'Little chicken' or 'Small but aggressive', take your pick.
On a whim I decided to buy 2M of 12mm plexiglass tubing, 15mm is my usual and I've done some 10mm too, so something midrange sounded nice.
For the 18350, the tube is 13/16" (3/4" ID) and for the atty side I didn't have anything suitable, 1/2" is 12.7mm, and the wall on 1/2" tubing is just a bit too thick. So I got a 1/2" brass nipple like this one:
I De- threaded and de- hex nutted and lightly sanded inside to fit the tubing nicely. Cut so one third is for the top and the rest for the bottom. The tubes were brazed together and the caps, legs and switch were done as I usually do and the bottom of the atty tube was drilled partly to 1/2" to fit a magnet for the atty connection. The atty practically built itself and then it was done:
Or was it? Yes that is quite small, but you might notice the clearance with the mouthpiece does not leave much room for a finger on the switch and how often do you want a knuckle going in a nostril? That mouthpiece is aluminum press fit into aluminum and sanded smooth.
So I took some 8mm stock and a slightly longer anodized tube and did as I do for the 15mm atties:
Wait, no, that is way too much o-ring and the mouthpiece is much too nipple like, maybe for a 10mm atty but not here.
Now the 10mm stock gets a turn:
Better, much better. But, it seems i took a little too much off the top edge from both sides and that is pretty sharp. Either put it on the mini mini lathe (dremel + toothpick + sandpaper) or see if I have a short length of 12mm stock ready to use, which I did:
Here they are all together, going in order from left to right:
Quite stealthy in the hand:
Nice fitting too:
Now it is a very satisfying device indeed. Thanks for looking!
On a whim I decided to buy 2M of 12mm plexiglass tubing, 15mm is my usual and I've done some 10mm too, so something midrange sounded nice.
For the 18350, the tube is 13/16" (3/4" ID) and for the atty side I didn't have anything suitable, 1/2" is 12.7mm, and the wall on 1/2" tubing is just a bit too thick. So I got a 1/2" brass nipple like this one:
I De- threaded and de- hex nutted and lightly sanded inside to fit the tubing nicely. Cut so one third is for the top and the rest for the bottom. The tubes were brazed together and the caps, legs and switch were done as I usually do and the bottom of the atty tube was drilled partly to 1/2" to fit a magnet for the atty connection. The atty practically built itself and then it was done:
Or was it? Yes that is quite small, but you might notice the clearance with the mouthpiece does not leave much room for a finger on the switch and how often do you want a knuckle going in a nostril? That mouthpiece is aluminum press fit into aluminum and sanded smooth.
So I took some 8mm stock and a slightly longer anodized tube and did as I do for the 15mm atties:
Wait, no, that is way too much o-ring and the mouthpiece is much too nipple like, maybe for a 10mm atty but not here.
Now the 10mm stock gets a turn:
Better, much better. But, it seems i took a little too much off the top edge from both sides and that is pretty sharp. Either put it on the mini mini lathe (dremel + toothpick + sandpaper) or see if I have a short length of 12mm stock ready to use, which I did:
Here they are all together, going in order from left to right:
Quite stealthy in the hand:
Nice fitting too:
Now it is a very satisfying device indeed. Thanks for looking!
