Sorry for the delay in getting back to some unanswered questions, compiling now.
Busy day holding every ones feet to the fire to get the last minute stuff done. Do not worry, if there is a delay in the Cera production. I will tell you what company is causing the delay, and we can collectively request they get us whatever component is holding up the show. Tends to get peoples attention, the collective voice. You will not find a group of people more committed to getting these vaporizers out you guys. Our doors are always open (these days, literally always) and we invite anyone who is in our neck of the woods to come by, shoot Zeki an email at
info@thermovape.com to give us the heads up, and we will make sure you ge the full tour and see how much work goes into making each Cera. You can even help put a Cera together (this is really just a thinly veiled plea for free labor
). This coming week we will finally have everything (it is always the last few things...) on hand to assemble, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, package, and begin shipping units. First ordered, first shipped. We will also have one extra person to come in and push Canadian and International orders out ASAP because of the longer transit/holiday.
We still have units. Every one's new Cera's, the first of their kind, get born next week. We will film the process (so I've been informed). Our process now is more similar to a mix of meedical device manufacturing and watchmaking, very cool. Modern materials meet an age old practive of hand assembly. kWe are also going to have an open house, where if anyone is in the Bay area, they could come and pick up their units, see if we are entertaining in person. No date yet, long enough before Christmas that the Cera's b-day party is not 12/25 last I checked that date was taken. So we invite any and all customers/supporters to join us, and pick up their Cera right from where they are born. You'll also be able to talk with all of the people who out your device together. Should be fun... we have a few bottles of Champaign that we have had for years waiting for this moment. Truly the realization of a dream. If you can, and would like to, please come join us.
To say we are excited is an understatement. We simply cannot wait to get these Cera's out into the world.
If we were not facing the holiday time crunch would also offer custom laser engraving, on the Metal, Ceramic, or both. Our Laser in Freemont has done all our stuff in the past, they are reasonable and we basically just have them quote us. Depends on how serious people get, but usually it is only $10-$20, for 102 different surfaces, think linear surface, the do not consider marking around the Cera circumferential a surface, They would consider it 2 surfaces, because they have to turn it.
Any, all the ceramic is full laser etchable. We do a very subtle etch on the bottom button, and on the safety, other then that it is a open canvas.
The ceramic etching can provide a range of color, usually in the gray-brown, and only darker if multiple passes are used, the whole show can get pretty elaborate if desired. If anyone has a Thermovape, or AVA/Rev then you have an example of Laser Marks work. That is the budget end, 1 surface.
There is NO way we can do custom etching and ship in advance of the holiday. However, it is a service you could always do anytime. Or have a local laser etcher have at it, Zirconia is tough stuff, they may find they need to check the quality of the unit they use. Many laser reflectors are high grade structural ceramics. Worry about the Cera beating the laser, not the Laser beating the Cera.
If you want laser etching all we require is an email to
info@thermovape.com tellingus you want it, and how many surfaces, all we require is some type of standard file type, jpeg. giff. pdf. whatever.
The etching can be whatever you want. You have total freedom to express whatever you like, however you like, it will NOT wear off. The world is your oyster, the laser is indifferent, and we feel that people should be able to put whatever words/names/image/etching/etc. they want, on whatever they want, that they own. So if it exists in some type of reasonable file type as an image, it can be etched onto the Cera.
We send him stuff weekly. They are good with getting us quotes, but they do it weekly. So I hand of batch of parts to be etched or send him a image file for a quote, I'll ask for it back on Friday and pull the trigger to start the jobs that following Monday. 1 week cycle, then max 1 week to etch usually. So laser etching can add 2 weeks lead time (longer maybe if it required a custom quote for an elaborate job).
Otherwise we have his pricing rules, assume $10 per surface the surface on the Cera can be both metal and ceramic on the body, meaning that if you want to etch the length of the Cera you could start on the Metal base and etch all the way up the side of the ceramic body. A surface just means the Part/Cera does not have to be rotated/repositioned/manipulated to run the laser over the desired target. Remember that you are printing/writing/drawing/illustrating on a tube. There is no color options for etching, it can just go from light (barely visible) to very dark gray-brown (near black).
Would look like a big crayon. LOL.
...back in the day there would be Cubans as well...but no more smoke for me.
