PDIB's Making MODs!

[X-Puppy]

Alright guys, a Cyclone is a dirt-simple atty, right? I built a coil for it. About 8 wraps of 28 gauge on a 5/64" bit. Probably not optimal, but it's what I'm used to building for my Kayfuns. I put it on one of my dna 20s to check its resistance. "Check Atomizer". OK, try a different one. "Check Atomizer". Really? Try another. "Check Atomizer". Try the old iTaste VV V3 R0.0. OK, I must have done something wrong here. Take the coil out and repeat. Same thing! What? I've got a meter around here somewhere. Dead battery. Install new battery in meter. Nope, crappy China meter is shot.
So how the heck is it possible for brand-new Cyclone base to be shorted?
I'm starting to think there's some higher power trying to tell me I shouldn't vape this thing.

I just had a similar thing happen with a cyclone part. It turned out to be an open. I unscrewed the center post 1/2 turn at the 510 connection and that fixed the problem. The center post on the cyclone is threaded at the base on most of the newer ones. It turned out with mine that the center post needed to be sticking out just a smidgen. (~.002")

This might not be what's going on with yours but check the attys positive post to see if it extends enough to make the connection.

Oh, and welcome to dibberdabberville- very sweet looking collectors item you got there. I'm glad it went to someone who didn't have one yet.

 

[Treebeard]

turbo, great job on the repair. Can't even tell where the break was. Refinish looks great too. Before and after pics?

 

[onjre]

Since my Cyclone doesn't work, I put my Igo-L on the OliveR just to function check it; so I can now answer:


Affirmative. It does.

So just to clarify... The cyclone is measuring a resistance of 0.0 ohms even without a coil?!

 

[Filthy-Beast]

It should measure 0 with no coil installed. If it measured very low with no coil then it would be shorted.

 

[onjre]

Turbo, that thing looks beautiful! Nice job. Did you end up epoxying that penny in the end. I'm curious to see how that turned out. Seems it wouldn't take much effort to not drill the squonk hole all the way through to begin with. I'm trying to think what problems that would present during fabrication.... Can't think of any except maybe the length doesn't permit the extra material

 

[pdib]

Turbo, that thing looks beautiful! Nice job. Did you end up epoxying that penny in the end. I'm curious to see how that turned out. Seems it wouldn't take much effort to not drill the squonk hole all the way through to begin with. I'm trying to think what problems that would present during fabrication.... Can't think of any except maybe the length doesn't permit the extra material

when your done making yours, lemme know. Although you didn't use the word "just"; I could see how it would fit in there ↑ nicely.





I think it's "practically" impossible.

 

[Bimini Twist]

It should measure 0 with no coil installed. If it measured very low with no coil then it would be shorted.

Did you mean to type a capital O or did you mean zero? Sans coil should show an open circuit - infinite ohms. What kind of meter would show 0Ω for an open? I certainly wouldn't want one. Zero is as short as short can get.

 

[timk]

when your done making yours, lemme know. Although you didn't use the word "just"; I could see how it would fit in there ↑ nicely.





I think it's "practically" impossible.

Just use a flat bottom boring bit lol sorry couldn't resist

 

[pdib]

Just use a flat bottom boring bit lol sorry couldn't resist

Not going to get into discussing it. It's not that simple.

 

[Aal_]

It should measure 0 with no coil installed. If it measured very low with no coil then it would be shorted.

It should show 1 to the left or some symbol of open circuit. Definitely not 0.

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[timk]

Not going to get into discussing it. It's not that simple.

Just cracking a joke, wasn't being serious.

 

[turbocad6]

turbo, great job on the repair. Can't even tell where the break was. Refinish looks great too. Before and after pics?

there really isn't that much difference before and after, just a little difference in the gloss level. it also looks a little lighter now where it looked a bit darker with the high gloss. it looked great before too, just think I like the little less gloss. these 2 shots are the best I can do to show it, you can see the difference in the reflected glare

before:

after:

Turbo, that thing looks beautiful! Nice job. Did you end up epoxying that penny in the end. I'm curious to see how that turned out. Seems it wouldn't take much effort to not drill the squonk hole all the way through to begin with. I'm trying to think what problems that would present during fabrication.... Can't think of any except maybe the length doesn't permit the extra material

I have not reinforced it yet, a penny is a tight fit but it won't leave much strength at the glued perimeter and the thickness probably isn't ideal. I'm going to do this reinforcement "plug" with an epoxy but haven't done it yet because I want to do it cleanly and haven't had the time yet to do it right

 

[pdib]

Just cracking a joke, wasn't being serious.

heh-heh-heh . . . .

 

[timk]

See, even jokes aren't as easy as they look lol

 

[onjre]

when your done making yours, lemme know. Although you didn't use the word "just"; I could see how it would fit in there ↑ nicely.





I think it's "practically" impossible.

I've drilled mine all the way through already... Maybe I'll try another body and see what difficulties it presents. Maybe... I'm a bit lazy... I have to outweigh my laziness with curiosity before any motivation to make time for experimentation comes to me... (was that a sentence?)

Out of curiosity... Why do you think it's practically impossible?

 

[timk]

I've drilled mine all the way through already... Maybe I'll try another body and see what difficulties it presents. Maybe... I'm a bit lazy... I have to outweigh my laziness with curiosity before any motivation to make time for experimentation comes to me... (was that a sentence?)

Out of curiosity... Why do you think it's practically impossible?

It would seem to me the only intellectual property pdib has retained is production process knowledge. It is also one thing to build a one off unicorn mod and another thing to produce a mod repeatably for the masses. If it was easy everyone would do it. Not saying anything negative about what you are doing, but I wouldn't expect specific information regarding production mechanics. Just my opinion on the matter. I'm all for diy stuff, but blatant duplication bugs me a bit.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

It should show 1 to the left or some symbol of open circuit. Definitely not 0.

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Yeah sorry was up all night kid got in acident and i got the call in the middle of the night. She was the passenger and Luckly just bruises.

 

[pdib]

thank goodness FB

 

[pdib]

I've drilled mine all the way through already... Maybe I'll try another body and see what difficulties it presents. Maybe... I'm a bit lazy... I have to outweigh my laziness with curiosity before any motivation to make time for experimentation comes to me... (was that a sentence?)

Out of curiosity... Why do you think it's practically impossible?

It would seem to me the only intellectual property pdib has retained is production process knowledge. It is also one thing to build a one off unicorn mod and another thing to produce a mod repeatably for the masses. If it was easy everyone would do it. Not saying anything negative about what you are doing, but I wouldn't expect specific information regarding production mechanics. Just my opinion on the matter. I'm all for diy stuff, but blatant duplication bugs me a bit.

It goes to predictable results, every time, on people's $50-100 blanks. I also accidentally drilled quite a few good enough in the process of figuring out how to do it within acceptable tolerance every time, regardless of the material. Honestly, the reason I don't want to go into detail is mostly because I've been through all this . . . . alot . . . for months, and I don't enjoy revisiting it. So, if it doesn't bring me pleasure to discuss it .. . . .. . ? (and, yeah, pro'ly that ↑ too . . . .)




The idea of leaving some material on the bottom, or of gluing something in there is duly noted and appreciated.

 

[Aal_]

Yeah sorry was up all night kid got in acident and i got the call in the middle of the night. She was the passenger and Luckly just bruises.

Hope everything is well then, that is the most important thing.

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