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[darkenergy66]

Built out of stuff I found in the boiler room and two 18650 batteries in series. I was bored.



(Yes, it works, and no, I'm not stupid enough to actually use it lol)

 

[ClayTaylorNC]

Just finished this one up last night. Parallel 18650, Single Mosfet, VM, FDV 510. I took the interior pic before I got it all cleaned up and looking pretty, but will edit in finished ones withen a couple hours. I would love to keep this one for myself, but fortunately it's already sold!

 

[NaCl_H2O]

Thanks to everyone on this forum - an invaluable resource of information!

Dual 18650 parallel P-MOSFET. The box is made of Copper bar soldered at the mitered corners and then sanded, polished, and Laquered. The Copper box is the battery negative path.

The wood covers are "Book Matched" for some amazing patterns. More varieties in the future I hope!

Let me know what ya think?

 

[thetrucker]

Great job looks nice very clean

 

[BlueridgeDog]

Dual 18650 parallel P-MOSFET. The box is made of Copper bar soldered at the mitered corners and then sanded, polished, and Laquered. The Copper box is the battery negative path

I like the copper bar approach. What was your source for it?

 

[NaCl_H2O]

I like the copper bar approach. What was your source for it?

McMaster-Carr

 

[asdaq]

Looks smashing. I see a lions face in that spalting.

 

[NaCl_H2O]

Looks smashing. I see a lions face in that spalting.

Me too, but I didn't want to say so and have everyone say - huh? Book matching with burl woods is great fun, always a surprise what you get!

 

[rhelton]

Here is my first experience with a mech box. I vape regulated after some time with tube mods and really did not have a whole lot of interested in a mech box other than I had some of the parts laying around so it was a cheap and easy build. Its a 1550P dual parallel mosfet mod, varitube 510, 1 amp charging board. I had to remove the lower right post to fit the battery's. The cells are hard wired in parallel with 16g copper stranded wire, volt meter, charger board and tack button with 22 gauge. I used epoxy to create a raised window over the volt meter, then gave it 5 coats with permanent marker to tint it. It worked very well, I used a damp cloth between coats too remove the left over ink from the surface. After 5 coats it is very dark smoked colored and unable to see in from the outside. When mod is fired it lights up more than enough even in daylight. I have enjoyed it so far and it is worthy of being in my daily rotation.

 

[BlueridgeDog]

Here is my first experience with a mech box

Show us the inside!

 

[david4500]

sx350 100 watt 1550p

 

[BlueridgeDog]

Very nice. Use a 3" standard belt sander just sitting on the work bench upside down.

 

[david4500]

dna40

 

[BlueridgeDog]

Nice use of space. Fuses on the bottom?

 

[david4500]

Nope, no fuses.

 

[david4500]

 

[JimmyDB]

What mosfet board is that?

 

[david4500]

https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/TbLFzpbz and I've got a few others that are similar https://oshpark.com/profiles/david4500

 

[Podunk Steam]

Why so many VV and VW mods?

Fire button locked

Fire button unlocked

Button construction

What it started out as
$5.74 2-in-1 Cigarette + Tabacco Smoking Water Pipe at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[asdaq]

Hey that looks durn coppery.

Very innovative, looks much better than the original. Is it made from stamped brass? From the pics on FT, the stem and parts are pretty clearly soldered on, did the real thing resemble this?

Also, you've got me curious about what is going on between the batteries there with the spring, yellow plastic etc. Is that passing the current or decoration?