BluntMonger
The SSS RockZap1 is very close to release. We got the trim washers in last night and the first 7 production units will be completed today for the standard bench testing. They should ship tomorrow for an expected Saturday arrival. As always, there can be a delay or two but we doubt that on these puppies.
The units are all turned and top bored. Just a few more holes, then hand sanding, ZaPolish and assembly. These may become collectors items as in a couple weeks we will have the bottom install perfected for a much nicer top wood look. Another advantage to the bottom install will be the ability to replace the heater if ever necessary. All internals, including the heatport assembly, can be easily removed and replaced if ever needed. Some more lights just started blinking in this old bald head.
We will have a slight slow down because the SS bottom heatport sealing washers did not make it yesterday meaning I can not get them to the machinist til Thursday at the earliest. This is a slowdown that just gives us some breathing room, a day or two, is all.
The holdup on the new design of bottom install is tools, tooling and some old man practice.
If any of you current RockZap customers think you want to wait for the new design, let me know. I doubt any of you will want to do that as some of you have been waiting close to three weeks and we are a day away from shipping the top install design.
I realize we are changing fast here and some get caught in the middle so to speak. The only way we could have avoided that would have been to keep our mouths shut. Not this Gemini. Too excited about it all. Looking around Log Vape land at FC, I am glad we did what we did.
We do have some incredible Myrtle these days with more on the way. We have a very good supplier who has come into some old Myrtle inventory from another source recently that is very special. Some of the pieces have been shown already here on FC. Each time I get one of those "too heavy" packages at the post office, the wood is better than the last batch. He was also my source for that very lightweight Myrtle Burl you saw in momofthegoons first prototype RockZap. Some more of that going out this week to someone who has been waiting a long time. Way too soft wood for the traditional heatport in wood install. The wood would char very quickly with rattling and loose heatport. Our install in the concrete insulator will preserve the wood.
Those of you who are wood nutty and think you may like the traditional heatport in wood install used by us and all other log vape makers, think for a minute about that block of wood. It does have life or 'a life' in our minds. How long do you think that wood will last with a very hot chunk of SS pushed tight inside the center of the wood as opposed to having the wood insulated from the excessive heat? If you were the wood, what say you? And then consider the vapor flow. If you were a molecule of one or all herb goodies, would you like a consistent, insulated flow of hot air at the same temp so you can release yourself as vapor to the lucky human at the other end?
See what happens when the lights start to blink? Fun stuff.
Oh, lites. We had a few extra green leds from the old days is why steiner got one. We will consider other led color options when the new Zap designs come out.
Oh, that's right. We are the only log vape maker offering the led "on" light option, and at no extra charge.
Ah NYC, the suspense must be killing you..... but at least you have a "present" waiting for you when you get home; something to look forward to.
