TheResistance
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Thanks a million for the help, gonna have to break it out after I order some, cant wait to see what happens
Try tamping your bowl down. If I'm not able to get enough heat, even with aggressive torching, it's most often a loose tamp because my bud is to coarsely ground. Tamping it forces the heat to stay in the bowl longer and build to a higher degree.I was wondering if anyone could help me on a point of technique- when having a bowl with my jr, using the small honest torch, I can get loads of amazing hits, more than you would expect from the colour of the bud in the bowl, as often noted, but i am really struggling to extract to a darker colour, it feels like even though i heat more aggressively and feather the carb to get the heat up I can never quite get the roast as dark as I would usually want my bud to be.
So, does anyone have any tips for getting that last bit of goodness out of the bowl? Or is it just a matter of turning up the torch?
Simple micro doser bowl for the SBJ
Just a 15mm wooden button, with a 8mm hole and a ss basket screen. Holds about as much herb, as a Vapcap tip.
Works quite nice and gives you 1 to 3 nice hits, depending on your preferred heat and draw speed.
I use it with a tripple flame and also have a small fine mesh screen in the heat intake, dispersing the flame. Works pretty much the same, as the official 'restrictor disk', I guess.
Simple micro doser bowl for the SBJ
Just a 15mm wooden button, with a 8mm hole and a ss basket screen. Holds about as much herb, as a Vapcap tip.
Works quite nice and gives you 1 to 3 nice hits, depending on your preferred heat and draw speed.
I use it with a tripple flame and also have a small fine mesh screen in the heat intake, dispersing the flame. Works pretty much the same, as the official 'restrictor disk', I guess.
Simple micro doser bowl for the SBJ
Just a 15mm wooden button, with a 8mm hole and a ss basket screen. Holds about as much herb, as a Vapcap tip.
Works quite nice and gives you 1 to 3 nice hits, depending on your preferred heat and draw speed.
I use it with a tripple flame and also have a small fine mesh screen in the heat intake, dispersing the flame. Works pretty much the same, as the official 'restrictor disk', I guess.
If I was set on using ss screens instead of the restrictor disk, I'd place them in the same spot below the flame intake where the disk is supposed to go. They shouldn't glow there, and I'd probably double up on them instead of a single piece.Wow this has been great!
However, the mesh I put into the intake glows red. Is that bad for you or does is pose any health risk?
If I was set on using ss screens instead of the restrictor disk, I'd place them in the same spot below the flame intake where the disk is supposed to go. They shouldn't glow there, and I'd probably double up on them instead of a single piece.
Hmmm, I'm a little confused. Could you describe your issue more specifically, maybe I'm not understanding. It sounds like, in your experience, if the flame isn't pointing in a certain direction within the flame intake, you don't get any vapor. What about when you find the sweet spot? Good vapor production, or char/combustion?I did that afterwards. Still glows red
SS Glow = bad, right?
Hmmm, I'm a little confused. Could you describe your issue more specifically, maybe I'm not understanding. It sounds like, in your experience, if the flame isn't pointing in a certain direction within the flame intake, you don't get any vapor. What about when you find the sweet spot? Good vapor production, or char/combustion?
The more you can tell us about your setup and technique, the more we can help.
My concern would be the safety of the airpath as that tool is not designed to be inhaled from. It is butane powered but there could be adhesives or other nasty materials that off gas when hot.Maybe this was asked before..
I am thinking about to use a cordless butan soldering iron with an hot air tip instead of a regular torch with my SBJ.
Maybe a dumb question because my SBJ will arrive by the beginning of the next week..
http://www.portasol.com/products_sc_r1.asp?sC_ID=112
The temperature of the hot air tip is "only" 650 deg C / 1157 deg . F - That's 50% of the normal 1300 deg C of a standard torch. This could lower the risk of combustion.
Any thoughts? What do you think?