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[Scubabatdan]

Hi,
My latest project to share. It is a micro motor and fan housed in a carto shell. It delivers a small amount of air so you dont have to inhale as hard. Unfortunatly as you will see in the video, I had the fan 3D printed to the spec of the tube and did not take into account the power wire that needed to run to the atomizer connection Sooooo I drilled 2 small holes and ran it on the outside of the body for now. But it works! check out the video below:


I think this is the first of its kind... anyone else seen anything like this?
Dan

 

[breaktru]

Nice Dan, I'm waiting for your Turbo powered carto. Perhaps on your Vivi

 

[Scubabatdan]

Here is the Motor I am using, operates at 16,000 RPM

And the fan I designed:
Micro Fan 3 by scubabatdan on Shapeways

Dan

 

[Scubabatdan]

Nice Dan, I'm waiting for your Turbo powered carto. Perhaps on your Vivi

LOL, still think it will work with the vivi, just screws in as an adapter
Dan

Added, yep just tested on my wifes vivi and it works LOL, Too cool.
Dan

 

[BJ43]

Now you got me looking at the tail rotor motors on my mini helicopters.

 

[perlionsmitnick]

Looks great. A little curvature to the blades might improve airflow.

Could also double as a nose hair trimmer.

 

[Scubabatdan]

Looks great. A little curvature to the blades might improve airflow.

Could also double as a nose hair trimmer.

Yeah I was just seeing if it would work LOL, now that I know it does I will be moving to a 3/4" model with a 5/8" vari motor from 1-6vdc @13,000 RPM. With the bigger area I can design a larger fan with curved blades. I am thinking a 6-8 bladed fan. Should move more air In a custom SS housing with the pos wire running through the wall of the housing. Will see how the next one works out.
Dan

 

[perlionsmitnick]

Yeah I was just seeing if it would work LOL, now that I know it does I will be moving to a 3/4" model with a 5/8" vari motor from 1-6vdc @13,000 RPM. With the bigger area I can design a larger fan with curved blades. I am thinking a 6-8 bladed fan. Should move more air In a custom SS housing with the pos wire running through the wall of the housing. Will see how the next one works out.
Dan

If I may make a suggestion

And a retrofit for the ScubaGen3 http://www.elemodel.com/shopen/html/product_1720.html

 

[asdaq]

I have seen this 2 years ago, at least in 3D animation.......


Which was yours too!

It should be much improved by increasing the size, that there hardware did not need a carto tube dimension and it will have better airflow and run quieter too. You may want to add a pot (?) to control the rpm's so that it isn't too powerful.

Just as an idea, it would be cool to mount the fan in a box mod and force the air through a thin tube to a side hole genisis, top feeder style. Also there is a chance to warm the air and use a HEPA filter as raidy showed before.

Run with this Dan, you are on to something nice here. Rather in the opposite direction of the barometric controlled atty, but for special needs, way to go.

 

[Scubabatdan]

If I may make a suggestion

And a retrofit for the ScubaGen3 27mm fan housing + 7 blades fan rotor - ?Ducted Fan Power System? - elemodel----electromotion model

Hey thanks for the link, and ideas. Unfortunantly those are 27mm fans and I need on about 15.5mm max. So if anyone happens to find one in 15.5mm I would be interested. As the motor I have on the way is 5/8" in dia and will work from 1-6vdc @ 13,000 rpm. Yes, I would rather just buy a premade. But if that is not possible I will have one made.
Dan

 

[Scubabatdan]

I have seen this 2 years ago, at least in 3D animation.......


Which was yours too!

It should be much improved by increasing the size, that there hardware did not need a carto tube dimension and it will have better airflow and run quieter too. You may want to add a pot (?) to control the rpm's so that it isn't too powerful.

Just as an idea, it would be cool to mount the fan in a box mod and force the air through a thin tube to a side hole genisis, top feeder style. Also there is a chance to warm the air and use a HEPA filter as raidy showed before.

Run with this Dan, you are on to something nice here. Rather in the opposite direction of the barometric controlled atty, but for special needs, way to go.

LOL, yeah it took me that long to find a place to get the fan made
Dan

 

[rondasherrill]

Hey thanks for the link, and ideas. Unfortunantly those are 27mm fans and I need on about 15.5mm max. So if anyone happens to find one in 15.5mm I would be interested. As the motor I have on the way is 5/8" in dia and will work from 1-6vdc @ 13,000 rpm. Yes, I would rather just buy a premade. But if that is not possible I will have one made.
Dan

How bout this: Miniature 5VDC Fan 15mm x 15mm x 4mm | NAIL FAN 1504 | Distributed By MCM

 

[Scubabatdan]

How bout this: Miniature 5VDC Fan 15mm x 15mm x 4mm | NAIL FAN 1504 | Distributed By MCM

Exactly what I have been looking for Just ordered one, will rip the fan out of it and put it on my motor
Excellent, thanks!
Dan

 

[BJ43]

This would be great a a coil/wick "breakeriner" for those of us that hate the taste of a new coil/wick.

 

[asdaq]

Or for stealth vaping, to get rid of that puckered up face look while taking a drag. Of course it would need to run more silently too.

 

[Scubabatdan]

Well I had already designed a new fan, it came out to 15.6mm Dia and 5.36mm tall My max was 15.8mm Dia. I will order one just to see how it works
How does it look?

15mm Fan 2 by scubabatdan on Shapeways

Dan

 

[asdaq]

Looks grand! Is the 'Micro Fan' the one in the working prototype? I wonder what difference there is with rounded edges on a prop and square ones. I did watch Flying Wild Alaska this summer and there was a bit on upgrading a planes prop to have more blades for more thrust, but they just touched on it and the rest was entertainment.

 

[Lance_Wallen]

http://www.zerotoys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=WS01



Been wanting to buy one of these just to play with.

 

[Lance_Wallen]

if you're putting it between the battery and the atomizer you could always make the shaft of the fan the center pin or make it hollow to accomodate a wire.

 

[Scubabatdan]

Looks grand! Is the 'Micro Fan' the one in the working prototype? I wonder what difference there is with rounded edges on a prop and square ones. I did watch Flying Wild Alaska this summer and there was a bit on upgrading a planes prop to have more blades for more thrust, but they just touched on it and the rest was entertainment.

Correct, the micro is the one used in the prototype. The curved blades will be quieter and produce better air flow.
Here is a mock up of the 19mm dia version:

Dan