Surf Monkey
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This is very interesting. I have about an oz of pressed keif tablets that I've been looking for a good way to vape. No luck with any of my current gear, but it sounds like the VapMan may excel in this area?
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This is very interesting. I have about an oz of pressed keif tablets that I've been looking for a good way to vape. No luck with any of my current gear, but it sounds like the VapMan may excel in this area?
herbivore21
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yes! You will love it especially if your kief is from high quality flowers!
OF
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Hey, let's be wrong together. 'You lie, and I'll swear to it'.
Dry rice is and OK desiccant for sure, but most of what you get out of an open bag has already soaked up a lot of water. Toast it first? Chemical desiccants absorb much more water weight than 'sponge types' like ceramics and rice. The goal is to let it evaporate out of the mica then trap the vapor before it can condense back again. It'll take some time to get the last bits out, but putting it back in the 'drying jar' rather than the egg should get it done. Warm helps a lot with such things, 'vapor pressure' (evaporation) happen at rates determined by temperature, even far short of boiling temperature. Rain puddles dry up on warm days only, but nowhere near 212F.
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Cheers guys! Been giving it a good dry, will order a another classic at some stage as this has a giant crack all the way bottom to top of the bottom bit. I havnt dropped it so I assume I sat on it or something. Noticed the crack then noticed the flaking, I guess moister got in through the crack and under the micra layer. Anything nice and heat resistance I can try and plug the crack with.
OF
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A vertical crack? Straight? Are you sure it's not the seam? The ends of a strip are forced into a saw slot on the inner wall of the wood doughnut.
OF
Vapenvy
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Maybe you just went crazy ape bonkers with that vg fluid you keep talking about...
Nugg
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@Nazz1 I believe it is $250us posted.
What did you rinse your vapman off with? That's more than likely the cause of your flakey mica.
It's not that uncommon for a vapman to split into 2 pieces. My pear basic has 2 big splits opposing each other on the inside of my bowl but it's still in one piece. It does not effect function at all. On classics you normally don't notice the cracks like on a basic.
What did you rinse your vapman off with? That's more than likely the cause of your flakey mica.
It's not that uncommon for a vapman to split into 2 pieces. My pear basic has 2 big splits opposing each other on the inside of my bowl but it's still in one piece. It does not effect function at all. On classics you normally don't notice the cracks like on a basic.
Surf Monkey
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I've pulled one of these tabs from every oz I've gone through over the laze couple years. The older ones have probably lost a fair amount of potency but all of it came from top shelf flower.
I'm sold if only for the prospect of having a pressed keif dedicated device.
I enjoy admiring the design and Swiss craftsmanship of the unit. Sometimes I even play with the egg. It's unlike any other vape I (or you) own, and that alone is why it should be in any vape collector's lineup IMO.
OF
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I enjoy admiring the design and Swiss craftsmanship of the unit. Sometimes I even play with the egg. It's unlike any other vape I (or you) own, and that alone is why it should be in any vape collector's lineup IMO.
For sure. I enjoy the 'steampunk' flavor of it. And the details of design/construction end up being an artistic version of form following function. The same performance could no doubt be had in a more mass production form for less money, but that would be a loss. An 'elegant and effective tool'.
OTOH, I would never, ever admit to playing with the egg in company like this......
OF
UnshavenFish
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OF
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I play with my egg, I twiddle with the loading ring, I fondle the outer edge and spin my middle section...
And I don't care who knows!
I even have an unused spare that I just get out to look at from time to time
Yeah, but you're British. I'm not sure if it's too many centuries on that tiny little island, driving on the wrong side of the road or all that warm beer........
Then again, you feel entirely different about your queens than we do about ours.
OF
UnshavenFish
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While I am British I'm a Geordie first (we are a bit strange and hard to understand), and we drive on the right side of the road here...well on the left but that's the right side, right
Time for me to get a couple hours sleep I think, it's after 6am here and thanks to an ill daughter throwing up all night I am yet to sleep, so I'm past tired and into stupid now...nothing a Vapman bowl can't cure.
The mica heat shields should not be touched nor cleaned at all, it is best to leave it as it is and it will last as long as the rest of vapman.
I don't know exactly why your vapman is damp but the heat from using it should dry it up. If you don't have linseed oil at hand, you may try to stabilize the flaking mica with some other vegetable oil like olive oil for instance.
In case you need a new vapman and you are low on budget, I have some classic models with aesthetic defects for half price, in case you are interested?
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M0J0
I am a leaf on the wind ~ watch how I soar...
