So I found that with the liquid electric tape, if you warm it up a bit in the sun or by a heat source before you use it, it tends to lay in much better than it usually does and leaves a nice smooth finish. But I've gotta include the disclaimer that this stuff is EXTREMELY flammable in it's liquid form so by "heat source" I don't mean an open flame or space heater. Once the solvent evaporates out of the liquid and it dries up, it's no longer flammable. I tested this theory by lighting a small glob on fire outside. I had to see what it's perimeters were with flammability since it's going in a high powered device.
The tact switches are nothing to play around with. I broke 2 of them before I got it right. And when it comes time to mount the switch with epoxy, that 5-minute window period is waaay too short. Once the 2-part epoxy is mixed up, you've got less than 5 minutes to get your stuff set and clamped down because after a few minutes if you move stuff around the bond will get weaker and weaker the longer it takes to get things set. The way my brain works, this was a pain in the a$$, I can't be rushed. I've gotta do things on my agenda and this epoxy was not having it. So here's how I left it overnight, levied and clamped down, with some tape to keep it right were it was.
I also modified some connectors to use on the fat daddy 510 connection. The blue sizes were too small and the yellow sizes were too big, so I drilled out the blue one to make the hole big enough for the 510..
I'm not even going to lie, this box took me 3 days. But I've got a family, a business, and a house to keep up with so it was a few hours here and there, not 3 days of solid work. If I had a full day to work on boxes, I could get it done in a day. But before I got into box modding, I was that arrogant soul that thought these things can be slapped together in an hour. I would look at the $200 price tags on ebay and say "wow what a rip-off! I could make one of these for under 20 bucks in less than an hour!!" Boy was I wrong. Now I'm seeing them on the bay for 60 bucks or less!! I couldn't even. No way. I wouldn't put this much work into something and sell it for $60. I totally underestimated the skill and experience required to build a box mod. It's definitely not something everyone can do.
It would have been easier for me to put the MOSFET on the side of the sled, but I had to go and be different,. It's in there, stuffed behind the 510 connection.
I would have done a few minor things slightly different now that it's done, but this was my first g-box and these boxes are much different to work with. Certainly a challenge with the lack of space and as
@Wabah58 calls it- "the gangsta lean" slant.
But when it's all said and done, I'm happy with the outcome.
I think I might get around to covering the wires up top with either a partial enclosure, or just a coat of nail polish or paint.
Hope this helps someone new. I'd like to thank
@Wabah58 @Resnik and
@Oggy and many others on this thread for sharing their knowledge and experience, I'm just paying it forward!
Materials used-
dual 18650 snortin' boar sled
hammond 1590G (powder coated w/ granny smith green)
copper strand 14AWG wire
mini tactile switch
genuine IR mosfet w/ 15k resistor
rare earth magnets
fat daddy low profile V5
genuine sony VTC5 18650 batteries
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