I decide this beauty needed its own thread.
It's beauty isn't necessarily it's external appearance, but its form and functionality.
The 26650 is kind of a brute and the mod is noticeably stout and hefty, but not overwhelmingly so.
This is basically a test of concept so I wasn't to concerned with the appearance. So far I'm loving the size and shape.
Here are some more pics and answers to some of the questions.
d9...you asked how the battery cap turned out. I think it turned out pretty dang good for a novice lathe user.
Before someone points out that the battery is in upside down and I'm going to fry my dna, it is in that way intentionally (not that it's not totally like me to eff something up).
I did the battery upside down so I could share the 510 connection body ground with the battery ground to save some space as well as one less wire to run. The below pic is of the backside of the 510 connection, after the epoxy cured I sanded down the epoxy so the negative end of the battery contacts brass hex, as well as soldered a wire to the hex to run to the DNA.
Since I am a novice with my lathe and aluminum is cheap and easy to work with, I used it for the battery cap. But you can't really solder aluminum, so how did I run a wire for the positive battery connection? You use alumiweld from harbor freight to weld/braze on a piece of brass so you can solder it. The below pic shows the brass piece brazed on and then solder tinned. I just used a butane torch, but a smaller rod or more heat would have made things easier.
If I make another one I will do a brass threaded sleeve in side the plastic and then a brass or stainless cap.
asdaq here are some dims for you, and just to get you ready for your upcoming US visit they are in inches
For size reference....ccts in 18490
It's beauty isn't necessarily it's external appearance, but its form and functionality.
The 26650 is kind of a brute and the mod is noticeably stout and hefty, but not overwhelmingly so.
This is basically a test of concept so I wasn't to concerned with the appearance. So far I'm loving the size and shape.
Here are some more pics and answers to some of the questions.
d9...you asked how the battery cap turned out. I think it turned out pretty dang good for a novice lathe user.
Before someone points out that the battery is in upside down and I'm going to fry my dna, it is in that way intentionally (not that it's not totally like me to eff something up).
I did the battery upside down so I could share the 510 connection body ground with the battery ground to save some space as well as one less wire to run. The below pic is of the backside of the 510 connection, after the epoxy cured I sanded down the epoxy so the negative end of the battery contacts brass hex, as well as soldered a wire to the hex to run to the DNA.
Since I am a novice with my lathe and aluminum is cheap and easy to work with, I used it for the battery cap. But you can't really solder aluminum, so how did I run a wire for the positive battery connection? You use alumiweld from harbor freight to weld/braze on a piece of brass so you can solder it. The below pic shows the brass piece brazed on and then solder tinned. I just used a butane torch, but a smaller rod or more heat would have made things easier.
If I make another one I will do a brass threaded sleeve in side the plastic and then a brass or stainless cap.
asdaq here are some dims for you, and just to get you ready for your upcoming US visit they are in inches
For size reference....ccts in 18490
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