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  1. It was a couple weeks from the time I decided to build it to the time I was making vapor.  More time designing than machining.  

    Some of it was waiting on parts and materials to get here, and of course waiting for a machine to open up for a few hours to make chips without slowing down production.  We are pretty swamped right now.  It is not often that a machine shop owner can actually machine his own parts for fun.  Sounds strange but it is just the way it is.....

  2. Thanks guys!

    I started getting irritated not being able to find a made in USA mod.  They guys down at the vape shop sold me a lava box and told me it was the only one made in the US.  After I got home and started using it, i read on the box that it was assembled in china!  That is when I had enough and started designing....

    Being a US manufacturer myself, I have a hard time buying anything made in china.....

  3. Long time lurker, first post!

    Here is what happens when a machinist decides to build a mod!  This is my first build. 

    First, I didn't like the 3D printed board/screen holder.  It was very warped and there was no way to properly mount it.  So I made a billet one.
    20161228_171315.jpg  20161228_171235.jpg  Then I went to work designing the box as small as I could.
    20161229_180819.jpg  Here is the first mock up.
    20170102_173937.jpg  Then machined for the 510.  I turned down a Varitube V2. 20170103_155933.jpgI didn't like any of the battery sleds that I found.  None of them had a proper way to mount other than glue.  I was set on everything being bolted together.  I machined Delrin battery insulators that would work with standard battery clips that are readily available. 20170107_142533.jpg  20170107_142646.jpg  Got it all wired up!
    20170107_162650.jpg  20170107_162712.jpg  Magnetic battery cover.
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    The box in machine out of 6061 billet aluminum with a light brushed finish.  Then I machined the buttons out of 7075.  I left them with a machined finish to they would stand out more.
    20170107_163640.jpg

    20170108_131128.jpg

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