The roasting chamber should only be filled about half way full. About even with the cork. Air flow can be limited if the grind is too fine. I use the straw method to load the tube. It sometimes quits filling before the tube is half way full because of too fine of a grind.
The design of the glass...
Sounds like an interesting idea. There must be a 4 prong plug the size of the power socket somewhere. Wonder if the power and thermocouple wires could be run in the same cable.
@OKcomputer - Sorry to hear about your stuck WonG. They do fit the joint pretty well. Heating the female part usually...
I use just enough fiber to allow for good air flow. Too much oil can mat the fibers together and not allow enough air to flow through it. I sometimes fluff the fiber after drawing hot air through it a couple of times. The process also works with hash. It is a good way to evenly distribute the...
Loving all the developments with the VK. That mini is such a nice size. Looking forward to see some painted boxes. I could envision some very interesting art work. Micro and Nano VK's would be really nice. Hope you can pull it off some day.
I am happy to have my prototype VK back and upgraded to...
I don't get as many requests for Toasty Tops after creating the HI. I did get one recently and decided the old style core just wasn't going to cut it. Had wondered if the heater cover screws would come out of the wood where the top gets narrow. I was able to install the new style SS heater cover...
I plan on attending the cup on Saturday. Will have a couple of HI's, Voltage Keeper's, and some battery packs with me. Also will have some various fluidizing style roasting tubes for any vaporizer I happen to meet with an 18mm glass connection. I might even bring my HILSV to demonstrate my new...
I like to use the bamboo skewer tool that I provide with each HI to stir. One of the skewers has been shaped into a flat blade that can be inserted along the edge of the bowl and then moved around the perimeter to displace the material into the center. I only pick at the screen directly when the...
I was wondering how this method would work using a metal disc rather than glass. Metal can get a lot hotter than glass so it might work a little faster. The only metal I had that was the right size was a 1/2" fine mesh ss screen that I had formed into a hemisphere. It floats in the hot air...
The glass and wine cork tube will work perfectly with the nano since they both have the same size heater cover. The inside diameter of the aluminum outer sleeve looks to be 1" or larger so the cork will fit down inside. Trying to get some more glass tubes finished up today so I can offer some...
Being light in weight is an advantage. Most glass breaks from its own weight/mass. I drop the glass disc into a glass jar to cool after each use. It is quite robust for its small size. It will shatter if you step on it though but not from its own mass and not from the tiny forces it sees...
@wunderkind - Thanks for posting the photos. Glad the HI and tubes are working well for you. Now if I could find a glass supplier that can get me glass tubing in less that 2 weeks, I will be happy so I can make some more.
@sundrk - Glad to hear you are having luck removing some of the initial...
The 18mm glass roasting tube isn't intended to work with the HI. It requires a unit with an 18mm glass connection and at least 20 watts of available heat. My new glass and wine cork tubes however, are designed to work with the HI or any other vaporizer with a 3/8" heater cover. They also provide...
I was trying to find a more efficient and tasty method for volatilizing concentrates. Dabs on glass seem to taste a little better than on metal. If only a flame wasn't necessary to heat the nail. Electric heat is the only other choice. How to get the glass nail to interface with the heat source...
Bob is like the godfather of vaporization. Very practical application of vaporization on a small scale.
I may not be getting true fluidization, but it is working so much better than traditional combustion based methods.
"The Works" unit looks great. Not sure you could get anything more in that case. Love how you can easily determine the watts being used. I think that watts is a better indicator of power level than voltage.
Also love the look of the new smaller case. Smaller is always good.
The hot ss of the HI heater cover only touches the glass tube inside of the first cork, not the cork itself. The vapor path is glass and a ss screen. The wine cork just holds everything together and insulates your fingers from the hot glass.
@sundrk - Glad you are liking the glass roasting...
The first cork is completely inside of the HI body during use so it doesn't look as long. The glass roasting chamber tube is centered on the interface between the first and second corks. There is a screen on either end of the roasting chamber. The first screen stays in the first cork when you...
Both the glass / wine cork and SS / wine cork tubes will fit either into a 14mm or 18mm vertical water tool perfectly. Any vaporizer that these wine cork tubes will fit can be used with either a 14mm or 18mm vertical water tool. There are no worries of ever dropping material into the heater with...