StormyPinkness
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On my 1st gen heater I tried at almost 1k with the funnel bowl and some concentrate on top of a glass fritted disc.Oh yeah!
Oh, I know it! I remember after you first posted that I need to do something for you. So now fine grinds, baskets(aka Canadian style), and tears are all covered.
When I make the heaters, they get a burn-in of 100+ continuous hours. Run it as long as you like.
I can't make one crack when I try to make one crack. It might be related to cooling down in a fast way? Maybe I packed the material too tight? Like I said before, it is not an issue when most of the heater is covered.
I'm glad you have not noticed any change in performance. If you ever do, I can re-build any heater (for a fee).
I recently tried something that I've always wanted to try - super tiny beads. I wasted a bunch of concentrate before I got a nice flow by putting a dab directly on the heater and using a temp of 950F. Still though, it was a mess. There is a part of me that wanted to try using the middle in a clean vape to see how that would look since I tried melting from the side with my first few attempts. I did get to see vapor move through the vape and that was neat.
Other than the mess, it did work in a faster way than anything else I have tried. I would get the strongest hit with my 1st breath after a dab. There really wasn't much of a second hit.
10 minutes in the ultrasonic cleaner in a bag of simple green got the mess out of the glass. ISO wasn't denting fast enough.
I am thinking it would be easier to just toss in a round fritted disc and heat that up inside. I am gonna try a few different porosities to see what works best. more here:
http://chemglass.com/fritted-filter-discs-1?
I will give it a go so we all can...
It kind of worked. I definitely got some of the taste, but vaping it took many consecutive hits. I wondered if the 2nd gen heater basically being 100 degrees hotter might work.
@jojo monkey I'm curious if the tiny beads make any difference with flower that you noticed? I would think more surface area would transfer heat better. More beads makes more air more hotter?
Those small beads remind me of the ones HA uses in their concentrate crucible. They use layers of fine mesh screens and those to make tons of surface area for wax to spread out and vape off of.