The eggplant - compact DNA20 carbon fiber epoxy aluminium mod

[antoine]

After reading about all the great DIY mods here, I finally got around to making one,

The eggplant is a compact DIY evolv DNA20D based 18650 battery mod, built out of carbon fiber / epoxy and aluminum

Dimensions : 74 * 44 * 22 mm ( h: 2 15/16″ w: 1 3/4″ d: 7/8″ )

If you want to make your own DIY eggplant mod I've posted a how-to, pictures, the bill of materials, usefull DIY mod making guides I used, etc. here :

http://eggplantmod.wordpress.com/

Happy vaping

 

[Visus]

Very cool

Maybe a bumper crop
looks like fun to make

niiice mod

 

[684Alpha]

Sweet Antoine. Thanks for posting this. Very nice

 

[exnihilo]

Holy moly, that's a build and half man! Let me practice some before I hop into something like this! Nice work!

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[antoine]

Thanks

I'm glad it can be useful

 

[asdaq]

Just got back from a business trip and had a chance to look into this more fully. Excellent tutorial and the mod is noble as well. It reminds me a lot of a PVC mod I made once also with alu plates, albeit with a different approach for the sides and retaining screws. One thing you could easily add to yours would be a charging board so you rarely have to get inside the mod for servicing. It would fit in a number of positions and probably the simplest build would have it in the bottom plate alongside the other electronics, but it would likely be most convenient for use in a side mount so it can charge while standing up. For this I mean charging by USB, but you could get fancy with it and consider the top plate the negative contact and the bottom the positive for a custom charging setup.

While I've got the wheels turning, you could add a second isolated contact in the bottom plate for a custom charging stand....

I'll stop there, bottom line is this mod is aubergine goodness, through and through.

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[antoine]

Thanks

Yes, you could put the charger board on the command plate, with the plug right under the + and - buttons... I thought about it and finally chose not to, but it's definitley something to consider when making your own.
Things are really tight in there, you'd have to raise the plate a little towards the top, , or make a plate that goes all the way to the bottom.
I tried to keep it as close to the bottom as possible to leave as much room as possible for the 510 connector at the top, while not having a plate that goes all the way to the bottom.

 

[laurie9300]

Just fabulous!.......there are just no words.......

 

[72xmulch]

awesome!! youre helping me figure out how to build a microstick style vv mod.. not having a cnc and only wanting to build 1 or 2, i thought wood was my best bet, but this idea is super cool, and CF seems easy enough. thanks for the inspiration

 

[DrMA]

That thing is gorgeous! Well done, antoine!

I do hope you took proper precautions doing all that sanding of carbon fiber. The fine dust generated when cutting and sanding CF is extremely dangerous to your lungs.

 

[antoine]

Thnaks great if it helps 72xmulch

You're right to point it out DrMA. The blog was made assuming people are fully aware of the safety measures they should take with things described in it, but just in case I'm adding a CAUTION to the howto. I used a dust mask when I was sanding, and regularly scooped up the dust with a vacum cleaner.