Fosil
Well-Known Member
Hi guys! Greetings from Argentina! I'm vaping for about a year after 15 years of non smoking cannabis and 10 from tobacco quitting.
I was reading the old one for some time, espefifically on diy vapes, I want to thanks @blokenoname @Alan @Abysmal Vapor @Mikroweed Duck and all the rest of great guys for all the info posted freely. It was great to have and idea and find that other people already tried most, so shorting the time for trial and error a lot!
I'm working on two diferent types of vapes, a log and a ssv kinda clone, I made the initial test of one of the prototypes yesterday and it worked fine (not great), but I encountered at least two errors in my design that are easy addresable.
This first one will be my home vape. I always wanted a SSV or Ditanium, but not affordable right now cause the shipping and taxes and a dolar that went from $65 to $130 in less than 3 month here...
I got the glass parts custom made, and made them smaller than the original ones (it was a mistake, but works great and looks lovely hehehe)
Glass beads are not available locally, so I used SS capilary tubes surrounding the ceramic heater, so getting about the same effect than the glass beads, and also getting in the air path so they heat the air inside and outside the cap tubes.
First, the excess of mass, the aluminum holder looked great and was an easy solution, but it was getting all the heat and disipates to the ambient, so I got rid of it and used a piece of high temp silicone tubing tube instead, also helps with termical insulation in the air path.
The second error I can't remember, I was to high when I found it and fixed it
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We are still in quarantine here, so to get all the parts was really an adventure
I made the base with my 3d printer, but it will be made in an exotic wood, with a cristal dome over it for heat protection, I have to ask the glass blower if he can made a hole in the dome to just use it with the dome on.
I'm using a ceramic heater from a soldering iron, 50watts 24v @12v, it works fine, at max power I get nice rips, almost as good as the ones from my Mighty, but also more flavourfull than the Mighty, I cannot combust at all, the avb is fine, but it can be better.
First sesions AVB
Second sessions AVB, with the fixes
Second model with the Mighty for size references.
Also, I'm using a pwm control, it has a led light that change in brightness depending to the knob position, it is a nice feature to have, just to know if it is On or OFF and if a full temp or not, I plan on keep a little of this light.
I was reading the old one for some time, espefifically on diy vapes, I want to thanks @blokenoname @Alan @Abysmal Vapor @Mikroweed Duck and all the rest of great guys for all the info posted freely. It was great to have and idea and find that other people already tried most, so shorting the time for trial and error a lot!
I'm working on two diferent types of vapes, a log and a ssv kinda clone, I made the initial test of one of the prototypes yesterday and it worked fine (not great), but I encountered at least two errors in my design that are easy addresable.
This first one will be my home vape. I always wanted a SSV or Ditanium, but not affordable right now cause the shipping and taxes and a dolar that went from $65 to $130 in less than 3 month here...
I got the glass parts custom made, and made them smaller than the original ones (it was a mistake, but works great and looks lovely hehehe)
Glass beads are not available locally, so I used SS capilary tubes surrounding the ceramic heater, so getting about the same effect than the glass beads, and also getting in the air path so they heat the air inside and outside the cap tubes.
First, the excess of mass, the aluminum holder looked great and was an easy solution, but it was getting all the heat and disipates to the ambient, so I got rid of it and used a piece of high temp silicone tubing tube instead, also helps with termical insulation in the air path.
The second error I can't remember, I was to high when I found it and fixed it
.We are still in quarantine here, so to get all the parts was really an adventure
I made the base with my 3d printer, but it will be made in an exotic wood, with a cristal dome over it for heat protection, I have to ask the glass blower if he can made a hole in the dome to just use it with the dome on.
I'm using a ceramic heater from a soldering iron, 50watts 24v @12v, it works fine, at max power I get nice rips, almost as good as the ones from my Mighty, but also more flavourfull than the Mighty, I cannot combust at all, the avb is fine, but it can be better.
First sesions AVB
Second sessions AVB, with the fixes
Second model with the Mighty for size references.
Also, I'm using a pwm control, it has a led light that change in brightness depending to the knob position, it is a nice feature to have, just to know if it is On or OFF and if a full temp or not, I plan on keep a little of this light.
... and aproved
I read your log thread complete in the older forum