Evercool mod - a set on Flickr
Body is a chunk of lacewood, endcaps are semi-flamed maple. The red 510 connector cone is a small scrap of redheart that I turned on the lathe. Runs on 2x18650, and weighs in at a svelte 10.78 ounces, fully loaded. Display is one of those crappy 3 digit voltage checkers from madvapes or somewhere.
Not 100% happy with how the box turned out. Next time, I won't be using solid core wire, that's for sure, it's just too damn hard for me to work with, in such a small area. Had to use those huge honkin electrolytic caps, instead of the tiny tantalums I have on order, so that's some wasted space. Originally was using an on-off-on toggle switch for the voltage display, but I didn't think that one thru , and had no room for it. So that's what the small grey dots are on either side of the voltage display, tiny tact switches I scavenged from an old cable box. Left button, when pressed in conjunction with the fire button, displays output voltage if no atty is connected, and will display voltage under load if pressed while vaping. One thing I do like about this circuit, I have less than 0.05v drop while vaping. Pretty much if I set it to 5v, I get 5v.
I wanted to use a nicer looking full size pot, but had no more room (again), so I used this smaller 200 ohm trimmer that mamu turned me on to, it's not the best looking in the world, but I wasn't real cool with having to carry around a screwdriver to adjust the voltage. I suppose tho, in retrospect, I could have just used an eyeglasses screwdriver, and made a foam holder for it in between the 2 batteries, but meh. This is actually a pretty nice pot, for what it is. Nice and stiff, it's not going to accidently get turned if it gets bumped. I might go back to the lathe, and turn a small knob for it out of the same redheart that I made the 510 cone from. Who knows.
I wanted to use a lot nicer polished vandal type switch for the fire button, but again, space constraints reared their ugly heads, so I went with this crappy looking pushbutton from Cellphones R Us (formerly known as Radio Shack). Had I thought it thru a little more, I could have turned a small cap for it, and recessed a spot for it in the top endcap before I installed the switch, thus hiding that unsightly red button. Oh well.
Yes, it's pretty ginormous. I could have went with 2x 18350's, or other smaller batteries I suppose, but the way I vape, they need to last at least 24 hours. They are at 7.8v now, down from a full charge of 8.4v. I've had the circuit done for at least a week now, and it has sat on the workbench with a tank on it. I've probably hit it ~50 times a day, for the last week or so, just cause it's there, and because taking a hit from this is like someone shotgunning you with a ..... The circuit is capable of delivering 10A, and so are those CGR batteries. Hits are completely different from this mod, and say my SS VTube, using the same tank/juice/volts. I don't think battery life will be an issue here.
Well, that's about it , I guess. Comments, praise, criticism all accepted. That is all.
Body is a chunk of lacewood, endcaps are semi-flamed maple. The red 510 connector cone is a small scrap of redheart that I turned on the lathe. Runs on 2x18650, and weighs in at a svelte 10.78 ounces, fully loaded. Display is one of those crappy 3 digit voltage checkers from madvapes or somewhere.
Not 100% happy with how the box turned out. Next time, I won't be using solid core wire, that's for sure, it's just too damn hard for me to work with, in such a small area. Had to use those huge honkin electrolytic caps, instead of the tiny tantalums I have on order, so that's some wasted space. Originally was using an on-off-on toggle switch for the voltage display, but I didn't think that one thru , and had no room for it. So that's what the small grey dots are on either side of the voltage display, tiny tact switches I scavenged from an old cable box. Left button, when pressed in conjunction with the fire button, displays output voltage if no atty is connected, and will display voltage under load if pressed while vaping. One thing I do like about this circuit, I have less than 0.05v drop while vaping. Pretty much if I set it to 5v, I get 5v.
I wanted to use a nicer looking full size pot, but had no more room (again), so I used this smaller 200 ohm trimmer that mamu turned me on to, it's not the best looking in the world, but I wasn't real cool with having to carry around a screwdriver to adjust the voltage. I suppose tho, in retrospect, I could have just used an eyeglasses screwdriver, and made a foam holder for it in between the 2 batteries, but meh. This is actually a pretty nice pot, for what it is. Nice and stiff, it's not going to accidently get turned if it gets bumped. I might go back to the lathe, and turn a small knob for it out of the same redheart that I made the 510 cone from. Who knows.
I wanted to use a lot nicer polished vandal type switch for the fire button, but again, space constraints reared their ugly heads, so I went with this crappy looking pushbutton from Cellphones R Us (formerly known as Radio Shack). Had I thought it thru a little more, I could have turned a small cap for it, and recessed a spot for it in the top endcap before I installed the switch, thus hiding that unsightly red button. Oh well.
Yes, it's pretty ginormous. I could have went with 2x 18350's, or other smaller batteries I suppose, but the way I vape, they need to last at least 24 hours. They are at 7.8v now, down from a full charge of 8.4v. I've had the circuit done for at least a week now, and it has sat on the workbench with a tank on it. I've probably hit it ~50 times a day, for the last week or so, just cause it's there, and because taking a hit from this is like someone shotgunning you with a ..... The circuit is capable of delivering 10A, and so are those CGR batteries. Hits are completely different from this mod, and say my SS VTube, using the same tank/juice/volts. I don't think battery life will be an issue here.
Well, that's about it , I guess. Comments, praise, criticism all accepted. That is all.
