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[MasterofNone]

I dunno... My cyclone bf is pretty rocking... But that's just one. Umm.... Russ, where you at? We need more real world experience than 1 atty... Lol


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[X-Puppy]

Don't get me wrong, I have 6 cyclones and they were all pristine when I received them. I just don't think they're always BF modded by the original manufacturer and stainless is not the easiest to work with.

Trying to mod the zenith center post did prompt me to buy a nice new drill press though. At least something good came out of it. I have a few more standard cyclone bases to practice on too. It should be fun now that I have better tools to work with.

 

[Vwls]

Can anyone point me back to the how-to on modding a Cyclone for bottom feeding with a Dremel (I don't have a drill press unfortunately)?

 

[X-Puppy]

The best one I've seen was Filthy Beast thread on modding the Patriot but you could mod the cyclone the same way.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/reos-mods/511025-patriot-rba-mod.html

There are 2 different methods for removing the cyclone's center post that we're posted today on this thread. I detailed one technique that could be done with hand tools. There are are tooling fixtures available for the Dremel that might make it easier but I think most folks are doing it by hand. It's good to have a vice for holding the center pin while using the Dremel but I,ve done it with vice grips before when nothing else was available.

 

[turbocad6]

I've always had perfect stuff from vicious ant, but i've always drilled them to bf myself

Thanks everybody.

Yeah the scariest part was the call was from her and she was so upset and crying I couldn't understand her. Then a cop got on the phone and explained it. She was texting and not looking so was totally relaxed and didn't tense up, that and the air bag kept injuries minor, the drivers ok but she looks like she lost a boxing match. She turned 21 last month so yeah it's a scary time, but hopefully this was valuable life lesson for her.

wow man scary stuff, my 18yo son is about to take the driving test for his licence, time to really keep those fingers crossed glad she's ok

I just got done taking the bf center post out of one of my cyclones. I used a very tight fitting screwdriver bit - so tight I actually tapped it into the slot a little very carefully with a hammer. The bit was from one of those screwdriver bit sets (hardened steel). After I had the bit secure I folded up one those thick blue paper shop towels you get from the auto store and wrapped it around the base of the atty and gripped it tightly with high quality channel locks. With a fully seated pan head screw in the top of the positive post I gripped the atty upside down and set it on the table on another folded up shop towel and unscrewed the positive post while putting as much downward pressure on the base as I could while still gripping the channel locks. Once the center post came out far enough to where the negative post made contact with the table, I set the atty on a socket wrench socket, placed a dowel on the top of the positive post and gave it 3 light taps with a hammer and it popped right out.

Once I had it out for cleaning and inspection I noticed a substance that looked like it could have been some of that jell type super glue. Removing it was like removing a really hard, sticky piece of tape. This would explain why a lot of folks are having a hard time with the cyclone center post.

Let us know how it goes.

if it's superglue I wonder if it would release if soaked in acetone for a bit? going to try one when I get a chance

I like my OliveR so much I am on the list for 2 more OliveRs, but just so y'all know I am getting ready to make a similar but very different one just for myself. I have been keeping Peter apprised of what I intend to do and so far he hasn't given me any indication he was dissatisfied. Work is back to 14/7 so it may be awhile before I get it done. As with onjre, it will not be a production thing. (Unless someone wants one like it and then I would rather pdib make it so I would let him sole privy to anything special I had to do to make it) If I ever do make a mod for sale, it would not be pirated from others least of all from a good friend. I thought I would mention it since this topic came up and will not discuss details further except with Peter. Please don't ask me about it, and Peter please keep the details 'tween me and you for now. And if for some reason you (worker bee) have just been being nice about it and would rather I not continue you have my phone, email, etc. just let me know. A good friendship isn't worth destroying over a trinket.

it's one thing to borrow certain aspects from different mods in building your own, they all have shared traits anyway and when someone comes up with a different or better way to do something then others will borrow ideas from each other, but to copy something else completely because you don't have the creativity to build your own mod with your own ideas is different. I wouldn't do that personally, I could build a dibi or a woody but I wouldn't. first of all it's cheaper to just buy one that the amount of work it takes to build one to borrow a few ideas from this mod and a few from that while adding a few of your own twists is what everyone does for the most part really

Why isn't it a recommended practice? My e-pipe has a magnet to hold the firing button right now (but it also has a circuit board at the bottom too).

magnets are poor conductors and magnets loose some of there strength each time there heated. theoretically the magnet could get weak enough with many heat cycles that it can possibly fall out of position and off to the side, especially if the mod is dropped, shorting out to the body of a metal mod or anything else in the ground circuit. theoretically. personally I would avoid it because they conduct poorly. glue can't be used mainly because glue would act as an insulator, glue would be counterproductive to current flow and also may become compromised when heated. conductive glues would still be a barrier compared to properly terminated and less than ideal. rivet or solder would be most feasible way of attaching to it, but not worth the effort specially since in about 2 1/2 weeks you'll be able to order complete replacement gold plated copper parts straight from reosmods.

 

[turbocad6]

ok woulda thought I'd learned my lesson, specially since I just finished polishing and waxing her all up just yesterday after a whole round of surgery, but nope, guess I haven't, cause I dropped her again today

this time it broke in another place too, so I decided to reinforce it. a penny isn't ideal but it was the easiest way to do it and it should add a decent amount of strength, I cut the penny down to almost in half to make it thinner, it's actually silver metal in the middle of a penny nickle maybe? mounted it flush to mate flat and flush to the base cap. anyway it's back to good as new again ready for round 3 I guess, love how the repairs in wood grain are completely invisible and it really is still good as new. the penny glued in there must make it at least somewhat stronger, the base feels a bit more solid now. I'm going to run the screw in there from now on i think, it really would help it on impacts like this too

this time I didn't get to polish it as much so it's even lower gloss right now, gotta buff it all up again after a 2nd round of surgery

i used a 1996 penny, the year my son was born

i also did a 10ml bottle upgrade, fits fine even with the half penny, don't think it would have fit with the full pennies thickness though

I'm really loving the feel of this satin finish on this mod now, past few days it's taken over as #1 spot in my daily vape rotation. a mech over a dna, that's saying a lot coming from me, I really love this thing even though it don't bounce so well

 

[glassgal]

I think the quality was there until it was modded for bottom feeding. It's not that easy to do while making it look like it was originally made that way.

