Alumodi, A DNA20 Build

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doroppu666

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sorry for double posting but my app seems to fail. anyways which measurement for the window to use the 21mm or bigger than the window size? thoughts or advice. thanks.


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21mm x 7mm or just a hair under is fine for the acrylic screen, any more and it wont fit the opening. The cradle cutout is 23mm x 10mm

Forgot to mention that the acrylic screen thickness should not be any thicker than 2.5mm or it will stick out too far with the display sitting in the cradle.
 
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So I got a finger print of super glue on the back of the box and the only way I could remove it was by using autosol polish, was abrasive enough to remove it. One thing I wasnt expecting though was that it also gave it a high polish finish and removed alot of the metallic flake that was done as a top layer of the powder coat. I actually like the look of it better because the red below is coming through alot better now and looks less pink although the images dont do it justice. I'll post a few comparison pics.

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Some shots trying to show how glossy the finish is now and also my latest box mod I build using an old vmax v2 chip I had, form factor is sweet with how small it is using it with my cyclone dripper. I find myself using it alot with a triple twisted 32g micro coil at 1.3ohms, running it at 5v and it is pushing massive clouds......forgot how powerful this vv chip actually is with higher ohm builds.





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Thanks Mike, I like it better too. I think the coater went too heavy with the top coat and buried the red.

As for the vmax I'm using the original button from the tube mod, had all the stuff on hand so it cost me 5 dollars for the box to make, the mamu screen I had was a misprint and ended up working great for the screen here. Shapeways replaced this one after I sent them some pictures of the dimensional differences of what the specs where for it. It wouldnt hold the dna screen cause it was cut too small odly enough. Anyways great customer service on shapeways part.

The guts of the vmax v2 box mod, used keystone batt holders, bogger 510 and shorty drip well, mamu dna screen holder and plastic 3x2x1 project box modded with magnetic cover.


the connector which I recessed into the well to full all my atties for the most part


My current setup, dont think I'm gonna run anything else on it because I love how compact and light it is using the cyclone on it, Pharaoh drip tip. I also have a va afc cyclone living on my deus and I gotta say it is the best dripper I have used to date for vapor production and flavor, huge air flow and tiny chamber makes for a huge vape thats warm and full flavored at .5 ohms on the deus.....ok now i'm getting off topic hahaha
 

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Thanks Mike, I like it better too. I think the coater went too heavy with the top coat and buried the red.

As for the vmax I'm using the original button from the tube mod, had all the stuff on hand so it cost me 5 dollars for the box to make, the mamu screen I had was a misprint and ended up working great for the screen here. Shapeways replaced this one after I sent them some pictures of the dimensional differences of what the specs where for it. It wouldnt hold the dna screen cause it was cut too small odly enough. Anyways great customer service on shapeways part.

The guts of the vmax v2 box mod, used keystone batt holders, bogger 510 and shorty drip well, mamu dna screen holder and plastic 3x2x1 project box modded with magnetic cover.

I like the 3x2x1 project boxes. They are very hand and pocket friendly.

I wonder if the Keystone holders will take the bit longer protected 18350s at 1200mAH. They're about 37.x mm in length.

Do you happen to have a part number for the Keystone battery holders?
 

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Ripped out this monstrosity of a battery holder


And went to this masterpiece, the keystone 1048. I would highly encourage anyone looking to build an 18650 mod to use this holder, bapgood has tested it and proven that it provides the least amount of internal resistance in a battery holder so its the next best thing to directly soldering to the batteries themselves.
 

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I've been asked a few times now by pm for the usb template and the screen cradle templates so I'm going to post them here for you guys to obtain easier. These where done by mamu and bapgood

This pdf is a 1.1 so make sure you don't have scaling turned on when you print it and verify that the cutouts are the proper size with a ruler/caliper first
View attachment Mamu Housing.pdf

This is the usb template, I can't remember if this is close to 1.1 when printed but the square should be 32mm x 32mm. Also I'll post a picture of my cutout because the hole for the evolv usb chargers led indicator is too high in the template. I ended up having the hole flush with the bottom of the usb cutout and it is perfect like this. Basically just drill your hole right below the mark.



 

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Calling all battery junkies...I need some advise please.

I am now looking into building some smaller dna30 mods for some friends using a 3.5 x 1.5 x 1" enclosure and while I could fit an 18650 holder in there I'm not too impressed by the fact that a user could potentially place a 10a or lower rated imr in it and then pull 12a out of the dna30 with too much load. So now I am thinking of going with a flat pack lipo setup using 2x Turnigy 750mah 35/65c nano-tech lipos. My concern is will a 2100 sony vtc4 out last my 1500mah 65c lipo pack?? I don't want to loose too much run time but my thinking is this will have a lower ir and alot less voltage drop under load effectivy lasting longer than a 2000mah imr type of cell. Can anyone please shed some light on this, would I be better off using 2x 1200mah 15c round nano techs instead instead of a higher c rated 1500mah pack??
 

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It all depends on who you want the liability to fall on and who is going to replace the lipo down the road if it needs changed.

Just my opinion.....but if I was going to go into the mod building and selling business my mods would be sold without a battery and use an off the shelf battery that the user was responsible for.

To answer your question I haven't been real impressed with the round nano cells, but its been a while since I have tried using them.

Most likely the VTC4 will outlast the 2xTurnigy 750's, but then again this is just my gut talking.
 
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