I blame you all!

[Hogwart]

Look what you guys have done to me with this awesome site and all these cool mods!
And since I have no idea what I'm doing right now, I fear the more I learn, the more this is going to snowball out of control.
So much for this banner below telling me how much money I've saved on vaping.
Between the DIY juice and the Mods, my wife says I look like some tweaker/mad scientist.
I don't even know what I'm going to do with all these but they are a lot of fun to make.

New one using the PTN04050 chip I made last night

 

[TomCatt]

You can always sell any you want (or can force yourself) to get rid of on the classifieds here on ECF. You got the mod-u-must fever bad, Hogwart.

 

[drewk302]

Yea I hear ya, I have spent TONS and the funniest thing is.........I never smoked! My wife does and she bought a mall e-cig to try to quit and I had to get into it and start modding. That was 2 years ago lol. But your mods look great! Oh and if you need ( me bieng the nice guy that I am ) I will take some of mods away for ya haha. Nice work.

 

[Animeguy]

Your mod looks nice and clean. Mine is just a mess. I got so annoyed looking at my wires I just put epoxy on it and I don't see them LOL.

 

[oldsoldier]

Very nice collection. Yep you've been bitten HARD by the modding bug

 

[breaktru]

Fantastic neat internals and excellent wood craftsmanship Hogwart. Your well on your way to fame.

 

[unkstur]

Wasn't me, I just got here.
Nice stuff you are having there

 

[CraigHB]

Wow, beautiful stuff there. I'm a modder too, spend a lot, but hey, it's good fun and keeps me out of trouble

 

[Hogwart]

Well thank ya guys, and Breaktru, I'd be happy if I get to a point where I make mods half as cool as yours.

Now if I could just get the probs with the evercool mods I'm working on figured out, I'd be happy.

 

[BB3]

That's really beautiful work, hogwarts. I only wish I had the technical acumen and woodworking skill to try something like that.

Course, if you just need a place to store them, I've got plenty of room...........I'm just sayin........

 

[outofjuice]

....i love you wood work.....
i think im a fan lol

dude keep on modding

 

[MadmanMacguyver]

Ooooh shiny......Nice toy collection ya have there...I keep giving mine to needy homes...or I would have about 40 or so...I'll give ya a hint...Freecycle and desoldering wick and a link to search regulator model numbers...oh yea and get a polyfuse in those things...as for the 8100/8060 troubles...Pm me and let me know the trouble you are having w it...I'll give ya a hand...

Really nice woodwork...I've actually been thinking about a wood mod next...Steampunk all the way too...Just remember ya gotta feed the mod habit slightly every day or it causes ya to make some outlandish mods...lol I've been looking at my BBQ lighter all evening...

 

[Gummy Bear]

Stage 2 for sure.

 

[Eliteedge_7]

hit me up if you decide to sell one. I am no good with wood, purely a metal/plastic kind of guy, so I would love to buy a wood mod, that isn't $200 lol. hey I'm dutch $ is important.

 

[outofjuice]

lol, ditto i wish i had that kind of skills woodworking... i used to hobby weld, but my woodworking was just.......

 

[Hogwart]

Not wanting to spend 200 on a wood mod is what got me to make some in the first place.
I'm not sure what the big makers of wooden mods use in their boxes, but pricing out just the components from Digikey and Madvapes, I can see why they cost so much.

From what I see since you cant resale TI samples, total cost for components to build some of these, wooden box not included, can get pretty steep.

Priced all parts to make each complete mod as a bottom feeder, since parts wise it doesnt add much cost.
Standard 3.7v $7.24
Fixed 5v 3a $10.98
OKRT-R vv 6amp $22.95 10amp $24.96
UCC383T-ADJ vv $24.52
PTN04050C series booster vv $34.14
PTR08060WVD 6a vv $32.54
PTR08100WVD 10a vv $36.72

So I guess depending on what chip some of those higher end wood mods are made with and after you factor in the time and cost of materials to build the wooden housing and to assemble it all. Those higher price tags on some of those mods dont sem to bad.

 

[CapeCAD]

Not sure where you got your prices, but they seem off.

Digikey prices
OKR-T/3 3 Amp $6.39
OKR-T/6 6 Amp $9.47
OKR-T/10 10 Amp $11.48

PTR08060 6 Amp $12.54
PTR08100 10 Amp $16.72

PTN04050C $20.00

 

[DaveP]

Nice work, Hogwart. Somebody's good with a router, table saw, and a belt sander, for sure. There's is a future in that kind of stuff around here. Keep posting pictures and I think you will be in business. A youtube video of you actually vaping one would be a good selling tool.

Show us the vapor!

 

[jj2]

Look what you guys have done to me with this awesome site and all these cool mods!
And since I have no idea what I'm doing right now, I fear the more I learn, the more this is going to snowball out of control.
So much for this banner below telling me how much money I've saved on vaping.
Between the DIY juice and the Mods, my wife says I look like some tweaker/mad scientist.
I don't even know what I'm going to do with all these but they are a lot of fun to make.

New one using the PTN04050 chip I made last night

You're hooked.

 

[Hogwart]

Nope they are fairly acurate I believe. I said total cost for components to build each complete mod. Not just the chip itself.

PTR08100WVD $16.72
2x 100uf 10v tantalum caps $6.52
Trimmer pot 200 ohm .5w $2.56
3amp momentary switch $1.79
And so on... With small buffer for feeder pipe, solder, shrink tube and misc. But I think I got it fairly close on price.