube mod switch up top. It doesn't look much like an LPG switch anymore because I shortened the bezel so the button would sit up high. A quality spring loaded 510 replaced the original. There is one wire inside going from the bottom of the battery to the 510, otherwise the connections are solid and mechanical. Hits great and feels very nice in the hand. Been using it with a 4200 mah battery, but will probably try one of the new 5200 mah types. Total height to the top of the button is under 90mm.

I'm not sure I'm done with the finish with this one. All I did was chemically strip it, square up the top and bottom surfaces, soften the edges and give it a satin hand finish using different grits of metal finishing pads. The front seems to need something though. Maybe a big circular Lucky Strike sticker or a bulls eye?

$19.43 Who Dares Wins 26650 Mechanical Box Mod - 1*26650 / aluminum alloy / black at FastTech

 

[TheWestPole]

This is a modified Yiloong Fog Box. It hit poorly stock, so I replaced the switch with a high-flush type, the 510 connector with a full size spring loaded one, and rewired everything. None of that was as easy as it sounds inside the PITA cramped interior. The first thing I did to the wood was open up the upper tank ring to accept 23mm tanks. That made it too weak and easily breakable, so I cut half of it off. With the quality spring loaded 510 the atty no longer needed support. I then shortened the height and exposed the copper battery tube, which I just couldn't resist doing, rounded all the edges as much as I could, and refinished.

Fog Box

 

[TheWestPole]

Progress on another 26650 mod. The insides are all done and I have just started to shape it. Will be rounded both sides and angled on the atty side. It's designed for how I like to hold this kind of mod, with atty side toward the palm and index finger on the switch. Will have a custom tall tank to fit.

 

[vapero]

My second squonker

 

[TheWestPole]

My second squonker

That's a lovely shape to that cut. Did you make it with a drum sander?

 

[jmarkus]

What atomizers?

all diver v1's with cotton, nickel coils.

 

[vapero]

That's a lovely shape to that cut. Did you make it with a drum sander?

I'm Mexican so I don't really know the correct name but it was a table drill /press