Dynavap VapCap

[stark1]

That’s OK. Looks fine from here.

Monarch? does that mean you are in Monterey. I saw gazillions of them once, they
We’re heading south, to Mexico.

So, you make stems for VapCaps? Are you making them to $ell?


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Where have all the flowers gone?
To southern climes, one and all.

 

[StringTheorista]

That’s OK. Looks fine from here.

Monarch? does that mean you are in Monterey. I saw gazillions of them once, they
We’re heading south, to Mexico.

So, you make stems for VapCaps? Are you making them to $ell?

Not in Monterrey. DC Metro area (or “the DMV”—District, Maryland, Virginia, as the cool kids say...)

I can’t say I make stems. I made *a stem*, and discovered I lack the tools to do it right.

 

[cybrguy]

Where have all the flowers gone?
To southern climes, one and all.

When will they ever learn, when will they evvvver learn... ?

 

[stark1]

Sometimes you have to adapt. All you need is a tip&cap.
No tools needed.

Grasping for (grass) straws. Ahem, glass.

&, of course, my best friend, da Moose

 

[LesPlenty]

I do hope there is a stash compartment, and one for ABV.

They would run your big slab heat sink.

I can’t say I make stems. I made *a stem*, and discovered I lack the tools to do it right.

Inspirational, everyone should have a home made stem...I have a couple of Huon Pine off cuts from a slab I sent to ED to make another WS for me...rustic stem coming up.

 

[stark1]

Yoh, Moderators. A bit off topic, but ultimately useful.

Many of us have been frustrated trying to use shitty sites like Imgur, Photobucket, etc. to post
Images.

Seems expedient to have an option to load pictures directly from one’s cache—saves the
Extra steps for first loading from an errant host site, then pasting it on to the post.

Eliminates the (sic) muddle man. No Imgur necessary.

Such as the very same option offered by our spin-off sister site, @VaporAsylum.

It would ease the problem, and the frustration.

 

[GtrBob]

Where have all the Monarchs gone?

Gone to graveyards...

There have been less & less of 'em each year in their famous stand of eucalyptus and cypress down the street. Pretty sparse lately.

But that decrepit sardine cannery back there was converted into an amazing aquarium.

 

[-dab8-]

Yoh, Moderators. A bit off topic, but ultimately useful.

Many of us have been frustrated trying to use shitty sites like Imgur, Photobucket, etc. to post
Images.

Seems expedient to have an option to load pictures directly from one’s cache—saves the
Extra steps for first loading from an errant host site, then pasting it on to the post.

Eliminates the (sic) muddle man. No Imgur necessary.

Such as the very same option offered by our spin-off sister site, @VaporAsylum.

It would ease the problem, and the frustration.

Yes please!!! This would make posting picture of our vapor gear and tips and tricks SO MUCH easier. (See? Back on topic).

We had 4-5 monarch cocoons hatch near our garage. We have a milkweed plant there, and a butterfly bush nearby, so all we are missing is the butterfly brothel or hotel room and the butterfly cycle of life is complete. Lol.

I’ll post pictures maybe. If it was easier to post pictures I would post pictures definitely.

 

[stark1]

Gone to graveyards...

There have been less & less of 'em each year in their famous stand of eucalyptus and cypress down the street. Pretty sparse lately.

But that decrepit sardine cannery back there was converted into an amazing aquarium.

Noticed that when I was at the Presidio, some years after the height of the Haight-Ashbury Flower Children era. Hippies everywhere.

Kinda adds to the attraction of the seals, and Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. And Carmel. Big Sur.

Seems more migratory routes east of the Rockies now.

& kinda made you forget the guns of Fort Ord, as you take a toke under the myopic eagle of the Sloat Monument, almost overlooking the vast Pacific.

 

[Hackerman]

Sorry guys, changing the picture hosting situation requires an administrator.

No can do pookems.

I was told Vtac should be back real soon to fix it.

I could do it (along with a few others here) but.... the mods won't let us.

 

[stark1]

Sounds like you should become an admin. We could use any hell-p!

 

[Hackerman]

Sounds like you should become an admin. We could use any hell-p!

ROTFLMAO.... Yeah, that's gonna happen. They barely allow me to be a member. LMAO

 

[lookhigh]

@stark1 for admin with specialty funny photo department.

 

[Krazy]

So this obviously homemade stem is wonky—it’s very hard to drill a straight hole with a hand drill—but it does work. Offering this design to our talented builders. The benefit is you can “spin” (actually flip) it using your wrist instead of your fingers. Useful for some, I would think...