On the theme of vaporizing different healthy herbs, I literally just Mullein:
Mullein is herbal medicine as well. It's main use over its history is for lung ailments, such as bronchitis and even tuberculosis, but has also been used to make treatment oils for earaches and infections.
http://obsessivegardener.blogspot.com/2008/12/mullein-tea.html?m=1
Maybe it can help people with Asthma or other respiratory ailments?
Disclaimer: I am only passing on information I got from the link pasted above, and I am not giving out any medical advise to anyone at all... Yada, yada, yada...
Mullein is herbal medicine as well. It's main use over its history is for lung ailments, such as bronchitis and even tuberculosis, but has also been used to make treatment oils for earaches and infections.
http://obsessivegardener.blogspot.com/2008/12/mullein-tea.html?m=1
Maybe it can help people with Asthma or other respiratory ailments?
Disclaimer: I am only passing on information I got from the link pasted above, and I am not giving out any medical advise to anyone at all... Yada, yada, yada...
Choughed
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There are so many variables, now I have discovered that the moist herb doesn't grind finely and the larger sticky bits are restricting the air path. Will leave the jar open for a while and see if it dries out a bit more.
Taking the chain off the little torch lighter really made a massive difference! I think I have a new favorite.
Fickle, I know. lol But it's working, and consistently!
It's too hot to do much more than sit around watching Daria with husband and Vapman.
Taking the chain off the little torch lighter really made a massive difference! I think I have a new favorite.
Fickle, I know. lol But it's working, and consistently!It's too hot to do much more than sit around watching Daria with husband and Vapman.
OF
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Good call, IMO. Not only is a finer grind easier to load and use, but dry herb fouls much less than 'dank' and takes more fussing to get vaping well (you have to dry it out in the vape instead......).
Amen on the chain. Loose that suck and the silly cap it's attached to on the other end. I even clip off the lug the chain hooks to, nasty little sucker is right where I want to put my index finger to light it. Likewise I clip off the lanyard lug on the top. Oh, yeah the rubber stand goes too, I used one at first to hold the torch upright (locked on)......until I knocked to torch onto the carpet...... That was a genuine Adrenalin Rush I can live fine without repeating.
OF
Vapormatic
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Got a replacement copper bowl with tubes attached from @Mojo for a worn walnut basic. Tried fitting it to Vapman body, but last of 3 tubes to attach was always too short for my scorched & cracked Vapman body. Then it dawned upon me,
Theory is that the walnut body had slightly stretched with use. To get the new bowl to fit & perfectly match middle section, it'd have to ride a touch higher at the aluminum clamps.
Anyways, shaved 0.25mm off the bottom side(not bowl side) of each 3mm aluminum clamp. Fits perfectly with no stress on tube joints.
If the Vapman does stretch a tiny bit as the wood chars & cracks, could that contribute to stress @ flare joints at bowl that tears the tubes off in the first place? Sure, Mica solves that problem, but a Classic body can't be fitted with @Mojo replacement bowl without removing & making a mess of the mica.
Theory is that the walnut body had slightly stretched with use. To get the new bowl to fit & perfectly match middle section, it'd have to ride a touch higher at the aluminum clamps.
Anyways, shaved 0.25mm off the bottom side(not bowl side) of each 3mm aluminum clamp. Fits perfectly with no stress on tube joints.
If the Vapman does stretch a tiny bit as the wood chars & cracks, could that contribute to stress @ flare joints at bowl that tears the tubes off in the first place? Sure, Mica solves that problem, but a Classic body can't be fitted with @Mojo replacement bowl without removing & making a mess of the mica.
M0J0
I am a leaf on the wind ~ watch how I soar...
Good to hear you did it!
In my experience, the air tubes can bend outwards a bit without pulling out of the bowl.
If you remember that horribly charred and abused vapman that I restored, I had to shave and sand a lot of wood from inside the ring. This caused the same problem you described and when I attached the air tubes, I kept my fingers crossed and tightened them in rotation a bit at a time each, thus slowly bending the air tubes outwards towards the inner ring's wall.
It worked. The air tubes are bent a little bit but the vapman is still in use by my friend.
This is all experimental and uncharted territory... Winging it, is what I'm talking about...
Post pics?
Edit: I used the middle as a centering tool that kept the bowl in place while I tightened it.
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WakeAndVape
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Gave my vapman a slight makeover...
I swear yall are a fountain of gems.
I swear yall are a fountain of gems.
Mate who is a big cross fitter. Went to MJ because didn't like ciggy addiction. Smoked mj and ciggy in a bong for two years. Few plays on mine, bought a vapman. Less than a week later chokes when trying to combust a mj and ciggy bong. New Years resolution to not smoke again (with break it while loose like a lot of us) but for the majority he's on the Vapor train.... Thank you Vapman!