Work in Progress - diy 26650 "REO"

[Stephanie932]

Honestly this seems like the logical next step. I'd buy the hell out of one, now I'll have to hold off on my next REO and see if Rob picks up on this

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It could be called "The Grand Slam!" LOL

 

[mvroman]

It could be called "The Grand Slam!" LOL

I'd seriously buy one, and I'm sure plenty of others would too. 26650s are here to stay, I think mostly because of battery life.

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[AaronY]

Honestly this seems like the logical next step. I'd buy the hell out of one, now I'll have to hold off on my next REO and see if Rob picks up on this

I hope your theory is true

 

[UKPaul]

Finished the detail work. I decided to paint this rather than polish, so it's sitting in the garage waiting for paint to dry. I'm doing a bunch of coats plus clear coat so it might take a few days to get that finished and pics posted. I'll make sure to take a pic with things completely disassembled.

A few days for pics, that is just wrong.

Can't wait to see em.

 

[jcatcg]

Well, it's finished

Parts, pre-assembly ...

All put together, and in service with the rest of the family ...

 

[Stephanie932]

You did an absolutely amazing job!!!! Looks amazing!

 

[keepsmiling]

You made all of those or one? Very cool.

 

[jcatcg]

You made all of those or one? Very cool.

Haha, just the big one

 

[Raynman]

Great job......am I on the list?

 

[redeyedancer]

Nice work jcatcg looks great its not easy to make one manually

 

[unsure]

Im sure by the work progress you have showed in its progression here it will preform great as it looks but what peaks my interest is the battery life so once you have put thru a few bottles how about a report card.

 

[jcatcg]

Nice work jcatcg looks great its not easy to make one manually

Would probably be easier if I had any idea what I'm doing with the machinery lol. It's a good learning project.

Buidling this makes me appreciate some of the not-so-obvious design decisions you put into the REO.

 

[Vapeaholic]

Great job! Anxious to hear how it performs.
Are you by any chance a fan of the Stillare dripper?

 

[jcatcg]

... Are you by any chance a fan of the Stillare dripper?

Maybe

In all seriousness though, the Stillares are just stupid easy to mod and provide a nice vape with good air flow control.

 

[CaptSteve]

Great job jc it looks awesome. Any chance you can give us some pictures of the modding of the Stillares to BF? Did you remove the center post to drill it out?

 

[Ryedan]

I don't see where you get that info - a MNKE 26650 is rated at only 20A constant discharge. For brutal sub builds it's not enough if you build in some margin of safety and a lot of 18650s outperform them.

It would do pretty well for my 0.4 ohm builds and I could go down to 0.3 ohms without stressing it .

I've also heard of a real high amp 26650 cell, from Sony I think. I think Treehead has a couple.

 

[Ryedan]

Well, it's finished

Parts, pre-assembly ...

All put together, and in service with the rest of the family ...

Very nice jcatcg

 

[deviousprostate]

What type of mini-mill did you get, do you have a link?

+1. Interested to know as well.

 

[jcatcg]

+1. Interested to know as well.

Just one of those Harbor Freight Mini Mills

 

[jcatcg]

Great job jc it looks awesome. Any chance you can give us some pictures of the modding of the Stillares to BF? Did you remove the center post to drill it out?

If I have time, I'll try to post a pic or two of a modded Stillare this weekend.

And no, you really don't need to remove the center post. It's press fit and as long as you keep the heat down, all you basically need to do is drill through the bottom of the center post 'til you hit the threaded area. The metal is very soft so it drills out very easily.

Then lay it on it's side and drill a small hole in the center post just off the deck. If you drill press isn't rigid and the bit starts trying to walk here, you can just kiss the center post with a rotary disk (from a dremel for example) to create s tiny flat spot to get your drill bit started.

I wrap my positive leads under the screw so I don't bother grinding down the post screw at all.