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A real win/win there. The belt sander's made a good job of rescuing that blank and the conical shape looks great :tup:. Different connector? Any particular reason or just what you had lying around? My original ideas for securing the glass HC within the body of the log for the halo unit need...

That I will. I can wrap the bulb in 0.3mm ss foil - perhaps more than one layer? - and cover the top with 200 mesh ss screen. And try the 10, 20 and 25w bulbs. Will keep you posted :)

@Megaton Glad to hear that you're getting on well with the Misty Halo. I'll be joining the very exclusive club soon :D Partially yes. I think they call it jade. It's a 14/14 male/male 'gourd' adapter. Drilled for air inlets and for that retaining kebab skewer :). I've inserted a cherry...

Wow ! That's extremely generous of you :tup::clap:. I've already cleared a mini space for it on my desktop :D and look forward to giving it a thorough testing :nod: Got another halo glass core build on the go. Drilled a 14/14 male/male adapter this afternoon. 4 X 3mm holes for air intake and...

Filing them is also an option. I did this M10 x 25 with the 4.5mm edge of a flat file. Took only a minute or two. Just get it well clamped in the vice before you start.

This sounds very interesting. Any chance of some pictures? I bought several adapters from DHGate recently - mostly male/male 14 and 18mm - with a halo build in mind.

@Squonk - thanks for the technical info. It's generous of you to share. I'd be interested to know if you made the heater cover parts yourself or did you manage to find them off the shelf? And how did you build the body of the log? @blokenoname - a detailed and informative response :tup:

Absolutely amazing :nod: Lovely board with the unit as it's crowning glory. Visually stunning log. The combination of tones, patterns and light apertures works very well indeed. Are you still using the 20w bulb?

Excellent. Many thanks :tup::) It will be put to good use :nod: Checked a batch of 8 apple blanks today. Cut to size and wrapped in newspaper in mid June. I reckon they're ready for use now so the first Rustic ss core halo will probably be apple :) Great tip on filing down the top of the...

Mother Nature does the real work here. :nod: I just try to turn them into functional log vapes without messing them up. Yes, the jack placement. On other Rustic units I've had to think quite hard about placement. With the walnut though, both the 'grasp' - the natural way to hold it - and the...

Thanks @Squonk Yes, I had that IMGUR problem too. If you've been doing any further vape DIY I'm sure many of us would love to hear about it.

Great work :tup: This is original research. Once you've given the ss core Halo Misty a thorough testing :science::) it will be interesting to hear your views on the relative merits of the halo option vs the resistor/cartridge. Any preliminary thoughts? Meanwhile, here at Chateau Braniac the...

HM4 looking very good indeed :tup::clap: Great work :rockon:

Excellent :tup: Truly groundbreaking stuff :clap: My 20w bulbs should be here in a few days. Got some 13/10mm OD/ID glass tube. Also, the 9.5mm OD ss tubing that you sent me in January does a comfey, unmodified, slide-in fit :). And the 2A PSU is OK?

@Squonk I came across your halogen vape in 2015 and had a go at building a similar unit. I wasn't successful - having some, but not enough, tools/parts/skills - but never entirely gave up. Put together a small workshop at the beginning of this year to build resistor logs but recently...

No need to apologise. The reason I asked if they were the same size was because I was hopeing they'd be smaller. Those 18mm stems are too big and clumsy. 14mm/10mm works much better for me. And going by your post it sounds like the smaller bulbs are more suited to the task in hand. So...

Thanks to Bloke's usual generousity with ideas, advice and practical help :tup::clap: ... here's the Rustic halogen unit version 2. It works reasonably well but needs further refinement before I could say I was happy with it's performance as a vape. Certainly illuminates the path to v3...

A dim bulb and a brilliant idea :tup: This would appear to control the two main issues with a halogen build - heat and light. Will you be testing it with the 10w bulb as well? My recent attempts at a Rustic halogen produced an interesting column of well-illuminated cork smoke :o Great invention...

Such outstanding devotion to duty :clap: You are truly the patron saint of log testers :tup::D

Yep - great work on the Monster Misty :clap: - I can feel the heat from here :D Thanks for that info on the taper angle :tup:. I was thinking 5 degrees might be a touch on the thin side. A disc sander's a very useful workshop addition. Which one did you go for?