Thought I'd try my hand at converting a nice Vauen pipe that I have (and never use) to an epipe. I've looked at the Smok pipes, but the satisfaction of having a unique device does it for me more...
I had a few old spare mods, tanks and 18350 batteries laying around and started seeing what would work in the pipe.
First it seemed that there is juuust enough space for the battery, but it's not deep enough... So I had to machine some wood out of the pipe. This is extremely stressful because it's such small tolerances and you can go right through quite easily. Also, I didn't want a pure mechanical pipe so I used the circuitry from an Aspire CF mod. Again I had to machine some more wood out. It's an extremely tight fit.
Then I had to find a nice cover for the battery and circuits... I dug around a bit and settled on a 2pound coin from my days in the UK. I bought some rare earth magnets from Mantec to hold this down. The coin isn't magnetic so I had to glue small pieces of steel to it.
Probably one of the hardest parts was converting the standard pipe to be able to accept a 510 connector. I dismantled an old mod and used the thread from there. I still wanted to use the original pipe mouthpiece which obviously doesn't fit on any tank... So again I had to modify the mouthpiece and built in a steel drip tip adapter.
Hope you guys like it!
I had a few old spare mods, tanks and 18350 batteries laying around and started seeing what would work in the pipe.
First it seemed that there is juuust enough space for the battery, but it's not deep enough... So I had to machine some wood out of the pipe. This is extremely stressful because it's such small tolerances and you can go right through quite easily. Also, I didn't want a pure mechanical pipe so I used the circuitry from an Aspire CF mod. Again I had to machine some more wood out. It's an extremely tight fit.
Then I had to find a nice cover for the battery and circuits... I dug around a bit and settled on a 2pound coin from my days in the UK. I bought some rare earth magnets from Mantec to hold this down. The coin isn't magnetic so I had to glue small pieces of steel to it.
Probably one of the hardest parts was converting the standard pipe to be able to accept a 510 connector. I dismantled an old mod and used the thread from there. I still wanted to use the original pipe mouthpiece which obviously doesn't fit on any tank... So again I had to modify the mouthpiece and built in a steel drip tip adapter.
Hope you guys like it!
I would like to see how you solved the problems you encounted.
