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  1. Russ the 1590 A with the milling I mentioned in the other thread just hits home with me.

    This has been a day of trial and tribulation for myself. The SX350J Bootlegger is a cake walk build, add the extra wires for the DNA200 , non-mounted display and it takes a little talent and friendly finessing. 

    I fit the DNA200 Bootlegger together today and botched the display somehow, had to happen sometime, this is my first. :( 

    It's vaping as it should and hooked to the Escribe I can see adjustments I'm make I just can't see them on the mod.

    Has there been any issues with the IGES mod files and displays being damaged with them? Reason I ask is I hacked the IGES files with Blender to make this mod incorporating our previous designs.
    When the display is in its recess the structure forces the ribbon to be bent right at the displays edge. The fire buttons location is very close and the ribbon does have to be bent pretty close to the display to not be in the way of the fire button.

    Anyway I have to acquire a new display if it would be possible.

    [IMG_20150906_023228_zpsxzsvj4bq]

  2. That's all nice but why would you want to put a face plate in a box when the back interior of the 1590 A you make could be milled to have standoffs for mounting, display window, USB hole and button holes?
    I have plans to mill a press in structure that will do the equivalent of the mentioned.  I'm not CNC equipped or I'd be doing it myself, it's a different world hand cracking everything!

  3. I'm very much a function before form person although when possible I can dress a mod very nicely. 


    The 3D prints have an odd texture that absorbs the paint for the first few coats and if patience the texture can be smoothed through multiple coatings of paint and sanding between coats. Coating the 3D prints has been a work of trial and tribulation for myself, others have done much better than I have so far.





  4. Thanks! My partner and I worked up the design, it makes for quick easy battery changes with no parts to get lost or any need for tools.
    Here, you may have seen this though.
    [com-video-to-gif_zpsrqko2uqu] 
    I've haven't done the dip coatings yet although they do look pretty cool. Are there different finishes, I mean like glossy, semi gloss, flat.....? Mating patterns on a full 360 coat could be a trick I'd think. 
    The epoxy paint on the 3D prints almost has a leather, kinda grippy feel, my favorite coating so far. 


  5. 24 gauge Ti wire was giving me a bit of an issue with contact coils so I started making mock contact coils (little spaces in between coils) and they are working well for me so far.
    Lemo2 11 wraps 24 gauge on a 3.5mm mandrel ohms tested at .47.
    [IMG_20150831_013712_zpssietpvi8]

  6. It's a nice box, I plan to mill an inlay with standoffs for mounting the 200 although it will have to wait. I just recieved my 3D print I've been waiting on for almost a month now, thanks to a print company that isn't as good as Sculpteo is. It looks awesome, button actuators slid right in, battery contacts are the right distance apart. I guess I'm a decent Blender hack. B|
    [IMG_20150904_115033_zpss8oltbam]  [IMG_20150904_121436_zpsku28oaaz][IMG_20150904_123831_zpsi14kkemq]  [IMG_20150904_131343_zps47egaxkk] 
    [IMG_20150904_140418_zps7oqi0ix9]

  7. They may ship cross the pond but I don't know for sure. I've started working on my second mod before the first now, yeah I get bassackwards often. One customized 510 connector.
    Flat milled mount surface, shortened the 510 threading at the back because the copper center pin was too low, bored out the plastic for a larger diameter spring, soldered up the 14 gauge. That much is ready anyway.

    The edges on the 1590A could use a rounding mill, other than that what I have here is sweet. No magnets needed, almost a press fit putting the lid on.
    [IMG_20150904_034224_zpspurxmf1b]  [IMG_20150904_035641_zps19vtqzln] 
    These boxes buff out pretty nice too, a little way to go with this one yet but getting there. I did create some extra work for myself with the rounding mill, got a couple thousandths deep so I had to clean it up.
    [IMG_20150904_094754_zpsu03wr0vw]  [IMG_20150904_061949_zpsmj4uylkj] 

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