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Thanks Stu, I really love the look of these things. I keep getting up from my desk to go over to the window sill so that I can play around with them :lol: Quetzalcoatl, as you can see they aren't that big, and they weigh about as much as a phone. I think the shape actually enhances my grip on...

Quetzalcoatl, you've really got me curious. What was it you didn't like? I'm always looking for ways to improve :)

The tattoo power supplies use a switching section to step down the mains voltage to about 20V, then a linear regulator handles the voltage reduction from there. Switching power supplies use PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) to achieve this. An unregulated power supply is just a transformer in a box...

Thanks Adobewan for your enthusiasm, although you've set the bar quite high :o I did have success with Alan's techniques but in my enthusiasm I forgot to use water on the cutting surface resulting in prematurely wearing out my file :doh: I won't be able to get another file in the near future...

delta 9: The first thing I would check is the voltage coming from the switchmode board. That is the board that takes the mains power and steps it down to a DC voltage that the regulator can handle. You will see that there is a red and a black wire coming from that board and going into the...

ubw, I can see the problem is that the output socket is soldered directly to the regulator board, so putting diodes in there is not a straightforward mod. It seems that if we want to maintain an accurate voltage display then some major surgery will be required. Another option is to replace the...

A safe and easy way of reducing voltage is to use rectifier diodes. The diodes will drop about 0.6 - 0.8V each, so you need to put a few of them in series. Use a 1N5401 or similar as these are rated for 3A. They only cost about 10 cents each. I've actually got a bag of them lying around here...

Well I guess I should let you all know that the glass has arrived :) I wasn't going to say anything just yet but those posts from bOObs and Adobewan have made me feel guilty. I'm basically ready to go and have assembled two pods for testing. However, my concern at the moment is with cutting of...

mvapes, this first batch is for the beta testers, so there isn't a list yet. The Hot Pod won't be available to the general public until the testers have had a chance to check them out thoroughly. Once production starts things should move along quickly, so I'm hoping to avoid long waiting lists.

Well the bad news is that I'm still waiting for the glass for the heater tubes. Admittedly this was ordered relatively late in the proceedings, but it was a few weeks ago so I thought it would have arrived by now. I ended up ordering slightly thicker glass than I was using previously because I...

Haha yes I forgot about the chip overheating. Shouldn't try giving technical advice when I'm vaked :ko:

Thanks for your good wishes. Things are moving along, although a little slowly. I've got all the electrical parts now, but still waiting for some glass. I haven't heard from the woodturner for a while. I don't want to rush him so I'll just sit tight until he calls me. I think he should be close...

Have you shorted the other socket? You need to do this because it expects a foot switch to be connected to it.

Thanks OTA. I should add that I spoke to my woodturner last night and he said the pods would be ready some time next week. I've already got the power sockets and some of the glass. I'm waiting for the rest of the glass and the resistors to arrive in the mail. In addition to some minor delays on...

Thanks for chiming in Alan. Those fittings do sound like they would work well. Believe me, if I had any spare room at all I would be making use of it. Put it this way, this place is so small that we need to keep most of our belongings in a storage unit in another suburb. I've been snapping the...

It would be great if I could make my own, but there's just no way I could do anything like that in this tiny place.

They might work, but I couldn't expect him to make them for me on an ongoing basis. He's got a long waiting list of eager vaporists so I'm hesitant to divert his efforts elsewhere. If any of them found out that their HIs were delayed for more than a second I think they'd kill me... :uhoh:

The GG stem has been on the agenda since the beginning, so you're right to bring it up. I still haven't had much luck with finding a glassblower, even though I've tried to contact a few in the US. Seems like nobody's interested... :shrug: JRR from Wychwood makes his own glass, and he seems to...

I suppose the point I was trying to make is that people may be complaining about the looseness of the Solo stem for reasons unrelated to the design of the pod. Admittedly I'm making a guess based on what I can figure out about the Solo. I didn't feel like reading a hundred pages about a vape I...

Thanks ZC and Adobewan, I appreciate your comments. I won't be changing the design further, as I don't really see this as an issue. Unlike the Solo, the pod does not require a tight fit for the stem, so it has no effect on performance whatsoever. It's more like the original Zap and PD stems...