jeffp
psychonaut/retired
thanks, i'll try and upload a better image or video later, but the nozzles are as tightly screwed as possible with my #0 screwdriver which provides little grip on the screws if at all.
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jeffp
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coolbreeze
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From the top views it looks like the upper right tube may be sticking out a little bit, and from the bottom the top two tubes (esp the one on the left) seem lightly bent away from the other tube, towards 11 O'clock.
This is in no way intended as shade, but a good cleaning would probably help reveal the issue.
666Honeybadger
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Skilled maintenance?
I think yours desperately needs a cleaning to start with, no?
Not trying to be rude or so but you say you take care of your stuff but that doesn't show from this piece tbh.
This one looks like it's been thru the works and never has been cleaned and i think most (if not all) vapes will stop working properly without any cleaning along the way?
No, i am looking at it and i think "Damn, maybe you could try cleaning it".
And it will take more than 10 minutes imo.
Arawfish
How many vaps could a Vapman vap…
Brother, what the hell happened to this thing?apologize for the blurry and dirty earlier images, this one is hopefully easier to decipher.
if any of you looking at this are thinking, "damn I can fix that in ten minutes," I'd love to hire you to repair my vapmans.
From those pics everything looks fairly centred to me, no??
0796
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@jeffp
Looks that @coolbreeze is right.
Most likely, at some point the mid-section got glued to the pan, cooled down, and when you tried to open it, the red and green tubes bent and moved a little inward.
Maybe it’ll destroy it completely, but maybe it can help:
Unscrew just a little bit “red” and “green” and try to put the mid-section into the place - don’t push too much, you don’t need to lock it, just to push “red” and “green” little bit deeper.
Put the vapman on the desk, then you perform it - so it will be easy to find 90’ angle between mid-section and core.
Don’t lock it completely - tubes may move too deep - you just need the tubes little bit deeper and to compensate for the curves.
Also be gentle on screws - the heads are already damaged.
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Radwin Bodnic
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@jeffp as said by @coolbreeze, the tubes are bent. Especially green and red from @0796 picture.
There's no easy fix for that except trying to bend them back in place but the outcome may vary...
Anyway, with all the mica flakes all around I think this vapman deserves retirement. Keep it though, it's a nice war museum piece.
There's no easy fix for that except trying to bend them back in place but the outcome may vary...
Anyway, with all the mica flakes all around I think this vapman deserves retirement. Keep it though, it's a nice war museum piece.
T9R
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Yeah it's possible that it originally belonged to some royalty from ancient Egypt, since it clearly has been mummified. Definitely a special piece.
This does raise some questions about René's real age...
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Hagbard
How Soon Is Now?
this hurts my heart and my eyesapologize for the blurry and dirty earlier images, this one is hopefully easier to decipher.
if any of you looking at this are thinking, "damn I can fix that in ten minutes," I'd love to hire you to repair my vapmans.
i feel like someone needs to pick it up and give it a foster home
anyways... get a new one. and please be nice to it this time
jeffp
psychonaut/retired
I had deliberately only focused on cleaning the middle part and mouthpiece reasoning that brush cleaning the bottom would unnecessarily cause stress and the bottom has no or little bearing on flavor. Yeah it will take more than 10 minutes, and I have a few other vapmans so it’s not really a concern.this hurts my heart and my eyes
i feel like someone needs to pick it up and give it a foster home
anyways... get a new one. and please be nice to it this time
The way I see it is that as a worst case scenario if I destroy a vapman every two years it's worth it. Thanks for the input everyone.
Radwin Bodnic
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Wait... this one is 4 YO ?
Dr. G
Vapman Collector*Vapman Beta Tester
...was that a Vapman? I have never seen anything like that. I would not clean it. I would get a new CLICK and dump that. That looks like hell. The taste must be hell. Please I won't charge you for my professional advise. Take it and open the lid of your garbage and toss it. You are better off just getting a fresh one. I say that with love.
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Radwin Bodnic
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Still prettier than a beaten dynavap
Perfect_Speed4069
I am the beetle in a box that only you can see
I agree, but also it really does look like it's been fished out of a muddy bucket and then bemerded as it dried.
This. @jeffp
fangorn
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I shared pictures of two iterations with a Fc user....
I took the opportunity to take pictures of a Vapman OG in walnut, next to a vapman click in walnut
Happy Friday to all!!
Walnut OG & Walnut click
Yew vapman
Pear
I took the opportunity to take pictures of a Vapman OG in walnut, next to a vapman click in walnut
Happy Friday to all!!
Walnut OG & Walnut click
Yew vapman
Pear
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warren0728
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T9R
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Those photos really help clear any doubt... Make Vapman rounded and sexy again 2025!I took the opportunity to take pictures of a Vapman OG in walnut, next to a vapman click in walnut
Although the functionality is great, my Click is the first nameless Vapman in my collection.
Gourmet
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It seems you have very successfully done everything you can to get the fictitious first prize for the maximum f... ...worn Vapman.
jeffp
psychonaut/retired
That’s funny in a tragi- comic sense. You should know that the middle section and mouthpiece are immaculate.It seems you have very successfully done everything you can to get the fictitious first prize for the maximum f... ...worn Vapman.
The middle section is where the taste is defined, as long as the pan is dusted I don’t see what bearing a dirty bottom could cause flavor wise.
Thank you so much for the detailed and visual explanation. I have a friend out of state who fixed a similarly wrecked vapman bottom for me, I won’t ask him again. Life goes on and lessons learned.@jeffp
Looks that @coolbreeze is right.
Most likely, at some point the mid-section got glued to the pan, cooled down, and when you tried to open it, the red and green tubes bent and moved a little inward.
Maybe it’ll destroy it completely, but maybe it can help:
Unscrew just a little bit “red” and “green” and try to put the mid-section into the place - don’t push too much, you don’t need to lock it, just to push “red” and “green” little bit deeper.
Put the vapman on the desk, then you perform it - so it will be easy to find 90’ angle between mid-section and core.
Don’t lock it completely - tubes may move too deep - you just need the tubes little bit deeper and to compensate for the curves.
Also be gentle on screws - the heads are already damaged.
bardad
Well-Known Member
apologize for the blurry and dirty earlier images, this one is hopefully easier to decipher.
if any of you looking at this are thinking, "damn I can fix that in ten minutes," I'd love to hire you to repair my vapmans.
I suggest scraping the hash off the edges and rolling out the so-called vapman ball. I think it will be a very delicate archival material.....