Oh. I thought the Cyclones were bottom feeders to begin with? I don't know.

 

[Aal_]

Oh. I thought the Cyclones were bottom feeders to begin with? I don't know.

There are 2 versions. The clones are top feeders. Never seen a clone bottom fed.

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[glassgal]

ok woulda thought I'd learned my lesson, specially since I just finished polishing and waxing her all up just yesterday after a whole round of surgery, but nope, guess I haven't, cause I dropped her again today

this time it broke in another place too, so I decided to reinforce it. a penny isn't ideal but it was the easiest way to do it and it should add a decent amount of strength, I cut the penny down to almost in half to make it thinner, it's actually silver metal in the middle of a penny nickle maybe? mounted it flush to mate flat and flush to the base cap. anyway it's back to good as new again ready for round 3 I guess, love how the repairs in wood grain are completely invisible and it really is still good as new. the penny glued in there must make it at least somewhat stronger, the base feels a bit more solid now. I'm going to run the screw in there from now on i think, it really would help it on impacts like this too

this time I didn't get to polish it as much so it's even lower gloss right now, gotta buff it all up again after a 2nd round of surgery

i used a 1996 penny, the year my son was born

i also did a 10ml bottle upgrade, fits fine even with the half penny, don't think it would have fit with the full pennies thickness though

I'm really loving the feel of this satin finish on this mod now, past few days it's taken over as #1 spot in my daily vape rotation. a mech over a dna, that's saying a lot coming from me, I really love this thing even though it don't bounce so well

That's a phenomenal repair job!!! And the penny is a great idea.

Hope I don't drop mine! Would it have been possible to find a thin magnet penny size to glue to the bottom and then do what you did with the penny, so it wouldn't come apart from the base when dropped?

 

[onjre]

Just found a clone at: Cyclone Clone Rebuildable Drip Atomizer by Ehpro

I know I know, it's a clone. But maybe it won't have unfinished burrs you have to finish machining yourself for the $15. The posts appear to be brass tho. With that level of finishing, the clone may be better made.

After seeing that screw, and that level of Q&A, I wouldn't buy it for over $20. I don't mind paying for quality. That ain't quality there.

You're sure that's bottom feeding?

 

[Rossum]

You're sure that's bottom feeding?

The page in question states pretty clearly that it isn't: "top drip atomizer"

 

[onjre]

ok woulda thought I'd learned my lesson, specially since I just finished polishing and waxing her all up just yesterday after a whole round of surgery, but nope, guess I haven't, cause I dropped her again today

this time it broke in another place too, so I decided to reinforce it. a penny isn't ideal but it was the easiest way to do it and it should add a decent amount of strength, I cut the penny down to almost in half to make it thinner, it's actually silver metal in the middle of a penny nickle maybe? mounted it flush to mate flat and flush to the base cap. anyway it's back to good as new again ready for round 3 I guess, love how the repairs in wood grain are completely invisible and it really is still good as new. the penny glued in there must make it at least somewhat stronger, the base feels a bit more solid now. I'm going to run the screw in there from now on i think, it really would help it on impacts like this too

this time I didn't get to polish it as much so it's even lower gloss right now, gotta buff it all up again after a 2nd round of surgery

i used a 1996 penny, the year my son was born

i also did a 10ml bottle upgrade, fits fine even with the half penny, don't think it would have fit with the full pennies thickness though

I'm really loving the feel of this satin finish on this mod now, past few days it's taken over as #1 spot in my daily vape rotation. a mech over a dna, that's saying a lot coming from me, I really love this thing even though it don't bounce so well

Aaaaah, not again! The horror!

 

[onjre]

The page in question states pretty clearly that it isn't: "top drip atomizer"

Yeah it was implied in the other comments too. It appears I'm too quick to type and too slow to read. Woops

 

[Alexander Mundy]

ok woulda thought I'd learned my lesson, specially since I just finished polishing and waxing her all up just yesterday after a whole round of surgery, but nope, guess I haven't, cause I dropped her again today.............I'm going to run the screw in there from now on i think, it really would help it on impacts like this..........

I'm thinking lanyard might be your best bet

 

[Whiplash205]

I'm thinking lanyard might be your best bet

He just needs to superglue it to his hand.

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[IMEDICx90]

What I wanna know is how the .... did you cut a penny in half?!

 

[onjre]

What I wanna know is how the .... did you cut a penny in half?!

I was wondering that too

 

[timk]

I have a cyclone, hornet, igos, and rm2 setup for bottom feeding. The hornet I cut two channels down the center post with a dremel and cutoff wheel. The others came bf stock BTW. It is by far my favorite bf Atty. It leaves almost no juice behind after squonk. Super small so flavor is great. Since it is so small, building coils is a little harder. Also working on a Reactor rba and I'm doing the channels down the center pin thing. Goal for that one is dual mundys magic coils, so I'm waiting for a drill press to save my thumbs lol.

 

[timk]

What I wanna know is how the .... did you cut a penny in half?!

Sand on flat surface until half thickness? First thing that came to mind.

 

[timk]

I'm thinking lanyard might be your best bet

A dibi-bungee add-on accessory?