it just fits in a silicone housing.Thanks! When I make contact with him/them, I’ll inquire about that option. Not sure what it entails to replace it as I don’t have many tools in the electro-mechanical engineering space. Only my mind, lol. Definitely an option! Cheers!
If it comes to pass it will be an interesting experience attempting to fix it on my own. Would anyone recommend De-oxit on the two tiny pins and contact pads? When I had it disassembled it seemed like the entire motor, casing included, was loose. Perhaps because it does vibrates it needs a little room or looseness but I didn’t want to probe it much or bend the pins up just a fraction to insure contact with the pads. Again, that teardown is amazing and shed light on what I needed to look at. I’m also still wondering about the positive batt terminal and the fact it’s less springy about the same time the haptic motor stopped working. Likely a coincidence as all the lights work as they should.
Hey, thanks. Did your on demand mode work without the haptic buzzes? Mine doesn’t seem to though sesh mode seems to work. Just woke up and yes I’m going to wake and bake with my TM to continue troubleshooting. As noted above, I did take mine apart - it was not as difficult as it seems and only recommend doing so out of need not curiosity if one is not inciined - but it still doesn’t buzz no matter what I’ve tried. Sent email to The Maker and also pinged him on Instagram yesterday too. I do believe my unit needs repair.
Hope everyone has a great & safe weekend.
Super cool. I have yet to buy a backup and I'm glad to hear the wood finishing has improved. My first one was rather rough as well. Any difference in the initial seaweed oak smell? Got a side by side pic by any chance? No worries either way, I'm just curious.
I just received my replacement, I can verify that the fit and finish has improved, the steel on the new cu is a bit brighter compared to my originals. The anodization on the body also seems a bit different, a little thicker maybe? The machining on the round metal sections is massively improved, I can see mild scalloping in photos of my old one, this one is flawless. Wood is much better, very smooth. The colour of the carying-bag also changed, it's now dark brown instead of straw I got with my first one.
It seems like it varies, I've heard some people go complete immediately and have money taken out. My experience was that there was a pending transaction that fell off after a week or two, and when my unit shipped last week the money was just taken from my account again
I've been thinking about that, too. It doesn't make sense that this thing gets so warm, but I'm drawing fresh cool air through the stem with almost no resistance at all. I've read this whole thread from the beginning over the past few months and I remember alot of people had trouble positioning that large clear o-ring. I'm not sure where that's located and can't remember the problems they were having when it wasn't installed correctly. Looking at JoeKickass's excellent disassembly pictures, I don't see that o-ring. I see there's a metal coupler between the two internal glass tubes so I imagine it's near that location, but I'm not sure. I'm starting to think that might be my problem...either it's not installed correctly or maybe it's missing.
In my Tinymight the large clear oring sits atop the glass cylinder in the chamber lining the wall of the wood. Mine came out attempting to do the @dzoinp heater screen mod (which I’ve yet to do). The oring is fairly thin and mine curled up to the point it would not go back in. I ran my TM several weeks without one until I got a few spares thrown in with an accessories order. It ran fine without except the minor rattle of the glass cylinder; I didn’t discern any decreased performance without it. The new one wasn’t as difficult to insert as I thought and took me a few minutes. And apparently it worked well as I disassembled my TM for the first time today (troubleshooting the haptic motor which no longer works) and the glass tube and oring stayed put during the process and reassembly.
Thanks for the reply. It seems I have an unrelated defect if yours works without that o-ring. I read where @dzoinp dislodged his o-ring by blowing compressed air through the air vent holes and he was able to fix it using a small screwdriver without disassembly. i know now that's probably not my problem, but I can't even locate it. Is it supposed to be on top of the lower glass tube which would put it near the heater screen area, or does it go above the upper glass tube which would place it right under the cap threads lip? Maybe I can't see it because it's right below the thread lip but I did notice this strange looking dark gray o-ring at the very bottom of the threaded area which actually looks like it's in the very last thread, and the big red o-ring sits right over that gray o-ring or whatever it is. I'm not sure if disassembly would help me. Hopefully you get your vibrator to work.In my Tinymight the large clear oring sits atop the glass cylinder in the chamber lining the wall of the wood. Mine came out attempting to do the @dzoinp heater screen mod (which I’ve yet to do). The oring is fairly thin and mine curled up to the point it would not go back in. I ran my TM several weeks without one until I got a few spares thrown in with an accessories order. It ran fine without except the minor rattle of the glass cylinder; I didn’t discern any decreased performance without it. The new one wasn’t as difficult to insert as I thought and took me a few minutes. And apparently it worked well as I disassembled my TM for the first time today (troubleshooting the haptic motor which no longer works) and the glass tube and oring stayed put during the process and reassembly.
I may do more open vape surgery tomorrow cleaning the haptic motor pins and contacts and perhaps nudge the pins up a hair to insure they are making contact with the pads.
