Online Tutorial: USB Passthru or Battery box - LIVE 8pm CST 6/13/09

[Kewtsquirrel]

I'm giving you guys a bit more of a heads up on the tutorial this time, and I'll be using stickam (Stickam - The Live Community, Live Streaming Video) instead of yahoo messenger to broadcast, which should be much easier for everyone.

The tutorial will be live, with live chat and questions answered on the spot, the only thing that has yet to be decided is the mod! I'm doing this for ya'll, so I'll let you decide, what would you like to see made? Another USB passthru? A box battery mod? Magnum (cheap 9LED flashlight) battery mod?

The choice is yours, vote in the poll and I'll give the tutorial on the winner, or possibly winner+runner up if there is enough demand and time.

Lordmage has graciously agreed to host the tutorial on This Week In vaping, so you don't even need to sign up with Stickam anymore!

Just click this link: http://smoothsmoke.webs.com/apps/videos/videos/view/3719973
And you can watch the tutorial, ask questions, etc, etc, LIVE!

 

[Ice199]

That's great I am there.

 

[ellanceo]

I just posted a thread about desperately needing step-by-step instructions on how to mod a dead 801 battery into a USB passthrough with a manual switch.

My battery died after a failed attempt to fix my only charger, and I desperately need something for power before I end up going back to cigarettes.

If you don't end up doing it, could you possibly send me instructions?

All comments/help are greatly appreciated.

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

I just posted a thread about desperately needing step-by-step instructions on how to mod a dead 801 battery into a USB passthrough with a manual switch.

My battery died after a failed attempt to fix my only charger, and I desperately need something for power before I end up going back to cigarettes.

If you don't end up doing it, could you possibly send me instructions?

All comments/help are greatly appreciated.

Please check the tutorial in the battery mods forum I did last night, step-by-step pictures are included.

 

[ellanceo]

Where would I be able to get connectors for my 801 battery by tomorrow? I read that phone jacks supposedly work fine.

And because of money/availability restraints, I was more looking into modding an actual battery, than creating a whole new battery case.

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

Where would I be able to get connectors for my 801 battery by tomorrow? I read that phone jacks supposedly work fine.

And because of money/availability restraints, I was more looking into modding an actual battery, than creating a whole new battery case.

I've yet to have any luck getting the guts out of battery cases, I had to destroy the casing to get the batteries out.

The other problem is working in such tiny spaces, you've got to do an amazing job of lining everything up perfectly *and* making sure you don't ground out your switch. Boxes are just so easy to work with, and cheap.

 

[ellanceo]

Where would be a good place for a case like that then? I'm just trying to get all of my materials pinned down so I can get this done ASAP.

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

Where would be a good place for a case like that then? I'm just trying to get all of my materials pinned down so I can get this done ASAP.

Radioshack, they have 4x AA and 2x AA sealed battery boxes, it'll be in the big chest of parts.

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

Updated OP, but Lordmage is hosting this tutorial (and future tuts) on This Week In Vaping for me, everyone should give him a big thanks when they get a chance

Link to tutorial video/voice chat: This Week In Vape - Videos

Link to my forum on TWIV (sweet!) : This Week In Vape - Nerf's Mod Corner

 

[MonkeyMonk]

Thanks, Nerf! Hope to tune in tonight. How many MB are received from a streaming tutorial? I'm linited in GB on a per month basis.

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

Getting ready to start, I believe you need to register on stickam to get into the chat, you don't need a microphone or webcam however.

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

Thanks, Nerf! Hope to tune in tonight. How many MB are received from a streaming tutorial? I'm linited in GB on a per month basis.

Not sure monkey, but it shouldn't be that much, usually you only have to worry about caps if you're torrenting stuff.

 

[nitewriter]

I've tried getting on to watch this twice and I keep getting a warning from McAfee.

I really want to see it, but not at the cost of getting something pennicillin can't get rid of.

Anyone else having this problem?

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

I've tried getting on to watch this twice and I keep getting a warning from McAfee.

I really want to see it, but not at the cost of getting something pennicillin can't get rid of.

Anyone else having this problem?

There are no virus, its a false positive.

 

[nitewriter]

Thanks Nerf

 

[Kewtsquirrel]

Tutorial went great tonight, we had 8 at its peak, heres the finished products!

Sorry I didn't have a chance to do the how-to pictorial on these, pace was pretty brisk and I was a bit tired. Next time I'll try to figure out how to record it and we'll keep them hosted on TWIV.

 

[lordmage]

yes you need to register with stickam.
to chat in the hosted video but you wont have to remember where to go. Or go to stickam to login you can do so directly from my site. the virus false positive is because i am hosting the embed code directly the virus scanner picks up the embed code as a virus. as per the mb to watch a stream show it is not much i think it is less than 1MB per minute.
yes you need to register with me to chat with him over on his forums but like ecf it is also free and nerf is in charge of what is said in his forum for the most part

 

[nitewriter]

I made it on and it was a great tutorial! I'm going to try it!

Thank you for sharing you wisdom!

 

[Stormynights]

Nerf, are you going to be able to post the step by step pictures? I missed it. I hate dial-up. I miss all the good stuff.

 

[SmokinScott]

You would have had 9 if I had been paying attention.

Sorry I missed it, those look nice.