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burying a couple of o rings in the stem...now thats some serious work You plan on having inset grooves the thickness of the rings i.e. having the condenser slide against stationary o rings or elongating the slots so the orings stay stationary on the condenser, and the whole thing slides as...

the stem looks nice...that slight waist in the airport area will help center the hand so,if you pressed the condenser into the stem, I am assuming it is not adjustable. You must have set it so it would work with both the ti and ss tip bore...is there that much of a diff in the condenser insert...

pictures bro, as soon as you are able curious to see your approach on the PMO

so you have the unimat...I spent alot of time looking at the various ebay offerings...it seemed alot of work to piece all the needed elements...I do like the unimat and sherline tailstock better than the taig version. You have the mill too...cool yes, madrone is a very nice wood for VC the...

hey thanks bro for sharing yes, truing once the bore is cut...very important I should get a drive spur also...that spinning around under load without it, drives me nuts sometimes Post a pic if you can of your lathe sometime and if you ever have an extra piece of that Flower Quince, I would...

hi @TommyDee regarding wood, early on I decided to primarily use species which have a low allergy risk…thought of the VC as a medical device. so, maple, cherry, madrone, canarywood, holly, pear etc. The downside to this is that the most beautiful woods are the most allergenic. if I were...

hi @Kal I think there are as many diff ways as there are stem creators... the kind of lathe and accesaries you have will dictate alot. Yes the whole pen mandrel approach depends on finding those bushings...I was not sucessful, and avandoned that approach @TommyDee use of collet chuck and a...

poormans omni stem after some shaping wpw! pretty wood how long is that stem? your lathe def has more longitudinal travel than my little Taig that stem looks like it could incorporate my sliding poormans omni approach, but then the length would be outrageous...dare I say, obscene?

regarding my xxl stems/mp posted a few frames up... here is a pic of the xrings on the condenser/mp. they grip fine and do not move. I will be supplying extra rings, but they chould last a long time as you only remove the mp to clean the condenser. Also, an idea I will be adding to thse on...

So, I have finally developed a design that I have been thinking about for almost 2 years - procrastinate much! Bottom photo These are approx 1.5" longer than vapcap cl. Stem has two bores.. a 8mm at the tip end which provides the traditional chamber and airport. The airport is diagonal...

if you are in US I think I have an unused fat mp sh would be under 3$, a dollar for the envelope, a dollar for the mp I will look to see if I can find them

hi I will pm you regarding fat mp

ouw...that hurts just to think about it! I have long hair - whats left of it, I always tuck it inside the back of my shirt before doing any work lathes are not to be trifiled with - goggles, if not face shields are also apropriate

actually I have not made anything for quiet some time. It felt good to get out on the lathe today These stems will have wood mp initially, but yes they should also be acetal-ized! congrats on your new lathe the little wen is pretty good for the coin- the accesaries, chucks, chisel etc can eat...

so, an xl condenser in a M stem sticks out the front....and it will go that far into a ti tip? Interesting will have to check this out for myself

hey bro the condenser is custom in that it is way longer than standard because the stem itself is longer. The mp end of the stem has a5mmID, while the tip end has the usual 8mm chamber. I guess it could be adjustable by making it go into the ti tip, and then using thin spacers to back it...

oooh bubinga! nice you r doing nice turnings, if you can, snap a pic of your lathe and turning chisels I started today on msking some xxxl wood stems that will have a trad vapcap chamber, airport, and a custom removable condenser with attachd mouthpiece. using a 8mm/5mm compound stem

hey bro! nice stem .....so you have a lathe now? I had better get bacl to work! LOL

thanks, @Mono Loco!

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