Printed Mechanical Bottom Feeder Mod

[tiburonfirst]

have you checked your glue supply

 

[Roscoe01]

Supply good......will slightly diminish when I get home. If that fails duct tape always works.

 

[Roscoe01]

Weak spot?? Do tell. Might be able to beef-it up for v1.2.

I will take some pics when I get some free time. I got an idea for supporting that area as well.

 

[BobC]

Merlin21 and Happivappi posted up an an inexpensive BF ready Zenith over at Angelcigs. I got a unit to test out the squonk action. There are two pre-drilled holes in the center post that look about .75 to 1 mm and the BF screw adaptorhas a 1.5 mm hole. The two holes in the center post are 1.5mm off the base, so it wont have complete drainage in some cases. So after cleaning one up, which is a must ( I pulled some loose shards of metal out of the post holes and then degreased in dish detergent), I threw Some Mundy Magic Wire in the large post holes and wicked it up.

Squonk action was great! Very little resistance, I think I was getting the full 1.5mm flow potential and suckback was strong. One thing to do if your holes are raised of the atty base is to bed down the base up to the hole with wick material. While you will have more than usual amount of juice/wick material, you will also minimize any leak potential after squonking.

vape action is nice. More airy than I like due to the larger chamber, but taste is good. The atty is 22mm, so it fits to the edges of Peko, but it looks a bit oversized relative to the small size of Peko. But I really have to say that for under $14 shipped to your door, its hard to beat for an easily obtainable BF ready atty. So I would put this one in the win column if you like this type of vape. Atty size is also a personal preference on look too.

Hey George, I got the same atty Saturday, I didn't like how high the hole on the center post was, so I drilled a 3/64" hole at the bottom of the post, now it drains perfect

 

[BobC]

Peko fell....Peko broke[emoji26] looks like I'm gonna have to order a few extra of the internals.

I would make a good beta tester. I tend to find everything's weak spot rather quickly.

I've done that, the broken parts weld together great with CA

 

[BobC]

DIDn't, just angle drilled, setup with NI200 duals right now, but I'll post a pic tomorrow

 

[Merlin21]

Are your Zenith BF holes drilled under the trap wire hole? Mine are drilled on the side of the center post, facing the negative posts....

 

[Roscoe01]

U can get get a good Idea how little material there Is In these areas.

 

[Roscoe01]

My idea for supporting the top of the internals to the top cap is this. Rather than a strip of glue (which didn't hold up for me) I'm thinking of countersinking a small screw into top cap that screws Into top of internals in the button area. Just a thought....would make disassembly for repairs or adjustments easier than the glue and should be stronger.

 

[Roscoe01]

I see areas where I could add some thickness. What exactly happen? This is the first time I heard about breakage, so just want to understand if if was unusual.

3 ft drop onto pavement.... atty hit first.

 

[tiburonfirst]

looks like somebody watched it fall instead of trying to catch

 

[Roscoe01]

It's not the only thing that fell.....Pretty icy here right now. Freezing rain for 2 days straight.

 

[BobC]

Are your Zenith BF holes drilled under the trap wire hole? Mine are drilled on the side of the center post, facing the negative posts....

Mine are facing the negative posts too, but slightly off center. Seems like for them it was the strongest point for location. Not so convenient for us to opening them up. I am going to pop out the center post if possible later. I'll post up pics on the mod to lower hole height, etc...

i don't see holes facing the neg posts on mine, here's where I put the new hole

 

[Roscoe01]

Frozen Peko ....was is a casual drop...like oops, or did it hit with force.

It hit pretty hard. More force than say falling off a table. Hard enough you would expect something to break. I was getting out of warm truck so plastic was not cold.

 

[Aal_]

I can't believe I haven't assembled one yet. I have everything since more than a week. Work is killing me. Why do people put deadlines by end of year.

 

[Kentastic]

I am really starting to hate these pieces. HATE them!. Look at how chewed up they are. This is the 4th time taking the whole thing apart because these won't stay tight. (The first two times I didn't know what was going on, the last two is for this specific reason)

Now I know why Rossum soldered his, which is probably what I'm going to do.

 

[Aal_]

I am really starting to hate these pieces. HATE them!. Look at how chewed up they are. This is the 4th time taking the whole thing apart because these won't stay tight. (The first two times I didn't know what was going on, the last two is for this specific reason)

Now I know why Rossum soldered his, which is probably what I'm going to do.

So what kind of problem are these causing?

 

[Roscoe01]

Peko repaired and back in service. I annealed the small solder lug when I had it apart and I reshaped it slightly to get firing pin closer to battery before lug deflection. Now I am very pleased with button pressure needed to fire. actually may be a hair too light now. Thanks gdeal for that annealing suggestion.

 

[Cloudz4Days]

I really need this. I've been wanting to build a bf just haven't done it. This thing looks snazzy @gdeal

 

[BobC]

I don't know why folks are having problems with stiff fire buttons, I have three Pekos, all with magnets, 2 built by me one by Kat, all have very soft button action, all have great contact. If your having a problem, can you post your setup? Something is wrong there