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I have some of bloke's HCs made by that method and they work fine. However, I make mine differently and I'll include a description here so you can choose what works best for you and the tools you have. Basically, cut the tube 5-7mm longer than required to fit the heater well. Saw a cross...

Hi @a_roberto89 Yes, a cartridge heater would fit that tube but it depends on the tools you have available. 1mm is quite a thick wall for working with hand tools. You also have to consider what you have available for stem/WPA tips. I use 10mm OD x 9mm ID for the heater cover and 8mm OD x 7mm...

Hi @a_roberto89 I absolutely recommend DIY log building. The tools don't have to be expensive and the materials can be fairly cheap. I've made 3 logs from a rolling pin that cost £3 in a charity shop. The base was covered in leather cut from a wallet from another charity shop. Here's one of...

Applewood log vape by the sea. Hmm.. I wanted it to run without having to click the link :hmm:

Well that's enough stems to be going on with - so back to the logs :tup:. This one's European walnut. It donned it's mustard yellow lederhosen yesterday and is currently undergoing intensive quality control :science:. Purely in the interests of trying something different I retained about 2.5cm...

Hi @f2j Yes, it's a 'waist', or crimp, to help hold the screen in place. I make them by scoring a line around the ss, 7mm below the tip, with the pipe cutter. Then, removing the cutting wheel from the pipe cutter and replacing it with a suitably sized ss washer. That is then applied to the...

.... yep, amen to that. Decided to knock out a batch of dd stems over the 'holiday'. I had plenty of pine and oak dowel to use but the big problem, indeed the only real problem, is drilling a hole accurately through the centre of the dowel using a drill press. Here's what worked for me...

Another charity shop rolling pin gets seriously repurposed. This time I did a batch build. Here's how it went. Heater wells drilled out. I glued white paper to the blanks as it helps with the all-important job of centering the forstner bit. Bottoms up. Through holes drilled after...

Good luck with your new project. There's a ton of lathe vids on youtube but sorting out the good, the bad and the ugly is heavily time-consuming. I've watched a couple on turning wooden casings for pens (biro types where you buy the fittings), that are quite relevant for turning stems. Let...

Out on a walk last year I came across some dumped garden waste. After getting mildly irritated by the antisocial behaviour I noticed that amongst it there was yucca plant. Looked like it might have the right diameter for a log if I stripped the bark off. Sadly, it did not look like good log...

You mean the rolling pin unit? (don't think it's beech, possibly sapele). Yes, it is leather. It's cut from a 2nd hand wallet I bought in a bric-a-brac shop. Seemed appropriate being as the rolling pin came from a charity shop. Interestingly, the wallet is stamped with the name and logo of...

Been spending a bit more quality time in the log lab here at Chateau Brainiac. This one's the second unit made from a rolling pin. Charity shop rolling pins are an easy and cheap source of log blanks. Highlight of the recent output is this European walnut unit. It's from a branch that was...

That's a very impressive little collection of logs. I'm particularly impressed with the way that you've allowed the natural shape of the wood to guide your build decisions - it's what I aim for too. Are they all halogen units? What methods did you use for drilling and shaping the wood? And...

Really nice work on that cherry Misty :nod: :tup:. And the maple base cap adds attractive contrast. Great job :rockon:. Also, that's a typically generous and detailed description of the build that you've provided for f2j. That's hallmark of this thread :clap: @f2j Good luck with the project...

Lovely bit of work there, my friend :tup: Nobody's going to make a log like that on a lathe. It's a proper Rustic Misty and totally unique :nod: Now, of course, it's gonna need testing :science::D

Great to see that Rustic blank getting the full Misty treatment :tup: And that cartridge heater should ensure that it'll mamage easily with concentrates as well as herb.

Useful looking tools. I'm certainly in the market for a better tube cutter. Any more details on that?

Just moving back and saving the mods some work is fine by me - but I've no strong feelings either way.

First post on NFC. Highly encouraging to see so much interest in DIY log and desktop vapes :clap: Been busy with other (mainly useful) stuff recently so I'm really happy to be back building logs again. This one's an oak Rustic. It's part of a branch cut by a local farmer during routine land...

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