Thoughts on building a squonker

[kingbx95]

Sept 25, 2014 21:35:58 GMT VapingBad said:

Sept 25, 2014 21:19:32 GMT kingbx95 said:

These were my initial thoughts and i love the idea of doing as much myself as I can and making somthing truely one off/bespoke.

Guess that's juts in my nature in my line of work. I tend not to buy anything in even when its available of the shelf as i love the challenge and being able to say I made that at the end of it all is part of the satisfaction really

If I wasn't confident in my ability and the tools equipment I have to hand though starting with a pre made mod and modding it would be the best option.
Silver contacts etc, although in the real world prob won't make a great deal of difference but it certainly would very cool

I think you'll do fine as you are used to planning and executing artefacts, have a decent workshop and like a project to get stuck into.  We are all different and like to take different sized steeps, but I think you are a bit like me and want the motivation of making something better than you can buy, something you can't buy or making it cheaper than you can buy it.  I built an ambitious mod on my first try (link in my sig), the execution wasn't as good as the design, but I did it and using it everyday for the last 8 months. I think that the next thing to motivate me to do another (cash & time allowing) is a squonker or the next gen DNA.

VapingBad summed it right up mate. Exactly that!!

I'm so used to working on a tiny scale this is relatively massive even individual components will be on the larger side for me. Will check out your sig when im not looking on my phone.
Thanks

[Pepperty]

really sounds an interesting project kingbx95 and one I'll be following interestedly.

I happen to have a sunbox m2 so can add photos in detail if you need some close ups, I'll pop a couple of snaps I took recently when I was trying to repair a split in the wood, only off my phone

But if its any use to you feel free to ask for specific shots and I can get my camera out for some macro work

[kingbx95]

Pepperty your a star that's excellent!!

Amazingly simple device really. Can't seem to many issues in making the unique bits to a squonker!

When you have your camera out some shots of the 510 would be great but honestly there is no rush just when yiu have it out would be great

Is rhat a specific atty to the mod or a modified rda?

Thanks again most helpful!

[Pepperty]

I'm using an igo S bottom feeder, its as cheap as chips - about £20 and it vapes very well. I know on the sunbox site they also have the battery connection parts - again - very reasonable if you dont want to source all over the place

As for the tubing to fit (sunbox ready made connector) I sourced mine off eBay << Clear Translucent Silicone Tubing FDA Approved Milk Hose Beer Pipe Soft Rubber M >>
Wall Thickness: 1.6mm Wall Thickness
Hose O.D: 4.8mm Outside Diameter (O.D)
Hose I.D: 1.6mm Internal Diameter (1/16 Inch)
Sold Per: 1 Metre (1000mm)(100cm)(1Mtr)(M)

Hope info helps

[Pepperty]

I agree, if I had even the slightest ability to chisel wood ... I'd have tried building my own!! Considering the model I use is over 100 euros - I was tempted...seriously tempted to take up wood whittling! I'm sure anyone who's even partially handy could do it?

Not that I'm knocking sunbox - or reo mods, but it doesnt look too complex and if you are in any way 'handy' I'm sure a good little mechanical squonker can be rustled up!

[kingbx95]

Sept 26, 2014 18:45:12 GMT Pepperty said:

I'm using an igo S bottom feeder, its as cheap as chips - about £20 and it vapes very well. I know on the sunbox site they also have the battery connection parts - again - very reasonable if you dont want to source all over the place

As for the tubing to fit (sunbox ready made connector) I sourced mine off eBay << Clear Translucent Silicone Tubing FDA Approved Milk Hose Beer Pipe Soft Rubber M >>
Wall Thickness: 1.6mm Wall Thickness
Hose O.D: 4.8mm Outside Diameter (O.D)
Hose I.D: 1.6mm Internal Diameter (1/16 Inch)
Sold Per: 1 Metre (1000mm)(100cm)(1Mtr)(M)

Hope info helps

That's great to know some really useful info there..

[kingbx95]

Sept 26, 2014 18:54:18 GMT Pepperty said:

I agree, if I had even the slightest ability to chisel wood ... I'd have tried building my own!! Considering the model I use is over 100 euros - I was tempted...seriously tempted to take up wood whittling! I'm sure anyone who's even partially handy could do it?

Not that I'm knocking sunbox - or reo mods, but it doesnt look too complex and if you are in any way 'handy' I'm sure a good little mechanical squonker can be rustled up!

See that's my thoughts exactly. They are very simple little devices by there nature getting it to work smoothly may prove different but I must have a go.

Thanks for the input

[Pepperty]

your welcome, I'll blow the dust off my camera and do you some in depth shots tomorrow and hopefully it'll give you some pointers, my 18500 squonker fits a 6ml bottle and I bought a couple of them from amazon now I bought the last couple of bottles, all that's needed to do is saw off the plastic driptip near its neck

but if you read through they are made by zinc colour they also have 50 bottle amounts

[geordie_vaper]

pep where did you get the modded igo s from thanks

[VapingBad]

Sept 25, 2014 20:33:37 GMT kingbx95 said:

Scrap price on the silver weight based on this afternoons price would be £16

Some "high end" mod makers take the complete pish out of us vapours Silver Caravela $4295 , makes me glad that thousands have been cloned.
Caravela are just bandits without the mask

[kingbx95]

Been offline a couple days .

Back on topic. .. buying that amount of silver new would be considerably more but....

$4k is just way way overpriced!!

Still thinking alot about this and hopefully will be trying a reo out to gain some more experience with a squonker in the near future.

[johnalpi]

Hi kingbx95,

How did you get on with this build? I'm starting a BF build myself and there are plenty of these types of boxes being built, but with your profession, there's potential for something really nice