[VapeCige VTBOX 200]

I'm not sure I can agree with that, a manufacturer should be well verse on the products they utilize in the construction of a product they offer to the open market.

[Let's see your 200's!]

Thanks

[Let's see your 200's!]

I never did find anything about cycles of use for the JSTs. Being as prominent as they are with the RC crowd you'd think the information would be easier to find. I may have been using bad verbiage with my searches as well. 

The supplied charger with the Hotcig has a class2 transformer rated at 800ma so my phone charger at 1 amp is a little better suited anyway. 

[Mod Crate 1590A CNC]

Holy beat the heck out of the brass Batman! QF, I implied some pretty bad things too quickly to, I'm just going to stick with Howie, thanks!
Turns out it wasn't all me, my stamps are milled just the slightest bit crooked. The 3s on the bottom had the stamps oriented as straight as anyone could get them and the 3s still tilt a little. They'll be the ones I'll use though.


Between not having yet acquired the taste for milling coolant on my fritos and my calipers trying to lie to me I think it's best I pack it in for the evening. 


Edit: Crooked thing's going to haunt me if don't make a better run at it. Finally came to terms with myself on the exterior, I'm going Captain America style. Nik nik nik!  

[Mod Crate 1590A CNC]

I guess I'll get the buttons started and think about it for a while.

3s  might be a little crooked though.

Looks good enough from my house. 

[Let's see your 200's!]

Love the finish but not the fire button.  Also the balancing connector requires a bit of imagination for such a design.  JST connectors are great for PCB/board design but are not meant for frequent plugging/unplugging.  

I may be misunderstanding this as some may think this is my build or design which it isn't.

With that cleared from my head I'm questioning the rubberized finishes all together anymore. I've noticed two very minor dings already that are showing aluminum. It's a thin rubberized finish.
The fire button I can live with and if the rubberized coating goes South this is a device I can refinish, fire button may get hacked if it goes that direction. Wouldn't hurt me any to get rid of the Hotcig logo on the back!

I don't know what the duty cycle is on a JST, time for some Googlage I guess. The USB should be good for 10,000 cycles from what I've read. 

[Mod Crate 1590A CNC]

LMAO!
The same thought had crossed my mind. I guess this one just picked up another name "Howie "Beta" 133".

Edit: Howie would be a little more fitting at 155 watts but I've used the term hunting with a Howitzer often enough it's just getting sticky.  

[Let's see your 200's!]

There's been a number of new drippers and tanks hitting the market that would make use of the bottom air flow although not dependent they would benefit from them. Thinking about it a few tanks would be dependent, flavor chaser tanks I can't recall the names of.

[Let's see your 200's!]

Once you put an atty on it, it basically disappears....lol.

Oh yeah, very true.

I like the engineering of the Evolv 510 connectors, I just can't over the look though.  

I do see aesthetics lost to redundancy as the four holes aren't really needed, the air channels would work the same for tightening the 510 with the right tool, it's just the 4 holes, I guess it's a personal thing.

I make/modify some pretty good 510s myself although this could be considered bias. LOL!

I type like I've been drinking! LOL!

[Let's see your 200's!]

Color me jealous, that early 510 was done on equipment with a bit tighter tolerance than I can pull off. My rotary table and independent 4 jaw chuck system has a trail be fire test coming up soon, this may not go well.

[Let's see your 200's!]

If you're worried about the thickness of the coating a true hot bluing may look nice or parkerizing would be a means of a thin coating as well. The parkerizing is similar to anodizing and is used on firearms, one of the more durable firearms finishes in my opinion. 

Both process through a professional application involve some tooling and chemicals. 

[Let's see your 200's!]

Scoopy let the cat out of the bag? 3D printed?
The files aren't all that hard to put into a 3D print friendly format, I have unaltered untested print files on Sculpteos.

[Let's see your 200's!]

Okay I'll bite, you made the different looking 510 connector on the one? I like the engineering of the Evolv 510 connectors, I just can't over the look though. 

