I can reassure you that I truthfully described my experience, I saw some of the videos but the fact that you have to hold it on the bowl escaped me until I had the thing in my hand. The cups look fine to me, I still have 9 of them. The flaking was a result of screwing on the coil I believe, it also left black marks all over, I didn't run into major problems but it was tight to get on and I had to use pliers. The bad AVB smell was totally real and that's what really turned me off, maybe that was a one-time thing but I am not going to retry so we'll never know.
I aware of this measurement, but I thought it was only an approximate scale and the Rockwell Hardness was the "real" thing to refer. Either way, still means making dust is pretty unlikely, unless it's metal dust from the coil; metal being way softer. About the bowls, I haven't scratch any of mine yet, but will keep an eye on it. I'm pretty curious what it would look like.
Yeah or a mix of a everything. Wrong cups, high temps, pre-existing worries about ceramics that would exacerbate an already bad experience, etc.
Sorry for hinting you lied. I guess I'm just surprised our experiences are so diametrically different with the same device, you know.
No worries, I am hard to please, maybe it would go differently if I tried again. But I will never use a vape that I have to hold during the hit and can't leave on the bowl to add conduction.
) on it's 2 heating. So I've been cleaning me balls and sweeping up shards this afternoon.
yeah its a nice idea using all glass, but when it fails... boy it's no fun at all. Glad you didn't get burned or hot glass shards in your lap. After seeing mine crack in many places on the 2nd heat up, I left it inside the ashtray stand and turned off the heat. luckily it didn't fall apart, so I was able to recover the balls and then had to wrap it in some paper to smash it with a hammer to remove it from the coils. I didn't want to try handling it being cracked all over. Well it was all an experiment so we learned what we needed to learn.Just wanted to add another word or 2 of warning about the glass nozzles as I've just had my second failure and won't be making another glass one cos it shattered into approximately 2 zillion and 1 teeny tiny hot razor sharp shards and 3mm rubies all over my desk (quite fortunately
And I also had some good news today too. I ordered the PID microcontroller mentioned earlier to hopefully fix a broken one from my graveyard cupboard, which is working well with the Pinky straight out of the box without having to navigate the menu system (as I was a lil worried I'd have to program it)
Actually, I just noticed that a 14mm female to 18mm male glass adaptor fits nicely into a 20mm coil and seems pretty thick and sturdy... I only have 3 coils atm and they all have stuff on, so can't be arsed making one right now! https://uk.dhgate.com/product/glass-down-stem-pipe-adapter-18mm-male-to/569547517.html
I wonder if a glass tig is more prone to breakage when using cubic zirconia stones rather than round glass balls. Two possible reasons:yeah its a nice idea using all glass, but when it fails... boy it's no fun at all. Glad you didn't get burned or hot glass shards in your lap. After seeing mine crack in many places on the 2nd heat up, I left it inside the ashtray stand and turned off the heat. luckily it didn't fall apart, so I was able to recover the balls and then had to wrap it in some paper to smash it with a hammer to remove it from the coils. I didn't want to try handling it being cracked all over. Well it was all an experiment so we learned what we needed to learn.
**I like that other people are trying to build SS or TI versions of the pinkie... we have a glass melting set up and some thick wall tubing I might try out a heavier walled boro version of the tig one day, if inspiration pushes me to do that.
So much for that theory then!
No joke! this vape is a cloud machine and blasts you into outer space! Its amazing!!I have to say this thing hits like a TRUCK and the fact it is so easy to put together and costs very little makes this a bargain
Inserting the cup is the hardest part of the assembly ime. With one hand on the coil and one hand on the handle, try to unroll the coil slowly to loose it. You can loose it untill the cup fit and try to tight it again after .Or you can insert the cup into the tight coil and press on it as you unroll the coil to loose it. There is a video on YouTube but one user here that goes in detail about it. Keep trying, it's worth it!
I don't have those parts but I am a mechanical engineer who builds stuff all the time. Imo you need to install the tapered part of the body into the open (non-handle) end of the coil and turn it in. Here's the trick- you turn the body whichever direction *opens* the coil, so that turning the body *loosens* the grip of the coil. Once you stop turning the coil springs back and holds firm.
