Picked up a Showerhead and Wrap Around during the 4/20 sale and have been loving it so far. It's definitely replaced my EVO as my daily driver.
I've kind of settled into around 737 uncapped on the SH for herb, and 666 capped on the WA for concentrates.
When I ordered, I ordered the SH as a starter kit, but the WA as a set. I also bought an extra coil so I wouldn't have to wait for a cool down to swap between heads. However, it slipped my mind that I needed an extra coil handle since the WA set did not come with one. Thought about buying another one from NV, but $40 was a little steep for me after just purchasing the whole kit.
Inspired by
@invertedisdead and
@WAM90 , I decided to fashion my own home made handle. I decided to use a dowel rod and some paracord.
I intended to take pictures of the whole process for others, but that never happened. I was just sort of doing a test run of the handle, and before I knew it, the handle was done and no pictures were taken! I wanted to smooth out the rough cut ends of the dowel rod before making the handle...but, you know what happened at this point.
I forget what size dowel rod I used, but holding a ruler up to it, it looks like 1/8". I cut 8 pieces of the dowel rod and wrapped them around the handle. I got 2 rubber bands to hold the rods in place. I then took my paracord, and using a set of needle nose pliers, pulled it down in between 2 rods. I pulled the cord down about 75% of the length of the rod, just to make sure it would be secure.
I then took the paracord and started wrapping it around the dowel rods, working my way down the handle. I put tons of effort into making sure my wrap was tight, my fingers were hurting by the end. I kept sliding my rubber bands down, and put a few on my wrapped section just to make sure everything was held in place.
When I got to the end of the handle, I wasn't sure exactly how to end it. I ended up just tucking the end of the paracord behind a rod, and then using some Gorilla Glue to fill around and lock everything in. Unfortunately I didn't look closely and used white Gorilla Glue instead of clear. Oh well. I might end up using a red sharpie to color it in some.
Anyways, here's the finished product:
Honestly, I prefer my home made handle over the purchased one from NV. It has a better feel in my hand due to the round nature of it, I prefer the grip of the paracord over the hemp fiber, I was able to make it a custom length (I went slightly longer than the stock handle), and it's lighter than the stock handle.
I use my SH more than the WA, so you can see my handle is on my SH! I just ordered a VRod, and this will be the handle that moves to it!
