VDN has the wood sleeves for weeks now, they might have forgot to list them. New screens probably won't be availabale until the release, when they place the next order.
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The Tempest by Mad Heaters & Phatpiggie
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Has anyone noticed rust buildup inside of their Tempest 2? I just received mine last week cleaned it in my ultrasonic cleaner and with ipa and used it once. Today I noticed that there is rust inside of the mouthpiece. How can I remove it and how can I avoid the rust buildup? Or is this a manufacturing issue?
YuccaPlant
New Member
I think I've had more than 50 bowls by now and it just started giving another click lol. It's a very silent first click so I think the person saying it's the first click that's missing is right btw. And also that it doesn't really matter if you have 1 click unless you specifically want to know when to do low temp I guess, but it's just another luxury hehe..
I'm now doing rubies, vertical lines barely under and 320'c until time over (makes it 1-2 seconds past click), It's absolutely amazing.. One of the best devices I've ever tried - instant daily driver.
Oh and thank you for sending some of the new bowl screens too with my latest order, I think they're definitely better!
I'm now doing rubies, vertical lines barely under and 320'c until time over (makes it 1-2 seconds past click), It's absolutely amazing.. One of the best devices I've ever tried - instant daily driver.
Oh and thank you for sending some of the new bowl screens too with my latest order, I think they're definitely better!
Testersinc
Well-Known Member
This looks like resin/reclaim to me. Papertowel/ISO?
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The Pictures are kind of bad but I've only taken 2 hits from it so far and I cant find it anywhere else on the device. Here is a better picture.
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_Eladamri_
Active Member
It's titanium mate - won't rust
Photonic
Lesser-Known Lurker
Maybe some type of residue left over from manufacturing?
Yeah I know that but what else can it be? I mean look at the closeup. Sadly my camera sucks but it really looks like rust. definitely doesn't look like resin.
hotmeals
Serial vapist
Maybe the purity of the titanium is not very high. That looks a lot like rust to me
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Another guess: no idea if this is possible, but maybe the tool used to drill/bore it out deposited metal, and rust formed on that deposited metal?
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This Is My Vapestick
Active Member
Was it there when you first got it?
It seems a handful of Tempest 2 units, including mine, don't provide two clicks (only one click) - mine is one of them. I just answered this a couple days ago, but I don't really need the audible clues for effectively using it. I bought a Tempest 1 in the early release early last year (maybe 2023? I forget), so I am very comfortable using it. You'll get comfortable pretty quickly too, especially if you're using an IH. Once you dial it in, you can easily get away with a single click, the VI, and a feel for it.Mine does click the first time at the || mark and a second time 5-10 min after the last heating.Only then it will click again while heating it...
If you want two clicks, there are ways to disassemble the head and make sure everything is correctly in place, but I wouldn't worry too much about that yet unless it really bothers you. Also, the cooldown click happening 5-10 mins after you've set it down isn't unusual.
This is unlikely I think. Normally Titanium is machined with Tungsten or Titanium carbide tools. You can use High Speed Steel, but the cutting faces would wear so quickly, it wouldn't be economical.
It does look like some kind of chemical residue or rust from somewhere else. I saw a post on Reddit a week or two ago where someone had something similar looking on the head of their new unit (I can't get to the picture at the moment due to the stupid new laws in the UK haha). So my guess is it's something left over from machining\manufacturing process?
Depending on what they were machining at the station before this batch of tempests, it could be tiny particles of swarf that have built up in the machining lube from a previous job, been deposited and then rusted post manufacturing.
Testersinc
Well-Known Member
I believe this might be the reason why I though that was a reclaim/resin. The gold patches in that mouthpiece is looking similar color to the reclaim bowl I had before.
But sure I can be mistaken
If papertowel/91 ISO doesn't help
Maybe barkeepers friend?
If it doesn't get rid of it.. I can say it's rust
General Disaster
Schrödinger's rat!
That screw at the top of the cap is for dismantling the visual indicator mechanism, and of course for clamping the air holes at the desired position.
To remove the balls you need to go from the other end, the screen that holds the balls in that sits above the bowl can be removed with a suitable sized screw driver. Not done it myself yet, but it seems it needs a very positive twist to release it (it has three locking tabs, not just a screw thread).
Although the manual still has mostly T1 details, it's worth a look as the difference is minor (mainly the screen is different).
A few questions if I may?
How did you clean it when you first received it?
What did you use in it, have you used that in another vape?
How did you use it - flame or IH, and how did you apply them?
How was the taste and smell when you used it?
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cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
I have been struggling mightily to try and open the screw at the top of the device so that I can adjust the air flow but I cannot move the screw. It is totally seized and I'm starting to strip the top of the screw head (and bending both the C tool and the driver in the Reload). Might putting the head in the freezer or heating it with a torch make it any easier to unscrew?
I had no trouble with the screw on my original Tempests.
I had no trouble with the screw on my original Tempests.
sternit
Well-Known Member
use a proper tool - at least thats what did it for me when i tried to unscrew it for the first time. i tried the c shaped tool and the tool from the leather case. both started to bend :/ then i tried a tool i had randomly lying around - it didnt bend, but sadly also had a very thin handle, so i couldnt apply enough force. i had to buy a new set of tools from my local hardware store to finally beat that damn screw.
after i sucessfully unscrewed it once, it got much easier.
So, anecdotally, I also had a rust issue. I’ll preface by saying I did buy second hand, as I was not lucky enough to get into the pre-order. As a result, I cannot wholly attest to handling before it got to me, only my experience after and the word of the prior owner.
I had noticed small rust/pitting on the interior of the titanium sleeve and corresponding location on the exterior of the airflow tube. Confirmed it was all Titanium, because likewise, I thought myself crazy as Ti does not rust. The usual cleaning did not remove it, which to me confirmed it had somehow rusted.
I took some high grit sandpaper and took my sweet time removing what I could, got it basically taken care of (inside the sleeve was tough to get leverage, but I think it’s adequate and I can probably only notice it because I spent so long removing it).
As its titanium, it made sense that perhaps original owner cleaned it with something else which may have transferred rust over and somehow it took footing, but now I do wonder if this may be related to the manufacturing process, specifically as others have mentioned a previous material being worked leaving fine particles which may have embedded/transferred to some units and resulted in some (extremely rare) rusting issues.
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