I saw that Marc changed both the bowl plug and the capsule plug to mostly ceramic. It looks like there's a difference in height (to me) between the old style, wood-bodied capsule plug...
...and the new style, ceramic-bodied capsule plug.
Not sure why the design was changed on the plugs but...
I'm no rocket surgeon but wouldn't a smaller mass need lower heat temps?
The capsule is basically a tapered cylinder with a screen friction-fit at the bottom (narrow end).
I'm honestly not sure why we need to tamp! I've never wondered about it and now I'm curious...
I 'think' that in bowl...
You're talking about the packing tool that unscrews from the bowl top. Gotcha. Yeah, mine can only tamp down the top third because the capsule is tapered.
We call that kindling! :D
I've never weighed how much I pack but if 0.05 grams isn't enough to fill the ceramic capsule, make sure to pack it tight and use a low temp.
I do a fairly tight pack (unless I use a water piece) to just below the capsule top and start at 300F for at least 2 pulls...
I pack both my Dynavap M (2019 I think) and FW9 pretty tight with a medium grind (5 piece Santa Cruz grinder). My temps are 300/320/340 and I get plenty of vapor at 300.
What kind of grind (coarse, med, etc.)?
Are you packing the bowl loose or tight?
After you pack the bowl and put the top...
Last night I noticed a gap between the two pieces of the body below the air intake holes. It's the width of a business card. Normal or should they be glued together?
Sorry for the blurriness...
I was using a FW4 for several years until it suddenly stopped heating one day. Upgraded to the 9 but I miss the 4. The on-demand heating was much better than having to press an awkwardly placed tiny button for heat IMO
Can anyone recommend a glass bong on the smaller side that work well with the Firewood? I like the MkII Globe that Sneaky Pete sells but it's expensive and larger than I'd like.
Are you using bowl or capsule mode? For bowl mode you just unscrew the wood ring on top that holds the ceramic disc and capsule in place. Then slide the bottom wood panel off - do it slowly so you don't lose the silver wire 'spring' - and take the ceramic elbow piece out.
I always have trouble...
I've been using my 9 in capsule mode since I received it but switched to bowl mode when I needed to clean all the reclaim.
After almost two weeks I have hardly any reclaim using the same bud strains. Very strange...
I also noticed the following differences using bowl mode:
- use slightly less...