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stickstones - Glad you are still enjoying your HI. So many different ways to roast with it. You can stay small or go big. My glassware, Vapor Lung, and my lungs are staying so much cleaner now that I am using a cotton filter. Was explaining some of my roasting tube options in an email the...

Thanks gvape, papa woody, and mom. Thanks for posting the photos u bwade. They were very interesting woods to turn. The gum burl was still very wet after a year and I had some significant shrinkage with which to deal. It also smelled like a hotdog with mustard when I turned the wood. They both...

Nytron - Glad to hear you are getting some thick rips from your HI. Think of the HI as an electric lighter and the silicone bowl is your cigarette. The screen can be positioned about anywhere in the silicone, but I like to have it in the middle and then only fill about 1/4" above the screen...

I can machine down one of my dimple tip roasting tubes from 10/32 to 9/32 so that it will fit into a PD, MZ, or WZ.

Rrose - Thanks. I have no choice but to modify. deadheadbill - Hope it turns out well for you. I bored the hole about 1.5" deep so the knob is still above the wood. Would love to see someone that is good with clay make a ceramic LSV holder. So nice to keep them vertical when not in use. More...

It would be be a really fun gathering. Not sure I am up for that long of a road trip. Though I do have one planned to Chico CA this October. It would be fun to get together with some other FC members. I need to spend as much time on Heat Islands as possible. I recently traded a Heat Island and...

mvapes - Glad to hear you hold the Heat Island in such HI regard. Happy to be able to provide a quality device. You will like the new design even more. The last year has been kind of crazy. The change in design had me changing gears again too. The list is moving again, but since each one is a...

mom - Will be happy to get the core replaced in your HI. That may be one of the last 2 part cores out there to be replaced. If the feel of silicone didn't bother you, I could always make a silicone sleeve for your glass roasting tube for added protection. mvapes - Glad to hear the HI is still...

Good to hear you now have a metal lathe Ed. So nice to be able to just make anything you need by yourself. No more waiting. The real fun is making all the tools necessary for using the lathe. You will be amazed at how precisely you can turn wood. It will allow you to make a press fit of your...

mvapes - Glad you are enjoying your HI. It is a whole lot of heat in a little tiny size. Sorry to hear about your GonG tube. The Turbo Tube should hold you over until I can get some more tubes to you. I just use a cotton swab and alcohol to clean out the tube. It will never be as clean as glass...

I didn't realize you meant without using alcohol in your earlier post. I always used alcohol with my cotton in the past as well. I still use alcohol if I want it really clean. I also have collected wand hash by heating the glass with some hot air and then using a bamboo skewer blade tool to...

Interesting notion for creating fiber from the stems. Be sure to rinse well / neutralize before using. Would like to know how it works out for you. I discovered a different way of cleaning my glass tubes that does not involve any solvents. I draw hot air through the glass tube to heat / soften...

I was telling a friend about the cotton filter in the mouthpiece tube the other day and he sent me this link after we talked about the possibility of hemp fiber. They are using Sodium Hydroxide (strong base) to remove the lignin from the fibers so they will separate. Not sure I want to get a...

mvapes - Love the new avatar. Glad to hear your HIsaber arrived and you are wielding it so well. I might sometimes use bamboo skewer tip to pick out any large chunks that might get stuck. Everything else will just get completely toasted and pulled away when you draw on a roasting tube. Did you...

I have been using cotton filters in my glass mouthpiece tubes for about a week now with very good success. You can see from the photo how much it filters out. Very similar to a cigarette filter. The best part about it is that you can take the dirty cotton filter and place it in the roasting tube...

Nimbus - Latin for Dark Cloud

Thanks everyone. The HIPod was a real challenge to make. I gained a lot more confidence after turning it. Going to try a 1.5" diameter bamboo pole with the next batch I make. I need to finish up some more cores first. OTA - Good to see you posting again. Looks like ET is not too much worse for...

How about "Cirrus" (a very high cloud)?

Here is an interesting old vaporizer. Looks like we have been volatilizing plant oils for a long time. I think "Volatilizer" or just Vola would make a cool name for a vaporizer since that is actually what is happening. Dr. Coulter's Vaporizer Vaporization / Inhalation The quote by N...

I believe the 2 prong design is safe as long as there is no way for the electrical connections to come apart and that they are properly covered. If you want to use a 2 prong design, you just have to ensure that the wires can never get loose under any scenario. I am using butt splices to make the...