I have a little more to show but it’s not overly interesting at the moment. I’ve gotten past racking my brain on how to make this work and have started making it. I’ve come to the conclusion that I do not need the battery to be recessed in the tube so I’ve manipulated the head to screw a little further into the tube. I sometimes cut the driver and tail springs so they are only half as long but I won’t be doing that this time.
These two pics are the previous intended battery position and the new position (without depressing the driver spring)
I really wanted to use this button that I had leftover from another vape conversion. I did a little prototyping just to see exactly how much clearance I had to work with. It turned out to be too tight to have the contents inserted from the battery tube end of the tail cap so I’ve had to accept inserting everything from the back and having a retaining ring visible from the outside.
Prep’d the tube ready for the tail
Got the big lump of brass in the chuck again
That’s as far as I’ve gotten but at least I’ve gotten past my mental block I’ve got a plan so can hopefully soldier on from here.