That heat shield is an option from Errlectric. $15. With the nail at 700F (lately I'm dabbing at 580F) you can touch the thing without injury. Or a curious cat also won't get burned.@DieHard did you make that little cage that goes around your coil?
That looks sweet and probably prevents accidental hand/arm burns pretty well
Color vs clearWhat's the difference between a worked piece and a scientific one?
Waiting impatiently for my piece. I was fine waiting several weeks and then I found out it was in the mail. Now I HAVE to see it. Unfortunately if it doesn't come tomorrow I'll have to wait until Tuesday. Aargh.
That makes no sense- there is no receptacle where I live and no notice from the po was left so I can pick it up.@little maggie the tracking says there was a notice left because the receptacle was blocked. It's at your post office.
Note: @VaPeD&CoNfUsEd inspired @Tweak to make a light box. This inspired me to make a light box. Being a Saturday, I decided to test out the GonGs again and crack a beer (or two) while making said lightbox. Hence the questionable quality images.. as I quit half way through. The cat attacking her new box didn't help either.
As promised, some pictures of my new GonGs.
On their website they post that they apparently had a huge network failure. Still that has nothing to do with this. Without insurance they don't do anything. I'm going to go to the post office if I can before work and talk to them. It should have been left in a locked mail box unless it was too big to fit- over 2 ft.@little maggie. hopefully the post office can figure out where it was delivered. My tracking app shows a map of where it was delivered. If they can't figure it out we will get something figured out. I really hate the USPS lately. Ever since the holidays it has been fuck up after fuck up with them!
I honestly don't remember the price of the drop but it was more than reasonable. IMHO. It was part of an order that kept growing and growing so the prices all blur together. If you PM @VaPeD&CoNfUsEd he will give you a quote for free.@DieHard how much was that drop down?? how well does that collect reclaim? better or the same as the normal cheap drop down?
@nihil do you use the "BREATE-EZI FILTER " without the filter and what size tubing is that? wont the rubber looking filter be really ssticky after a couple of uses? how often do you clean it?
I've never heard of a "Breate-Ezi Filter," so no, not using one.
I'm running a modified wine stopper and some 3/8"ID 1/2"OD silicone tubing to the JoDa stem/mouthpiece (both links are to their respective Amazon pages). @Tweak gave me this idea, he may be able to provide more input.
I've been running this setup for 5 or 6 weeks, haven't cleaned the tubing, and I took my pictures yesterday. I hit this guy every work night for a few sessions, more so on the weekends. So it stays pretty clean. I'm also running 4 or 5 drops of Cranberry Extract in my bubbler and I tend to empty it every 2 or 3 days.
I PBW soak the glass every 2 weeks or so. If the tubing gets filthy enough, I may just toss it and cut another section. Or I'll attempt to clean it.. I haven't thought that far ahead.
Hope that helps.
so the modified wine stopped, all you did was remove the metal thing inside and cut a decent sized hole on the bottom? are there any uses for the metal thing inside the wine stopper?