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DrNick420

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Ah I would have clarified my last post but I can't edit it. Just wanted to say, with the cheap dollar store torches, they genenrally have a tiny flame from the get go, so I just count to 10-12 for my first hit and then ~10 for the rest :)

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Thanks MOJO! I look forward to doing business soon.
 
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OF

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DrNick420 said:
Ah I would have clarified my last post but I can't edit it. Just wanted to say, with the cheap dollar store torches, they genenrally have a tiny flame from the get go, so I just count to 10-12 for my first hit and then ~10 for the rest :)
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That sounds lame, all right. Not much of a fire, have you tried adjusting it?

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OF

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DrNick420 said:
Oh yes, well I think they are $1 - $1.50 for a reason.
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Too bad. I'll take your word for it, and avoid them. OTOH for twice that or so these do a bang up job:
http://www.dx.com/p/jet-1300-c-butane-lighter-1320#.VzeV2MnSO9I
http://www.tinydeal.com/refillable-jet-1300-butane-lighter-with-tank-p-2570.html

"Tough as nails", I've yet to break one although one of the safeties (there are two....) doesn't work on the one I've used most. A 'lot of long, hard miles'. Most of the paint it worn away, still heats the VM like when new. Not as pretty as the official VM torch (also very effective) but I actually prefer the angle of the valve and nozzle here to me it 'points more naturally'. The VM lighter lives with the Walnut Classic and some herb in a compact camera case, ready to go:
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DrNick420

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How do you keep the copper bowl so clean looking?
Mine looks like I might as well have been combusing in it.
I use a Q tip time to time to clean it, but nowhere near that.

Is there a better feeling than dropping the vapman into its station and having it land the right way?
 
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Philreal187

Philreal187

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@DrNick420 Some people use a tiny knife and scrape, some just q tip and iso, and others mr clean magic eraser pads.

The magic eraser has been my go to since a tiny piece will make that pan look like day one with a little elbow grease.

Its also easy to keep the middle section screen clean by simple whipping it on a cloth while hot. I keep a small piece in the egg for this, but always end up using my sock, bottom inside of my pants, inside tee shirt and anything else that's handy at the time.

Thanks @bounce5 I was hoping @Mojo was going to get these heat protection rings!! Now its time to get some good sand paper and take my vapman to its news form.
 
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Choughed

Choughed

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Hey @DrNick420, love your Billy the Kitten avatar!

I wipe the bowl with a cotton tip every refill, but it still looks a mess. lol Need to get a magic eraser thing too. Some herbs are worse than others for gunking Vapman up. I dislike my current batch for that reason. Having to clean the middle section much more frequently than usual too, or the draw restriction hurts my lungs! But after a little clean, Vapman is good as new and lovely to use again!
 
MediPuff

MediPuff

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I have a brush I got at Walmart ages ago. It's actually intended for cleaning the tips for decorating cakes with icing. It has a broom-style brush at one end to sweep the pan with and a long, thin, round bristle brush at the other end that I use to brush the holes in the filter screen after wiping it on a paper towel. It works really good for cleaning the Vapman.

For more thorough cleaning, I dip a q-tip in iso and swap the pan and filter screen.

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OF

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MediPuff said:
It has a broom-style brush at one end to sweep the pan with and a long, thin, round bristle brush at the other end that I use to brush the holes in the filter screen after wiping it on a paper towel. It works really good for cleaning the Vapman.
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Sounds very useful, but I'm not going to brave Walmart for one.....

My 'go to' tool for such things is a Boar Bristle artist's brush. I avoid plastics. The bristle is tough on tough, sort of like the outside of a boar. I use a flat one (they come round and other shapes) about 1/4 inch wide, I think it's a 'number 4'. I cut the bristles back a fair bit which makes them even stiffer for better scrubbing as needed. Like MP I use ISO on the brush sometimes, by adding a drop from an old 'eye drops' bottle now refilled with ISO.

The discount arts and crafts place near by has lots of Boar Bristle brushes from China. Seems they have some boars over there? Like a dollar each IIRC. Good quality.

Also handy on lesser vapes. I've also cut the handles off to fit in 'field kits' and such.

Regards to all.

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Gourmet

Gourmet

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simpleasthcis said:
Here's a classic that rings in my Head most times I'm ...
'Cooling with the vapman'

:rockon::rockon::rockon:
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In the 60ties, Vapman was also in the anti-criminal-business a big number:

"Vapmaaaan.. diril-dirill-diril-diril--dirill-diril-..."


