Steampunk inspired build

This is the vid of.the vapour from my mock up

I found it works better if the air pump comes on just before the vape coil so I've set the code for pump to run 0.25 seconds then turn on the coil, run the coil for 5 seconds before it turns off and keep the pump running for another 4 seconds before that turns off, the code is set to loop ever 30 minutes
 
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Stand offs added to a 5.25 drive bay adapter plate

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Revised the mounting position for the pi

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Pi and relay module mounted

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Relay module hooked up

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More to come
 
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Mini update, decided to go complete overkill on the exhaust, I now have a 15mm bore flanged pillow block bearing on the way to press fit on to the copper tube and bolt to the top of the case on the inside where the pipe comes through, this is so that I can hold the base of the vape in place and turn the tube which will be soldered to the top of the vape to unscrew it and refill it so that I don't damage any wiring (it's quite fragile) trying to do the refill,

I broke my orginal pi installation and the code that I wrote by keep pulling the power rather than shutting down so I did some more research and found that it actually has a reset pin on the gpio header to start it back up with a momentary switch once it's shut down so I added in the code for the same pin to shut down the pi when the momentary switch is flicked, the pi also needs its own power source as my mobo doesn't support power over usb while shut down, so a jack socket will be added to the rear panel for the AC adapter to plug in for that, 5V and 12V for the vape and air pump respectively will be taken from a molex when the system is up and running (switched by the relay module of course)

Circuitry is now all figured out I just need to get everything cut to length once I figure out the routing for the cables.

I've also now got the brasso and lacquer to polish and protect the pipework so full rebuild on the way as well.

More to come with pics once I've got the bearing and final fitting location decided
 
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