It's stable shatter on a 40% coil. I have probably been over-loading it honestly. A longer coil for how much concentrate I'm wanting to put in there is probably a good idea.
I've been experimenting with ways to fix this without having to put a bigger coil altogether. I have two 20% pieces of coil (unloaded), and whenever I get a bad leak, usually from overloading or a runnier oil, I melt the wax out from the lower heating chamber back in to the top so that the coil and that area get saturated, then I remove the loaded coil, add a fresh 20 coil, and then place the loaded coil on top of that. If it still leaks, I'd add the other 20%, but I haven't had problems after doing this.
Edit: Also, when the top coil is sufficiently dried out, I've tried swapping positions with the bottom coil. Seems to keep all the oil in the top of the heating chamber so far.
In fact, I think the new coil designs, if using the same material, should be a coil consisting of 10 10% segments. That way you can add or remove levels easily depending on your needs, and the coils won't stretch out of shape so easily.
Another idea I had was to add a small drip pan in the bottom chamber. There's a small space between the slotted shaft and the nut that holds the ceramic rod in place. A circular drip pan that fits around the lower ceramic rod might help.
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THC SCIENTIFIC G, how can we go about replacing a piece of the Herc? My slotted shaft (the piece that receives the bottom of the ceramic rod) got bent and when I tried to reshape it a side snapped off.
Also, I was wondering if you guys have a release date for the black rods?
Any engineers want to tell me why it might be a bad idea to try running my Hercules with this piece broken? I don't want to load an Omicart for the day.
Edit: I tried heating it up to see if it would and it did. If anyone can stop me from possibly making a big mistake, you have the next 5 minutes.