I like it! That is probably, just barely, something I could do now a days. OK, probably not.

 

[Vaporware]

I always vape hash by itself. It takes more heat and lasts longer than bud so why try to mix them? Just slice it paper thin with a razor or, if soft, pinch it between your fingers to make a super flat pancake. Pop it into your chamber and heat the cap a couple of seconds past the click.

Vapcaps are fantastic for vaping hash.

Just wondering, do you use a filter with hash? If so, does it get ruined quickly?

For me, it isn't my lungs as well. It's literally my sinuses as I can feel my nasal passage tighten up sometimes (even let out a little squeal noise when it releases some of the pressure). I also feel my head tighten up as well as even my right ear feeling plugged (as if I'm on an airplane / high altitude). It's very weird. I literally feel the pressure within my sinuses if that makes sense, but nothing directly towards my lungs.



I agree, I have a piece exactly like this. I use this one (https://www.dhgate.com/product/2014...irdcage/214701656.html#s1-8-1b;srp|1734478327) and my M works perfectly with the provided bowl.

Thanks guys for the answers though relating the sinus issues as well as if I am over doing it. The dehydration is for alot as now that I know I vape alot of weed, I also use a sub-ohm vape as I use to smoke cigarettes. So I can only assume the vape from the weed + the vape from the sub-ohm e-liquid is TOO much vapor. Not sure which one to decrease, but one of them has to be dramatically reduced.

*I’d* lean toward continuing the one that’s better for you...I doubt many people here would cut down on weed in favor of more nicotine and artificial flavors in PG or VG.

 

[Hogni]

Watch at Squiby's sig, there you'll find a link to her description of making a hemp fiber filter she's using for that.

 

[Squiby]

Just wondering, do you use a filter with hash? If so, does it get ruined quickly?

I use a filter under the screen in all my Vapcaps. The filter stops tiny particulates from entering the air path resulting in super smooth, Non irritating vapor. The filter is changed when the taste goes off, usually within a month or so. I microdose, so a heavier user may want to clean their Vapcap and change the filter sooner.

I don't crumble my hash either, rather just press it into a flat pancake, again to prevent any loose bits.

 

[Summer]

I literally feel the pressure within my sinusesi

Try a neti pot after you vape. Walmart, Target prob., drugstore have. If it helps, it's your sinuses; if not, then the physical effects have some other cause. Has this only happened with 1 strain or every strain. I can't even fathom how the vape, or any vape for-that-matter, would be a factor.

 

[phattpiggie]

Organic cotton and shatter before and after.
I'll get some more hits out of it yet, it's like an ever lasting bowl.

 

[Vaporware]

I use a filter under the screen in all my Vapcaps. The filter stops tiny particulates from entering the air path resulting in super smooth, Non irritating vapor. The filter is changed when the taste goes off, usually within a month or so. I microdose, so a heavier user may want to clean their Vapcap and change the filter sooner.

I don't crumble my hash either, rather just press it into a flat pancake, again to prevent any loose bits.

I’ve read about your filters many times and I actually use them at least some of the time (thanks for the post where you laid it all out!), I just wasn’t sure if your method of using hash in a VapCap melted it right into the filter, and if so I wasn’t sure if that quickly ruined the filter for you.

I don’t have any hash to try it with, although I’m interested in trying some, but I figured the live resin I have would melt right through the screen and saturate the filter unless I tilted the tip down. Have you tried it with concentrates like that? Has anyone else who’s using a filter?

 

[MinnBobber]

I’ve read about your filters many times and I actually use them at least some of the time (thanks for the post where you laid it all out!), I just wasn’t sure if your method of using hash in a VapCap melted it right into the filter, and if so I wasn’t sure if that quickly ruined the filter for you.

I don’t have any hash to try it with, although I’m interested in trying some, but I figured the live resin I have would melt right through the screen and saturate the filter unless I tilted the tip down. Have you tried it with concentrates like that? Has anyone else who’s using a filter?

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For melty concentrates, you really need something they can soak into and NOT go thru the bottom screen.
Options are degummed hemp fiber or organic cotton, a stainless steel conc pad like a Mighty pad cut down to
size, or a DIY pad.
My DIY VapCap conc pad is some thin titanium shaving I got when visiting George's operation. I use one long thin curly-cue of Ti, wadded into a tiny ball and inserted in chamber. It keeps the goo in the chamber where it belongs

 

[Squiby]

I’ve read about your filters many times and I actually use them at least some of the time (thanks for the post where you laid it all out!), I just wasn’t sure if your method of using hash in a VapCap melted it right into the filter, and if so I wasn’t sure if that quickly ruined the filter for you.