BTW, here my new VM, this one is a beautiful yew tree, I knewed from the very first moment I saw, it's mine.
It has some elegance with the special wood grain.

Ok, I agree, every yew tree is special! :nod:
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Gourmet said:
Ok, I agree, every yew tree is special! :nod:
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Pretty for sure. But Yew goes deep, deep, deep into our collective culture. The Brits did it to us (again). Seems Yew is (or at least was) the classic wood for bows back in the day when your archers kept the rabble off your knights in the field of honor (that means war). Dense clouds of indirect fire from massed archers provided cover fire were essential to 'modern' armies. It took many years (and constant practice) to train and field such batteries of archers, they were nearly as valuable an asset as the mounted knights. Captured archers, taken in battle, often had their 'arrow finger(s)' cut off and released (no further military threat).

The ability to "Pluck Yew" was a threat indeed, not to be taken lightly. That became a popular taunt/threat. Changing some over time to the ever popular 'f*** you' we know so well today. Armies in the day would collect within 'shouting distance' of each other and party down as a prelude to battle, safely just out of arrow range. Along with that came two familiar gestures, both from waving those all important 'arrow fingers' at the other side to show you were not a page but a true threat to the other side, one became Churchill's famous 'V for Victory' (backwards 'peace sign') and the more common and universally single upraised digit.

Or so they tell me......and I done went and tolt you too now.

So Yew is culturally very important to us. Without it we would not have our most universally understood 'non verbal communication' and many New York cab drivers would be at a loss for words.

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Highonu

Highonu

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OF said:
Pretty for sure. But Yew goes deep, deep, deep into our collective culture. The Brits did it to us (again). Seems Yew is (or at least was) the classic wood for bows back in the day when your archers kept the rabble off your knights in the field of honor (that means war). Dense clouds of indirect fire from massed archers provided cover fire were essential to 'modern' armies. It took many years (and constant practice) to train and field such batteries of archers, they were nearly as valuable an asset as the mounted knights. Captured archers, taken in battle, often had their 'arrow finger(s)' cut off and released (no further military threat).

The ability to "Pluck Yew" was a threat indeed, not to be taken lightly. That became a popular taunt/threat. Changing some over time to the ever popular 'f*** you' we know so well today. Armies in the day would collect within 'shouting distance' of each other and party down as a prelude to battle, safely just out of arrow range. Along with that came two familiar gestures, both from waving those all important 'arrow fingers' at the other side to show you were not a page but a true threat to the other side, one became Churchill's famous 'V for Victory' (backwards 'peace sign') and the more common and universally single upraised digit.

Or so they tell me......and I done went and tolt you too now.

So Yew is culturally very important to us. Without it we would not have our most universally understood 'non verbal communication' and many New York cab drivers would be at a loss for words.

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Next time I feel the need to use international sign language, I will definetly add an extra finger to it. And if verbal confirmation is needed I'll tell them to go pluck some yew! :lol:
 
mrbonsai420

mrbonsai420

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OK, got my vapman last night used. It is a little charred and has some cracks. It is the basic pear, not the Mica. I went to lunch with the Mighty, the Milaana, and the Vapman. I was going to start with this little guy and finish with one of the other "Heavy hitters" So I loaded up the Vapman and gave it a few 3 second torch lighter blasts... Nice first hit, another 3 second blast...DAMN this thing hits. 3 little bowls later and my tech is down and I had no need for the Mighty or the Milaana on this lunch break, this thing is AWESOME! I really like this vape so far.


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mrbonsai420 said:
OK, got my vapman last night used. It is a little charred and has some cracks. It is the basic pear, not the Mica. I went to lunch with the Mighty, the Milaana, and the Vapman. I was going to start with this little guy and finish with one of the other "Heavy hitters" So I loaded up the Vapman and gave it a few 3 second torch lighter blasts... Nice first hit, another 3 second blast...DAMN this thing hits. 3 little bowls later and my tech is down and I had no need for the Mighty or the Milaana on this lunch break, this thing is AWESOME! I really like this vape so far.


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That was such a sweet deal you got! :clap: The vapmans my go to dankruptcy vape, if I'm running low or want to stretch out a certain batch I always reach for the vapman. Granted I reach for it a lot of other times too! :rofl:
 
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