Ahoy, happy Thursday me 'earties...
Wow that is a suprise on the connectors. One thing to take into consideration on them is the adjustable post. Not as big of an issue when you have a deep catch cup or inset mod. However if you have a flat connector the ability to flush your atties is much more important to prevent leaking and just plain looking better.
Not that I want to change your mind I haven't seen the connectors myself I just thought I would throw that out there.
One question how feasible would it be for people to send in their mods (or have modified when they buy but before you ship) to have the catch cup grinded down flush? Would the heat from grinding hurt the wood or any glue used to secure it? If not maybe just keeping things as they are but offering a grind down service.
BTW thanks for the update and keep up the hard work. Can't wait to see the batch and even more can't wait for the regulated batch!!
I purchased the bottom feeder V3 for wood along with optional washers/catch cups and the way it is designed won't work for me.
The V4 has a much better designed top washer/catch cup that would actually hold liquid that dripped onto it. The V3 washer just has channels that would allow the juice to simply run onto the top of the mod making it a waste of time installing it. The V4 is currently not for bottom feeders and the mounting post is too short.
The optional V3 washers just press fit into the 510 connector flange from the bottom and are not changeable once installed while the V4 looks like they screw in from the top and might be water-tight which the V3 isn't in my opinion.
From looking at this hardware, I wouldn't say they are better yet, just different, and in some ways inferior to what I have been using.
As for grinding down CC's, the catch cups I install are inset into the top of the mod so to grind them flush I would be removing wood along with metal. I would also have to stop grinding before I damaged the 510 connector top so I would not be able to grind them completely flush anyway.
How high can the CC perimeter walls be before they prevent the rba's from seating firmly? I would assume just slightly higher than the height of the 510 atty connector top itself.
I would much rather do a modification to the current designs if there is a need and from what you all are telling me the larger diameter RBA's are becoming more and more popular and I need to look into adapting the mods to accommodate them. I will make it a top priority and try to do that before I start making the regulated mods.
If I cannot find something already on the market that I can adapt for use I may have to make it myself. Working with metal is a bugger when all you own is wood working machinery so I may have to look into a plastic type material.
hmmmm...........need more coffee.... arr
