New to building , about to embark on an OKR mod

[chadsmo]

Started the second one today. The chip is the 60 watt Raptor.

Getting better at this soldering thing lol.








I don't think I can get this any smaller really. I'm much happier with the job I did on this one. Hopefully going to drill the holes for the box and have it painted by tomorrow night. Saturday will be the install I think. My second fat daddy won't be here till next week so I may steal the one from my first mod for it. It's not epoxied in or anything at this point.

 

[rhelton]

done pretty much, still need to drill the pot hole in the size. but she vapes GREAT. been going since 10am this morning and the batterys were just a little abone 7 volts still, thats freakin amazing. never have i seen that in a mod. I can leave the house in confidence now and not pack my vaping supplie bag with me. measured my voltage and its 3.5 to 6v, Im vaping at 4.5v seems kinda my sweet spot between my fogger and 3d dripper. dripper is at .70 and fogger is at .90. just build my stilare with some big 24 guage coils will be checkiing that out here pretty quick. One thing about the build, I dont have a helping hands, so the wiring was not as tight and sanitary as I wanted. Im going to get one here in the next week or two and start anouther box and maybe tidy this one up too. anyway it was alot of fun, I think I found my new hobby makin mods sure would be great.

 

[rhelton]

Great job on that board, see first ones a practice run then it clicks in. when i have to move my resistors in all came off and I used the bottom side to put parts also sure makes thinks easier. Im a little disapointed with my button. It has a short throw to when it clicks but that doesnt mean it fired. you have to push it a little farther for that and after the click its mushy. how is that otto p9 i may order one if you like it.

 

[chadsmo]

Yeah the battery life is seriously great. I'm so done with mech mods lol.

If I decide to keep making a few more to sell to friends etc I'm looking at buying this.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000B...410504544&sr=8-1-fkmr0&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

 

[chadsmo]

how is that otto p9 i may order one if you like it.

The P9 is fantastic. Super clicky and zero miss fires or delay after the click. For my next box I didn't order one and went with this just so I could order everything but the 510 together. http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/PV5S640SS/EG4729-ND/2116208

I'm not in love with how it feels but we'll see. I'm not gonna epoxy it in so if it pisses me off I'll switch in a P9.

 

[rhelton]

That is a nice stand I may have to snag one of those also. Ive got two friends on the hook for me to build them one. I gave em a parts list and told em my labor would be 50 I think that pretty fair. totaled up its alot less than buying one retail. and you really cant get them right away there will be a wait list.

 

[rhelton]

That is the exact one I have except mine is all black. Its ok, it fires you just have to be mindful its mushy after it clicks and you have to push a little farther. I want a LED switch with a really short throw, Ill poke around and see what I can find.

 

[chadsmo]

Hmm. Well at least it probably won't pocket fire. There's almost zero chance of the P9 pocket firing , it needs a fairly firm press.

 

[rhelton]

I did mention the battery life was incredible right?

All day today with out a battery change pretty great

 

[rhelton]

How is your new mod coming along? I think you will be happy with the G box its a great size easy to pocket I love mine. I really had backed off of dripping for say the last six months or more, and have been on a kayfun, fogger, and kraken kick. Dripping was a chore on a mechanical, constantly changing batterys, not fun anymore. I am really enjoying my drippers again, mostly my 3D using hemp fiber for whicking. Having 4.5 v everytime you hit the buttton, and having your battery's last all day is pretty great, night and day over what I was dealing with.

Time to sell of the mech mods lol

 

[chadsmo]

I did two coats of some self etching primer on it last night. This evening I'll be painting it, going with a flat black. Then I just need my pot and 510 to get here and I can put it all together. If those parts aren't here by Wednesday I'll steal them from my current mod and replace them later.

 

[chadsmo]

 

[rhelton]

Looks really good, the helping hands I ordered will be here tomorrow so im going to pull my sled and board out and shorten up wires and tidy the thing up a little. I really dont need too but yah know how that is.

I dont have magnets for my door yet, what size should I get?

 

[chadsmo]

Lid http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D42B-N52

Box http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D24-N52


I have a slimmer profile magnet in my lid and I'm currently using the screws countersunk for the box. The box magnets I linked above will be here in a few days though.

 

[rhelton]

Ok cool, so its best to run both. A set in the door and a set in the posts on the box?

I am interested to see if you notice any difference between the OKR and the Raptor. Knowing the Raptor is 10w more is obviously a no brainer, but im thinking they may be the same in the end.

 

[chadsmo]

I'm gonna guess the chip is nearly identical yes. The difference is its a little cheaper and was in stock lol

As for both magnets , the lid holds on well enough with using the screws but because it's not being held super tight it rattles just a tiny bit. The magnets in the box should stop that for sure.

 

[rhelton]

ok im gonna get both

 

[chadsmo]

Remains to be seen how well this holds up. Two primer coats and two paint coats. Just waiting on some parts to show up in the next day or so here.

Sadly the pot doesn't fit trough the hole anymore , I'll have to sand a bit off the wheel or the paint.

 

[rhelton]

wow that looks great. so much better than the stock black really good job.

 

[TornadoAlley]

Wow indeed keep it up!