I am back on the clock now and wanted to update everyone. I have found a new machinist and have sent him the 3-D printing to have in his hands. He was able to get the files I sent him and everything is good. Vaperfexion is going to be doing the machining and after the first run will be retailed directly from vaperfexion.com Tom has assured me that once everything is in place that a prototype such can be machined within a week.. so it's just a matter of them nailing down the particulars and then we are going!
So there ya go.. there's the update.
Oh and Blake28, if you want to run it in 18500 mode, I will be selling a specific adapter which is nothing more than a plug to fill the gap to make your 18500s work. It will be shielded with shrink wrap so that it won't short into the tube. These WILL be additional and will not come with the basic starter set, however it won't be expensive (true to all the stuff I do, it's affordable!!!)