Tutorial: Juicebox for around $8

[MickeyRat]

It's bubbling at the bottom of the tube though, not oozing out the sides at the top.

The only parts of the tube you should be able to see is the part that sticks up into the atomizer and maybe the part that sticks down into the bottle. The rest should be enclosed in epoxy putty. If it's bubbling inside the bottle and you didn't either run the tube to the bottom of the bottle or add a piece of tubing to it to get it to the bottom of the bottle, you'll need to turn it upside down to get it to feed.

 

[Hogwart]

Thank you for the tutorial, had some extra parts from another mod I just did so I was able to make one of these as well.

 

[WillyB]

From what I've experienced, brass isn't safe to use with ejuice anyway, is it? Doesn't it tarnish and turn the juice green?

Just don't use for your down tube. It works quite well for the short stub going through the connector and solders up nicely. Anyone using a ....-feeder with normal atties always has liquid in contact with the brass base. Right?

 

[Harrygrowth]

So the bottle assembly is relatively loose to accommodate the refilling? Thus the play in the wiring. And the dropper part of the bottle is not used? (just bottle and cap)

 

[asdaq]

Harry, the bottle and atty connector form on solid piece not attached to the box, so that you can tilt the bottle out to unscrew the bottle. The dripper cap is used as it is a seal for the bottle and tube.

 

[highping]

...And the dropper part of the bottle is not used? (just bottle and cap)

I actually drill the dropper to allow the pipe to slide through it and then leave it on the bottle. It may not be necessary, but I think it helps with the seal between the bottle and the cap. Without it, you may (or may not) get leakage from under the cap.

BTW: nice lookin' box Hogwart

 

[Hogwart]

Well this little baby was killing my batteries fairly quick, so I started poking around with a multimeter, like I have any idea what I'm doing, which I don't.
and I noticed that the leg on the push switch going to the atty is putting out .75v when the switch is not pressed. Is this just a bad switch that needs to replaced?
Or is there a way I might have screwed something up?

 

[WillyB]

was killing my batteries fairly quick,

What is fairly quick? How many ml of liquid?

Those switches need to be soldered quickly, maybe you overheated it a bit?

 

[Hogwart]

dead after maybe 2 hours, brand new batteries. Actually I did end up getting the switch pretty hot, I tried changing out the resistor on the led cause it was so dim and I got a new crappy little solder gun that I couldn't get to work right. I prob just screwed up the switch.

 

[jmarkus]

First, just wanted to give a huge shout out and thank you to highping for such a well laid out, step by step tutorial...WOOT WOOT!! Second, I've never done any sort of soldering or electronics tinkering except minor stuff when i was a kid over 20 years ago. I'm totally blown away that what i built works, and not only that but works really really well. Been vaping on my new juice box for over a day with no leaks and fires every time i press the trigger. I made some tweaks to the original tutorial and was seriously inspired by the reo mods and juice delivery system in those things. I also had to go back and modify my initial build since my soldering skills weren't up to snuff. I'm super .... and really wanted to make a clean build, i think i may have acheived that and have more parts coming to do a few more of these to get them absolutely perfect...anyway...sorry for going on and on. Here she is:

 

[Robby]

great writeup, posting so that this is in my posts for when i get my parts.

 

[4mehealth]

Hi, I'm interested in doing this. However, I've got one issue, which 510 connector is it? When I click the one in the original post, madvapes doesn't carry that model? Of the 510 connectors I see, is it the "large hole" or "small hole" connector?

Thanks for your help, and great post.

 

[Hogwart]

I bought the "large hole" ones and it worked great

 

[DemonTech]

I saw some people post about concerns with using brass tubing. I am using aluminium tubing bought on amazon. Seems to be working just fine. Amazon.com: Aluminum 3003 Seamless Round Tubing, 1/16" OD, 0.0345" ID, 0.014" Wall, 12" Length (Pack of 6): Industrial & Scientific

 

[WillyB]

I saw some people post about concerns with using brass tubing. I am using aluminium tubing bought on amazon.

There also concerns with aluminum.

If you are the concerned type, you should have chosen stainless steel.

 

[SweetPuff]

this is a great tutorial, thank you!

 

[DemonTech]

Thanks for this tutorial, I'm hooked on modding now. I built a few based off your design. I had a problem with over feeding the atty and leaking from where the atty / 510 connector meet. I solved this by making a catch up around the hole on the top of the box.

I'm working on another one that will use a 2x C size battery box. Using an 18650 2400Mah batt. with a 5 or 6ml bottle. But my favorite addition is a part stolen from a dead EGO style USB pass-thru battery. The USB connector and charging circuit out of the tip of those batts will come out then add a little wire to it and soldered the wires to their respective polarities on the metal battery connectors. It works perfectly and will charge the 18650 and cut off when its done. It is a pain the the a** to get those ego style batts apart, but completely worth it. I will try to post some pics of this bad boy when I get it finished.

Also I have noticed no problems with the aluminum tubing, but i also have 1/16ID rubber hose going over most of it and hanging off the end a bit since I cut the tubing too short on one of the mods.

Scott

 

[Curvychic]

Awesome!! Hubby and I are trying our hands at modding and def want to try a bottom feeder. Making sure that I subscribe to this thread to order parts and refer to!!!

 

[jerry69nolan]

Nice, very nice job. I now have the power of knowledge to try and make me one of thees bad boys!

 

[Ruledo]

HORN SWITCH FTW!

Thanks for the tutorial!