Custom CARBLESS VapCap Ti stems

DirtyD

DirtyD

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Super jazzed to be receiving the xl , ( member #3 here) now I'll have both reg and xl length CARBLESS beautiful titanium stems! If you don't have one yet get one, not only lovely to gaze all day at but will deliver a Mack truck hit... Cheers, D ( happy guy)
 
stardustsailor

stardustsailor

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DirtyD said:
Super jazzed to be receiving the xl , ( member #3 here) now I'll have both reg and xl length CARBLESS beautiful titanium stems! If you don't have one yet get one, not only lovely to gaze all day at but will deliver a Mack truck hit... Cheers, D ( happy guy)
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You're still gazing at it ?
I thought that by now ,you'll be past that !

Just joking !
Doesn't feel great to hold ?
Titanium is a very strange metal...Unique properties ,amongst other metals.
And it doesn't taste & neither feels "metallic" when you put it in your mouth /lips ,ain't that right ?
 
DirtyD

DirtyD

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No shit it feels like more earth/ stone like than metal. Hard to put into words or pics, feels like a tube made of a very light gemstone material. You have to hold one in your hand to understand, has a very cool unexpectedly pleasant feel to it. Also a space age indestructibleness that I personally need in a stem as I am rough on things:nod:. Glad to see some of the all stars buying stardust sailor stems... a must for any capper, experienced or brand new.. buy one or two, you'll be happy like D.
 
phattpiggie

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Planck said:
I loving how fast and deep you got into this, you show impressive commitment and curiosity.
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It's great makes me realise I'm not the only one a little obsessed with the VC concept.

@stardustsailor I seem to remember you shying away from a wood lathe only to be moving on to a metal one instead. Nice bit of kit you've looked at and a lot more versatile than your re-purposed drill press set up.
 
stardustsailor

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phattpiggie said:
It's great makes me realise I'm not the only one a little obsessed with the VC concept.

@stardustsailor I seem to remember you shying away from a wood lathe only to be moving on to a metal one instead. Nice bit of kit you've looked at and a lot more versatile than your re-purposed drill press set up.
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Yes ...Still it's a dream.
That re-purposed drill press set up is the only thing available ,right now...
It does the job ,but no way it compares with a metal lathe.

Lot's of things to create,if and when I 'll get one ...
;)
 
stardustsailor

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This is the stem member #4 (@Summer ) has ordered .
She wanted a 62 mm long stem for her OMNI.
So ,no mp on this one.
It has a 5 mm hammered ring towards the OMNI mp and a 10 mm ring at the tip end.
It also features a 2,8 mm Dia. carb hole ,located at 5mm offset from center (that would be 36 mm from mp end).
The band is "Rock" textured and anodised to turquoise / "carribean seawater" hue.








Cheers.
 
stardustsailor

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While this one has been ordered from member #5.
A standard 62mm stem ,with a standard diameter carb hole ( 2mm ) located above
the 2nd pair of x-ring grooves.It also features a "rock" textured band ,anodised to a bit greener hue
than #4 (Summer's) stem.It features a "concaved " style mp and two small plain rings towards the mp.
Awesome stem !







Cheers.
 
stardustsailor

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Diggy Smalls said:
Oh my good gravy wow. Hey I thought you did no carb stems only?
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If one wants a carb hole ,I can't deny to that.
Still ,I charge extra for making a carb hole,since it requires some time to make it .
It's not just drilling .it's also deburring the inside of the hole & making a "notch -finger recess " .
Plus I 've to disassemble my bench-drill .
Making a carbhole sucks time from my work.
and breaks my nerves from time to time ...
:lol:
I very much dislike putting holes on my precious stems .
But if someone is willing to pay extra ,then it's fine by me.
 
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stardustsailor

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Color vision test ...
( left click on the image,wait to load on other tab
and then right click ,click on "View Image" )
:lol:

The four pictured stems have all different hues ,going from teal blue (bottom stem)
to mint green (top stem ).
Pic quality is bad .
Still can you tell the hue difference or not ?



 
smokeydabear

smokeydabear

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stardustsailor said:
While this one has been ordered from member #5.
A standard 62mm stem ,with a standard diameter carb hole ( 2mm ) located above
the 2nd pair of x-ring grooves.It also features a "rock" textured band ,anodised to a bit greener hue
than #4 (Summer's) stem.It features a "concaved " style mp and two small plain rings towards the mp.
Awesome stem !







Cheers.
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Wow she's a real stunner! Can't wait to put that in my mouth!
 
stardustsailor

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steama said:
Your stuff is so beautiful you really need a camera that will do your work justice. The one in the classified image looks a lot better. Damn you create beautiful vapcaps!
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Dear brother,I'm afraid that taking good pics out of anodised stems depends mainly on
the scenery (ambient light,incident & reflected light ,angle of camera ,etc) rather than the quality of the camera .Still,yes ,I do need a better camera ,whatsoever.


Cheers.
:leaf:
 
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stardustsailor

stardustsailor

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I 've wanted some time now to make some vids showing how I work with the titanium tubing ,
turning them into VC stems.
Well,I always start with tapering the mp end.
So ,here's the first vid :

That's how SDS titanium stems are being " born ".


BTW,why I haven't discovered the XL VC before?
I'm really fallin' in love with the XL stems.



Cheers.
:science:
 
stardustsailor

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It's not finished yet .
Have to polish the mp & tip ends.
Tried it with a non-anodised tip to see how it looks .
Does not "match" that much.
Stem looks like it once belonged to a pharaoh,while the tip was a gift from Flash Gordon .
:freak:
So,it needs a bit of polishing ,I think .
When ready is going to be for sale at the Classifieds section.
That is sometime tomorrow.










Cheers.
 
stardustsailor

stardustsailor

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A natural finish ( non-anodised ) stem was ordered to me by a local FOAF.
A standard length (62 mm ) VC carbless titanium stem featuring a faded band
(a band without the distinct border grooves and with it's texture fading towards the ends of the band )
and a simple slightly inwards concaved ring towards the mp end .
Also ,towards the tip end ,there are five grooves .
I really like how those grooves look ,BTW .

62-FDBAND-HMR-00 + MP: Simple Concaved Ring + TIP : 5X Grooves









Cheers
 
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