New to modding / My First 2 Mods

[Chris Brown]

Hello vaporizers,

Big thanks to everyone that posts here... I just completed my 2nd battery mod... this time 5v using the TI board... awesome.

I'm pretty new to vaporizing and all that goes along with it but I do have about 5 years of experience building and repairing guitar effects so the soldering iron is already my friend.

All of my electronics knowledge is self taught and audio specific but I'm finding out that just like with guitar effects the hardest part of a project is finding a good enclosure and fitting everything in. I'm looking forward to doing more mods as time allows.

I got all of the components that I didn't already have from mouser... they have a location close to my house so orders arrive next day. I got 510 connectors from altsmoke... got tired of waiting for a 510 battery to die so that I could build a battery mod lol... I used the eswitches that have the LED inside of the actuator which are cool

For batteries I got some 18500s and a charger from battery junction and I also have some 3000mah 18650s on the way... the 18500s seem to last all night on 3.7v which is awesome coming from stock 510 batteries. I haven't had a change to see how long they go on the 5v yet but I'm sure it's better than a 510 batt lol..

I have some mosfets on the way so that I can keep the current out of the switches... The mosfets we use in guitar fx are very low current so I didn't have anything laying around.

The enclosures are made from cigar saver tubes that I had lying around... I like to green it up by recycling, reusing and re-purposing as much as possible so I thought they were perfect.

All in all everything went smooth with no surprises other than great vapor

Anyway... thought I'd say thanks and post a pic.. hope this inspires more people to diy their own mods.

Regards, CB

 

[caesar]

Nice work Chris!

Happy vaping and modding!

 

[crashtestjeep]

NICE! What did u use? ur caps/tubes look pretty nice for 1st mods!!! Id like to give one a go!

 

[Chris Brown]

Thanks for the positive feedback!!

The tubes were a lucky find....

They are cigar tubes... my father used to smoke cigars and he gave me a bunch of his left over cigar accessories. I think you can find these on ebay used or maybe craigslist.. just search for cigar tube. The plastic one is cigar savor brand and the metal one is an unknown.

I'm into re-purposing stuff so resisted the urge to out looking for flashlights to buy LOL...

On the aluminum one I used a simple hand powered pipe cutter to cut the length. To pop out the end cap I stuffed some cloth in so that I wouldn't dent it and then used a long screw driver + mallet to knock it out... the other cap was already threaded. I used a mallet to carefully put the end cap back in after cutting/filing.

On the plastic one I used a hack saw for length and then the same method as before for the end cap. It's top cap was already threaded as well.

 

[WillyB]

For batteries I got some 18500s and a charger from battery junction and I also have some 3000mah 18650s on the way...

You may find the 3000mAh batteries a bit less reliable than the ones in the 2XXXmAh range. As is usually the case when current technologies, without a complete redesign are pushed a bit too far.

 

[Chris Brown]

You may find the 3000mAh batteries a bit less reliable than the ones in the 2XXXmAh range. As is usually the case when current technologies, without a complete redesign are pushed a bit too far.

Good tip So far so good but I'll be keeping a backup with me when I'm out of the house. Thanks for the heads up!