OF
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You're welcome. Sounds good to me. I like the fallback plan in place part.....
Tango-Uniform? It's been a while since I've heard that one. Wonder if it's a private joke? Anyone else get it?
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You're welcome. Sounds good to me. I like the fallback plan in place part.....
Tango-Uniform? It's been a while since I've heard that one. Wonder if it's a private joke? Anyone else get it?
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SlinginPaint
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Military reference?
OF
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Sorta. I know it from deep water sailing on merchant ships. But what does it mean?
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OF
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Yup, look a few posts up.
FWIW I think it's primarily Navy? I don't think the AF, Army or Coasties use it as slang?
And 'the phonetic alphabet' is becoming much less common as radio get better. Soon I bet nobody without gray will know it?
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honuswagner
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Hey I just got my solo today and im a little worried its not discreet enough. I live in a big city and want to be able to power it up use it quick and power down. I thought i could quickly take stems out and put them back in.
now i realize I cant really hot swap stems.
any tips on portability/discretion?
now i realize I cant really hot swap stems.
any tips on portability/discretion?
clouded vision
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just cup it. either use a small to go cup and the stem sticks up like a straw ore PV has a stealth adapter that you attach a straw to for a bigger cup
honuswagner
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cup is a funny idea lol
what about swapping stems. it seems like taking a stem out is a messy transaction. what if i want to quickly put the thing away. like if i have a preloaded stem that i want to use for sessions all day.
what about swapping stems. it seems like taking a stem out is a messy transaction. what if i want to quickly put the thing away. like if i have a preloaded stem that i want to use for sessions all day.
clouded vision
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you could just leave the stem in it all day and turn the heat on and off all day. if using multiple stems throughout the day the are posts a page or 2 back about using MFLB battery caps to cap your stems you are traveling with. unfortunately pulling a partially used stem on the go isn't very easy
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Sez who? Try it, you can do it easily.....just be careful not to burn yourself. I've done it a number of times when I'm out in the garden with it, I don't like carrying it around with the stem installed since broken glass out there is not good.
I usually load and cap the stem and take it out, then pull it before coming in. Usually I just dump the ABV in those cases.
A while back I posted the link to the 400F plus rated vinyl caps I got specially to allow recapping the hot stem. Even empty they let me drop it back in a shirt pocket hot without worry about a burn.
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honuswagner
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yeah you cant leave the stem in really.
im thinking caps are the way to go. i dont keep AVB so i like to get it really brown...
im thinking caps are the way to go. i dont keep AVB so i like to get it really brown...
OF
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Yep, just be aware the normal ones aren't rated for hot stems..... You need the harder ones.
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honuswagner
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any suggestions? can i get something off amazon that works even on a hot stem.
i have mflb caps.
i have mflb caps.
OF
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Nope, those are the normal type, you need high temperature if you want to use 'em hot:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/119/3747/=mofjev
You want 84735K17....or at least I did.
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honuswagner
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oh wow packs of 100....but still cheap.
so if i take it out and blow on it the mflb cap shouldnt be used?
thanks for all the info
so if i take it out and blow on it the mflb cap shouldnt be used?
thanks for all the info
clouded vision
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unless you will blow on it until it is cool to the touch I would say no. look at the other caps on the link OF posted, they are only rated for 140f for 10 minutes and they are much closer to a mflb cap then the high temp ones, that is if those aren't the exact same caps mf uses
honuswagner
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cool, yeah those look great but they only come in packs of 100.
i was wondering if amazon had something in like a pack of 10 and comes with free shipping...
thanks!
i was wondering if amazon had something in like a pack of 10 and comes with free shipping...
thanks!
clouded vision
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Looking for some advice on cleaning my PVHE GonG stem. Until I got it a weeks or so ago I had been using my stock stems & to clean them I just plug both ends with my fingers & shake a little iso back & forth until the stem is clean. I prefer a clean stem so I clean them too often to make it worth my time to evap them each time so I just save it in a mason jar. I would prefer to keep using this method but the notches in the PVHE make it impossible for me to get a tight seal with just my finger. I know all the other methods for cleaning including hot chocolate, torching, etc & will resort to them if necessary so please don't suggest any of those.
My first thought was to use a MFLB battery cap but then I realized the iso will just run out down the air channels so the seal needs to be made inside the bowl instead of outside.
Currently I am thinking about using a rubber stopper but I have a few concerns. First I have checked the OSHA data sheet on iso & based on that I think I need to use either Butyl or Nitrile rubber as the "breakthrough time" for each of those is over 8 hours. My main concern though is not about breakthrough but the iso leaching something out of the rubber. My second concern is if I use a harder rubber the taper of the stopper will prevent a tight seal because of the 6 air notches.
My last resort is to use Dreamerr's method of keeping a designated jar full of iso to soak my stem in & save that until it is nice & dirty then evap it. I would prefer not using this method as the tackiness left on the outside of the stem once its dry is a waste of perfectly good oil & if I clean once a week that works out to be a decent amount of oil lost before I would evap it.
If anyone has any experience with either a rubber stopper sealing up a PHVES or knows about the safety of iso & rubber I would greatly appreciate any insight you could give.
My first thought was to use a MFLB battery cap but then I realized the iso will just run out down the air channels so the seal needs to be made inside the bowl instead of outside.
Currently I am thinking about using a rubber stopper but I have a few concerns. First I have checked the OSHA data sheet on iso & based on that I think I need to use either Butyl or Nitrile rubber as the "breakthrough time" for each of those is over 8 hours. My main concern though is not about breakthrough but the iso leaching something out of the rubber. My second concern is if I use a harder rubber the taper of the stopper will prevent a tight seal because of the 6 air notches.
My last resort is to use Dreamerr's method of keeping a designated jar full of iso to soak my stem in & save that until it is nice & dirty then evap it. I would prefer not using this method as the tackiness left on the outside of the stem once its dry is a waste of perfectly good oil & if I clean once a week that works out to be a decent amount of oil lost before I would evap it.
If anyone has any experience with either a rubber stopper sealing up a PHVES or knows about the safety of iso & rubber I would greatly appreciate any insight you could give.