Hello everyone, I'm new to these forums, this is actually my first post!
I recently bought a Magic Flight Launch Box and am extremely pleased. It's a fantastically engineered device, and the various prototypes and feedback which have helped make it definitely show. So many small features and little things make it perfectly suited to do what it does. Now, the real purpose of my post.
I'm actually interested in making something similar to the LB, but it would be larger, have a whip, possibly a bag and would be plugged into the wall. The only real similarity to the LB would be the heating mechanism, which is the stainless steel screen.
I've used a decent number of pieces and vapes, and many vapes heat by convection, not conduction (in my experience, I might be totally wrong about it). I like the conduction method a lot, I don't know about better or worse than convection, but different and interesting. I have actually been wanting to make my own vape for a while, and I'm trying to come up with a design so I chose to try to use a conduction method like the LB screen.
My first idea is basically a wooded box hollowed out with space for a steel screen, and whatever circuitry would be needed. There would probably be a lid on the top, similar to the LB, and the screen would probably be right under the lid also similar to the LB, I haven't fully decided on a size yet.
The screen would be supported by something similar to the LB, a copper coated steel wire, and this would be hooked up to an AC/DC transformer and other circuitry, and an on/off button or even an analog dial which could be used to control the temperature. I'm an electrical engineer, so I have plenty of experience of hands-on work with circuits and things like this, so I'm fairly confident I could do this.
My question is, does anyone have any other details on the LB, such as mesh type (woven?) and mesh diameter/wire thickness, or even better, a supplier?
Any information on the copper coated steel wire would also be appreciated.
Also, if you could give me some technical specs of the LB, such as resistance of the steel wire/mesh, or the currents/voltages it operates at that would be very helpful.
Any other comments or ideas would be great.
Disclaimer: So, I'm actually lit right now after using the LB for the last 4 hours (off one bowl, I find taking a hit every 10-15 minutes for a few hours gets you to a nice level and makes your stuff last). So this whole post might be the result of a random impulse, but please, humor me.
Mod note: This is the LB thread. We're not going to have a bunch of posts here on how to make an LB clone.