vapesmarter
Mod Maker
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- Jun 12, 2016
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"Cause everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody Hurts
Don't throw your hand
Oh, no
Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone
No, no, no, you are not alone"
recognize this? yep REM "Everybody Hurts"
As I type this it is very apt to the making of the "swirl" never had I had such a challenge as to make a mod from scratch to fit the sx550j board this started with @crustyfolker dream it's not the money or the glamour this is another apes dream to have the mod and how can I turn my back on such a good ape who has given me so much encouragement.
so many DVDs were watched I can't list them all.....
so shall we begin from the start...
this is the board its big I mean double the size of any board I've seen the bottle is for scale
and here is the first problem the battery and the capacitor on the back of the board they are 15mm long plus no mount exists for the board and I found after 30 emails the dims for the layout of the board
this is the board on test so far so good so know we need a block
first test more work to be done on the screen size, ok the colours are nothing like what @crustyfolker wanted they are in there but almost half of kilo of resin was used to make the block, in fact, the block got so hot in the chamber that is how swirl got its name the spin is the natural spin of the planet this happened within 6 mins of the cast until, in the end, dumped a load of water on the block to cool it, otherwise it would have gone bang it got that hot !!
after lots of cutting 2 battery tubes were used the board is fitted with a resin plate and has a resin button, then more cutting more shaping, more shaping then sanding and polishing to end with
"Swirl"
the wood is stabwood birch
swirl goes out in a box
with a kick-ass USB 3 cable
"Swirl" is not a small mod just because the size of the board and with a full-size attey is a hard hitting beast
@crustyfolker swirl is done and ready for me to pop him over to you......
whats next hmmmmm
Christmas....
giveaway perhaps?
yep something will be done after Xmas for my fellow apes
otherwise, the next mod will be a completely different and for sale
he will be black with the wings of night, as "Morrighan" the goddess of war.
"Raven"
if you love my mods, bags, cases, then like them follow me and......... buy one.
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody Hurts
Don't throw your hand
Oh, no
Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone
No, no, no, you are not alone"
recognize this? yep REM "Everybody Hurts"
As I type this it is very apt to the making of the "swirl" never had I had such a challenge as to make a mod from scratch to fit the sx550j board this started with @crustyfolker dream it's not the money or the glamour this is another apes dream to have the mod and how can I turn my back on such a good ape who has given me so much encouragement.
so many DVDs were watched I can't list them all.....
so shall we begin from the start...
this is the board its big I mean double the size of any board I've seen the bottle is for scale
and here is the first problem the battery and the capacitor on the back of the board they are 15mm long plus no mount exists for the board and I found after 30 emails the dims for the layout of the board
this is the board on test so far so good so know we need a block
first test more work to be done on the screen size, ok the colours are nothing like what @crustyfolker wanted they are in there but almost half of kilo of resin was used to make the block, in fact, the block got so hot in the chamber that is how swirl got its name the spin is the natural spin of the planet this happened within 6 mins of the cast until, in the end, dumped a load of water on the block to cool it, otherwise it would have gone bang it got that hot !!
after lots of cutting 2 battery tubes were used the board is fitted with a resin plate and has a resin button, then more cutting more shaping, more shaping then sanding and polishing to end with
"Swirl"
the wood is stabwood birch
swirl goes out in a box
with a kick-ass USB 3 cable
"Swirl" is not a small mod just because the size of the board and with a full-size attey is a hard hitting beast
@crustyfolker swirl is done and ready for me to pop him over to you......
whats next hmmmmm
Christmas....
giveaway perhaps?
yep something will be done after Xmas for my fellow apes
otherwise, the next mod will be a completely different and for sale
he will be black with the wings of night, as "Morrighan" the goddess of war.
"Raven"
if you love my mods, bags, cases, then like them follow me and......... buy one.