I don’t have any hash to try it with, although I’m interested in trying some, but I figured the live resin I have would melt right through the screen and saturate the filter unless I tilted the tip down. Have you tried it with concentrates like that? Has anyone else who’s using a filter?

The hash available here does not melt. I vape either soft pliable Afghan hash or rock hard Moroccan hash. After vaping the thin pancake or slice of hash it is the same shape as it was going into the chamber.

For concentrates that melt, such as rosin or shatter, I use a concentrate pad.

Here's how I go about making a concentrate pad for a Vapcap tip.

I start with a flat disk shaped S&B concentrate pad.

With a pair of flat pliers I start squishing the edges of the pad. Slowly its diameter reduces and it starts turning from a disk into a cylinder shape. Just keep turning it as you press against the sides of the disk until the resulting cylinder is the diameter of your Vapcap tip. The wire is pretty easy to reshape.

Then I take a sharp pair of cutting pliers or even a good sturdy pair of sharp scissors and cut the cylinder in half. There may be a few loose strands of wire that you can shake off. But generally the pad stays intact.

After I cut it in half, I tap the cut end to loosen any bits, then I sort of scrunch it up together as tight as I can with my fingers to tighten its shape and stuff it into the tip. In the picture above you can see the scrunched up one on top and the other cut up piece below it.

I just butter the top, put the cap on and heat maybe a second or two past the click. I either heat the cap using my Skelator IH, for night time indicas, or with a jet lighter holding the Vapcap at about a 45° vertical angle. Once heated I tend to hold it in a more or less horizontal position.

You can see here the concentrate sitting on top of the pad which takes up the whole chamber.

I love vaping concentrates this way. Often I will put a good amount of shatter on the pad and take it out with me as I do chores around the property. It's an all day sipper. Heat and a toke then back in the pocket till later. My only caution is that it you put more than you're going to vape in one go, then keep the Vapcap horizontal until it cools before showing it away.

 

[-dab8-]

The hash available here does not melt. I vape either soft pliable Afghan hash or rock hard Moroccan hash. After vaping the thin pancake or slice of hash it is the same shape as it was going into the chamber.

For concentrates that melt, such as rosin or shatter, I use a concentrate pad.

Here's how I go about making a concentrate pad for a Vapcap tip.

I start with a flat disk shaped S&B concentrate pad.

With a pair of flat pliers I start squishing the edges of the pad. Slowly its diameter reduces and it starts turning from a disk into a cylinder shape. Just keep turning it as you press against the sides of the disk until the resulting cylinder is the diameter of your Vapcap tip. The wire is pretty easy to reshape.

Then I take a sharp pair of cutting pliers or even a good sturdy pair of sharp scissors and cut the cylinder in half. There may be a few loose strands of wire that you can shake off. But generally the pad stays intact.

After I cut it in half, I tap the cut end to loosen any bits, then I sort of scrunch it up together as tight as I can with my fingers to tighten its shape and stuff it into the tip. In the picture above you can see the scrunched up one on top and the other cut up piece below it.

I just butter the top, put the cap on and heat maybe a second or two past the click. I either heat the cap using my Skelator IH, for night time indicas, or with a jet lighter holding the Vapcap at about a 45° vertical angle. Once heated I tend to hold it in a more or less horizontal position.

You can see here the concentrate sitting on top of the pad which takes up the whole chamber.

I love vaping concentrates this way. Often I will put a good amount of shatter on the pad and take it out with me as I do chores around the property. It's an all day sipper. Heat and a toke then back in the pocket till later. My only caution is that it you put more than you're going to vape in one go, then keep the Vapcap horizontal until it cools before showing it away.

This method works wonders! I loaded (overloaded) some crumble on an S&B pad using this method, and the thing won’t stop hitting. Granted it’s concentrate, and lately I have only been microdosing flower, but good grief. It’s literally been 3 sessions already. I do find the flavor drops off, certainly more so than actual dabs. Probably from the re-heating, you lose terpenes.

I’m thinking I’ll adopt your other related idea and have a vapcap for indica concentrates, and one for sativa concentrates.

 

[Wittgenstein]

Customs questions again. I have just bought an older Omni from the Classifieds here and it is in GB and TNT asks for a 'tarriff code' and a description of the device. Any ideas?

Thanks, Witty

 

[Hogni]

The Uk still are in the EU - so why a tariff code?