[Mod Crate 1590A CNC]

Me, myself and I just can't come to terms on a portion of the build so I thought I might ask for opinions. I'm going to powder coat the stripes outside the 1 in a fade from blue at the bottom to red at the top and the 1 will be powder coated white.

The other areas are where I'm struggling with, black powder coating would make for a great contrast and bring out the red white and blue although it would involve a four bake process with the powder coating that stresses me a little. The off side is a potential finger print magnet with the powder I have.

Raw polished aluminum with an automotive epoxy based clear coat sounds nice too although the clear over the powder coat seems a bit off. Again another finger print magnet but maybe not as bad as the black. 

There has also been the thought of jeweling these areas like is often done on the exposed areas of rifle bolts. This might be a bit gaudy but I do like the way it refracts light which could be lost with a clear coat. May be less likely to show finger prints and sticky fingered women could be a potential issue. 

[titanium help]

Mind me asking what's up with the zip tie? 

[Let's see your 200's!]

Also I want to see what it looks like inside the battery compartment. 

 

Such as what kinda battery and if I can put something better in it.

A Fullymax rewrap from what I understand but this is hear say. 
I looked at the fire button similar at first but it doesn't really bother me now.

[Mod Crate 1590A CNC]

Wimpy say hello to Beefy, Beefy say goodbye to Wimpy. 

Mmmmm Beefy!
This worked out well, the copper sleeve will end up press fitting right onto the base of the 510 connector.
 

All milled to spec and just about ready to go, this part serves a few purposes so it isn't quite finished yet.


 
Good ole 3/4" copper water pipe. 

[Hotcig DX200 stopped working after less than 2 days use.]

Oh, my bad, I thought you had replaced it. 

[Hotcig DX200 stopped working after less than 2 days use.]

What he has posted is known as a pulling tool, the washer sits on top of the cylinder that has a larger inner diameter than the existing 510 connector, the thread tap or preferred bolt as mentioned runs through the washer and the cylinder and tightens into the threads in the connector, then the nut on the bolt/tap is tightened. This tightening will pull the press fit connector out. Yes he replaced his 510 connector and this was the means he used to remove the original 510 connector.
You're likely going to want a thread tap to install a new connector, it looks tight for a locking nut in there!

Thanks for the post dwcraig1!

[Mod Crate 1590A CNC]

Making tools to make parts but that's been the plan. The copper is fitted the other direction when installed in the mod and the copper makes contact with the bottom of the 510 connector, kinda like a crush washer theory.

 
 
This one was really just a test run and I still have to do the math on the copper, if I have to go thicker I just drill the hole bigger in the center of the tool I made.

[Let's see your 200's!]

Think youtube.  

[different types of wire]

For each combination of wires or individual wires making up your coil, there are 8 different profiles for eight different wire types/coils/atomizers combinations.

[Let's see your 200's!]

Mine has done well, I haven't pushed it hard as some have I'd think, 80 watt coil heat and 30 watts at 0.04 ohms at first and now 50 watt coil heat and 33 to 35 watts.
I've heard of one bad ground and one preemptive fix of the 510 to remedy a grounding issue. I'm not seeing any signs of this myself although an RDA getting really hot may effect the two metals slightly differently, unlikely but its a though.  

I intended on the 510 fix before I bought it so for me yes I'm happy with the Hotcig, if I was not a chain vaper I'd be happier. The battery doesn't quite make it through a day with me. For a light vaper willing to change the 510 being the solid build I'd say yes a real decent foundation and go for it. Higher ohms builds in my atomizers are yet to be ventured and could extend the vape time of the 900 Mah battery.

The rumor mill has it that larger Lipos and a serviceable dual 18650 pack are on the horizon, built at the same quality they'd be worth it. 

[2s 18650 discussion]

Before anything else goes up in smoke, how does this look?

Personally I'd even up the length of your charging leads, you're going to get a greater resistance from the blue wire.
Edit: Another option would be to splice a larger wire onto the blue wire to even up the resistance. 

 

[Hotcig DX200 stopped working after less than 2 days use.]

In my non-warrantied cracked up crystal ball I see fabrication of a 510 puller in my near future.

Thanks for the input!