The iStick bending adapter is really a great, cheap little device that's begging to be hacked into something else. Yesterday I bought me a whole box of them, and today I turned them into true, useful quick-release 510 adapters for all my mods. Check it out:
It's such a useful little device! No more screwing / unscrewing atomizers.
If you're handy with a file and a little careful, it's a really simple hack. Here's what you need to modify:
Of course, you'll need to separate the base and the atomizer holder first. To do that, all you have to do is punch out the hinge pin with a drift (or with a small blunted nail) and a hammer.
Also, depending on your mod's 510 connector, you may have to reduce the diameter of the base of the bending adapter's pin, or reduce its height, which can also be done carefully with a file (read: you don't need a lathe). For instance, here's what's needed to make it fit on a Vapor Shark rDNA 40:
Finally, again depending on your mod, you'll want to modify, or plain file away the two alignment tabs under the base - which are designed specifically to fit the iStick's slots. For the Vapor Shark rDNA, here's what you need to file away:
It takes about an hour of somewhat careful work to modify the bending adapter's base and pin cleanly, and about 5 minutes for the atomizer holder part. So if you only have one mod and a lot of toppers you want to swap, it's not very long to hack a bending adapter per topper and fit it permanently.
I hope this'll inspire you to make your own
It's such a useful little device! No more screwing / unscrewing atomizers.
If you're handy with a file and a little careful, it's a really simple hack. Here's what you need to modify:
Of course, you'll need to separate the base and the atomizer holder first. To do that, all you have to do is punch out the hinge pin with a drift (or with a small blunted nail) and a hammer.
Also, depending on your mod's 510 connector, you may have to reduce the diameter of the base of the bending adapter's pin, or reduce its height, which can also be done carefully with a file (read: you don't need a lathe). For instance, here's what's needed to make it fit on a Vapor Shark rDNA 40:
Finally, again depending on your mod, you'll want to modify, or plain file away the two alignment tabs under the base - which are designed specifically to fit the iStick's slots. For the Vapor Shark rDNA, here's what you need to file away:
It takes about an hour of somewhat careful work to modify the bending adapter's base and pin cleanly, and about 5 minutes for the atomizer holder part. So if you only have one mod and a lot of toppers you want to swap, it's not very long to hack a bending adapter per topper and fit it permanently.
I hope this'll inspire you to make your own
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