Thanks, good to know!
Yeah I just need to find a way to secure the retaining ring, mine keeps popping off from heat expansion.. any ideas? I've tried constricting it with another ring on top, but it wasn't easy, and doesn't sit well :\
So I'm fresh back from the basement and I've come back with this:
I feel like I keep disrupting the thread- though intuition tells me you all secretly enjoy it :lol:
Yeah it's PES from what I've gathered
Cedar, I used to carve my pipes out of maple though, which I find to be much better haha
I'm not too knowledgable on types of wood aside from density sadly.. I'm a bit more of a metallurgist/welder- so excuse any ineptitude haha
Haha, FC's just a mentally stimulating environment :p
..and I like power tools
edit- btw you don't need a lathe to do something like this, could use a drill in a vise, or like me- a drill press with my stem chucked up :2c::party:
So I can't edit my last post for some reason...
But my mouthpiece exploded during drilling because of the brittle garbage it was made of- pretty fucking lame.
Ah well.
Has anyone made a wooden stem/mp mod yet? I'm thinking about mutilating my MP and basically just having a slightly tapered solo/log kind of tube snugged in with a little collar for the screen or something.. I'll post results as soon as I get my ass up for it haha
Yeah just putting that tiny glass tube in between the pong and my face surprisingly made the vapor like 2x easier on the throat- no more heat buildup in your sensitive airways :D
Just make sure you do it with hi-temp Silicon (silicone?) I actually used the little cap between the coil/wick and...
That, is sick.
So I just put this together over the last maybe 20min-
I don't know why, but it's AMAZING at taming the vapor. And for some reason it's easier to tell when I'm getting good quality vapor too :shrug:
Ah, well :spliff:
edit: So... I just made it like 10x more awesome:
I haven't had any kind of plastic failure, and unlike most FC'ers, I actually don't use cotton? Have many of you had the actual plastic melt on your mouthpieces/tips? I mean the thing sticks on reaaaaaaaally good whenever I use it [I really don't use the little tip thingy]- but that's all from...
I KNEW I wasn't the only one :lol:
And I must say, it's awesome to see so many (myself included) who want it so they can give it to someone in need :D
...Just like Vicki's doing :bowdown:
I've gotten it one or twice when it was really cold out and it was in my jacket pocket for a bit. I just heated it in my hands for a minute or so and it fired up :D
Yep, a decent dab can get like 4 or 5 hits on heat 5 in the FMJ.
As for the alcohash; make sure it's at least pretty good quality, and it melts completely, though the objective is to sublimate/evaporate it entirely like a nail+dome at half the temp- just kept at heat instead of torched :mmmm: