Mr Mellish
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I am planning on having three vapman's for station use only. The plan is to have three loaded and waiting by the bed, loaded with high CBD in case of waking up with breakthrough pain in the middle of the night. Being able to roll over and simply pick up a pre-heated ready to vape unit will be an incredibly safe way to medicate late at night.
I figure no need for the mica heat shield for station use? @vapman have you mentioned whether or not the heat shield has any effect on a unit being used with the station? I'm guessing it would be unnecessary, but that's just me guessing. . . . .
I figure no need for the mica heat shield for station use? @vapman have you mentioned whether or not the heat shield has any effect on a unit being used with the station? I'm guessing it would be unnecessary, but that's just me guessing. . . . .
@ChippyMalone I wouldn't expect the wood to char as much if at all with the station because the bowl is being heated through direct contact rather than by flame. Keep in mind I haven't used the vapman yet and am just going off of what I've read and seen, but I doubt that the heat coming off the bowl would be enough to char, so it must be from the torch.
Hey @ChippyMalone - I like your thinking regarding having a pre-loaded night time line-up of Vapmans all sitting patiently waiting to work their magic whenever they may be required.
The Night Patrol
The quote below is taken from a post by @vapman from page 111 & will likely clear up any concerns you may have about your naked Vapman riding on the station . . .
Bareback riding is wholeheartedly encouraged!
But please remember to keep your arms & legs inside the ride at all times
The Night Patrol
The quote below is taken from a post by @vapman from page 111 & will likely clear up any concerns you may have about your naked Vapman riding on the station . . .
Bareback riding is wholeheartedly encouraged!
But please remember to keep your arms & legs inside the ride at all times
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Melting Pot
Sick & Twisted
I hope he does a combo pack.
Gonna want a new Vapman
To go with that sweet heat station!!
Keep it unchared.
Gonna want a new Vapman
To go with that sweet heat station!!
Keep it unchared.
@Melting Pot I was thinking the same thing. I may even get a mica instead of a basic so that in the future when I get a station I can get an uncharred basic to go with it... the VAS is real.
Nugg
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@vapman have you considered offering a herb spoon? It could have a spoon on one end that would be the size of the max load and a poker on the other end.
Maybe made from stainless steel or titanium with vapman engraved on it.
I would definitely buy 2 because I love accessories lol
Edit: it could be called the vapspoker - vapman spoon poker!
(Yeah, I'm pretty vaked from an afternoon of vapmanery)
Maybe made from stainless steel or titanium with vapman engraved on it.
I would definitely buy 2 because I love accessories lol
Edit: it could be called the vapspoker - vapman spoon poker!
(Yeah, I'm pretty vaked from an afternoon of vapmanery)
Melting Pot
Sick & Twisted
Can anyone notice what's missing?
He dropped his Vapman! Lol
He dropped his Vapman! Lol
hoyo77
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I would buy a couple of those myself. The essential Vapman toolkit!!!
Dear all
Thank you for the great response to the vapman station!
The original idea of the heating station goes back to 2008 when a friend of mine (American from Boston) walked in my workshop on christmas eve with a cheap soldering iron, asking me to do him quickly
an electric heating device for his vapman so he could use it over chrismas. Ali it needed was an adapter with the form of the vapman bowl to mount on the soldering iron. After some work on the lathe, we clamped the soldering iron in the vice, heated it up and placed the vapman for only 4 seconds on the hot adapter and it worked amazingly well. We had a good laugh, wished each other a merry christmas and he left. It actually worked that well that I seriously started thinking about an electric heating station for vapman. Needless to say that the set up with the soldering iron was in no way suited for the public, it was by far too dangerous in all sorts of ways, but I liked the idea. After some tests with special made heating cartridges, I abandoned the project realizing that it would be a very long way from the soldering iron to a save and practical station. Besides this I am no specialist in electronics and to me it was clear that it needed exactly such in order to control the heating and to make it practical and save for the average consumer. Four years later in 2012 I had a second go at it and went to the technical college of Biel, asking them for help. The task was difficult because lots of the characteristics I wanted the station to have, are standing completely diametrically to each other. I wanted the station to be small with low energy consumption and at the same time to be as quick as the jet-lighter. Three things which don`t go hand in hand at all. Further it is difficult to control and measure the heat in a short time on such a small mass of copper as the vapman bowl actually is. To cut the story short, it was not easy and not cheap but we finally worked out a practical solution. After the research it was my turn to make a presentable device. I designed and made five prototypes and gave three of them to shops for trial. The feedback wasn`t encouraging, claiming having to wait for too long in between the hits for the station to heat up. After spending enormous amounts of money and time on that project, I have seen it and gave up completely. In fact I didn`t want anybody to mention the station anymore, I was really fed up with it and regretted not spending all that money and time on other things I needed much more, like holidays for instance. - After letting it rest for two more years, in summer of 2014 I was ready to tackle the problem of the heating station afresh. I went back to the college and (thanks to the gods of vaporizers) we could find a solution to the problem of the lengthy heating time without having to change much. In fact it had only to be programmed in a different way, unbelievable how long it took me to make that step. Good things take time, don`t tell me..
I read all your great, encouraging, funny, inspirational…. posts. The following should answer most of the arising questions. Here we go:
Height: 112mm
Diameter: 65mm (Inside diameter of the aluminum tube is 60mm, making the wall 2,5mm thick. This for the ones already thinking about making it of wood.
)
Weight: 260grams
Power: 20V/50W (standard low voltage 5.5mm power plug on the back) Adapter is included in the package.
Temperatur range: From very low to near of combustion.
To explain why there are no exact temperatures marked on the scale, I have to explain a bit more about how the station works.
Regardless of the temperature setting, the docking part runs always on same temperature, meaning that the different settings are not changing the temperature of the station, it only affects the length of the heating cycle!!
As soon vapman is placed on the docking part, the light barrier triggers the heating cycle by switching off the heating for the length of 3,8 seconds. During this time the unit measures the cooling down of the docking part and concludes how hot vapman is when placed on to the station.
Depending of the result (cooling down a lot means vapman is cold, cooling down a little means vapman is hot already), the unit decides on the length of time for the green light to come on, indicating that the set temperature is reached and ready to take vapman away for inhalation.
Because the heat goes from the station to vapman by contact and vapman is not always placed exactly the same way on the docking part, it is not possible to guarantee an exact value of temperature inside the bowl of vapman at each single heating cycle. It is guaranteed though, that vapman will not exceed a certain temperature at one certain setting on the dial, meaning that you have to do a full session before you know how one particular setting really is. This sounds complicated but you don`t need to follow all this, the station is as easy to use a water tap. Once you found your setting, you will have the same results over and over again, which was the original goal when making the station.
I have to add, that also during the time of research I very soon abandoned using thermometers for checking the temperature. To find out what is happening inside the bowl I started using herbs very soon, this is by far the best measuring method, very simple but most efficient.
Color: The first series will be in blue color only. Further series will have more colors, also black and white.
vapman
Thank you for the great response to the vapman station!
The original idea of the heating station goes back to 2008 when a friend of mine (American from Boston) walked in my workshop on christmas eve with a cheap soldering iron, asking me to do him quickly
an electric heating device for his vapman so he could use it over chrismas. Ali it needed was an adapter with the form of the vapman bowl to mount on the soldering iron. After some work on the lathe, we clamped the soldering iron in the vice, heated it up and placed the vapman for only 4 seconds on the hot adapter and it worked amazingly well. We had a good laugh, wished each other a merry christmas and he left. It actually worked that well that I seriously started thinking about an electric heating station for vapman. Needless to say that the set up with the soldering iron was in no way suited for the public, it was by far too dangerous in all sorts of ways, but I liked the idea. After some tests with special made heating cartridges, I abandoned the project realizing that it would be a very long way from the soldering iron to a save and practical station. Besides this I am no specialist in electronics and to me it was clear that it needed exactly such in order to control the heating and to make it practical and save for the average consumer. Four years later in 2012 I had a second go at it and went to the technical college of Biel, asking them for help. The task was difficult because lots of the characteristics I wanted the station to have, are standing completely diametrically to each other. I wanted the station to be small with low energy consumption and at the same time to be as quick as the jet-lighter. Three things which don`t go hand in hand at all. Further it is difficult to control and measure the heat in a short time on such a small mass of copper as the vapman bowl actually is. To cut the story short, it was not easy and not cheap but we finally worked out a practical solution. After the research it was my turn to make a presentable device. I designed and made five prototypes and gave three of them to shops for trial. The feedback wasn`t encouraging, claiming having to wait for too long in between the hits for the station to heat up. After spending enormous amounts of money and time on that project, I have seen it and gave up completely. In fact I didn`t want anybody to mention the station anymore, I was really fed up with it and regretted not spending all that money and time on other things I needed much more, like holidays for instance. - After letting it rest for two more years, in summer of 2014 I was ready to tackle the problem of the heating station afresh. I went back to the college and (thanks to the gods of vaporizers) we could find a solution to the problem of the lengthy heating time without having to change much. In fact it had only to be programmed in a different way, unbelievable how long it took me to make that step. Good things take time, don`t tell me..I read all your great, encouraging, funny, inspirational…. posts. The following should answer most of the arising questions. Here we go:
Height: 112mm
Diameter: 65mm (Inside diameter of the aluminum tube is 60mm, making the wall 2,5mm thick. This for the ones already thinking about making it of wood.
)Weight: 260grams
Power: 20V/50W (standard low voltage 5.5mm power plug on the back) Adapter is included in the package.
Temperatur range: From very low to near of combustion.
To explain why there are no exact temperatures marked on the scale, I have to explain a bit more about how the station works.
Regardless of the temperature setting, the docking part runs always on same temperature, meaning that the different settings are not changing the temperature of the station, it only affects the length of the heating cycle!!
As soon vapman is placed on the docking part, the light barrier triggers the heating cycle by switching off the heating for the length of 3,8 seconds. During this time the unit measures the cooling down of the docking part and concludes how hot vapman is when placed on to the station.
Depending of the result (cooling down a lot means vapman is cold, cooling down a little means vapman is hot already), the unit decides on the length of time for the green light to come on, indicating that the set temperature is reached and ready to take vapman away for inhalation.
Because the heat goes from the station to vapman by contact and vapman is not always placed exactly the same way on the docking part, it is not possible to guarantee an exact value of temperature inside the bowl of vapman at each single heating cycle. It is guaranteed though, that vapman will not exceed a certain temperature at one certain setting on the dial, meaning that you have to do a full session before you know how one particular setting really is. This sounds complicated but you don`t need to follow all this, the station is as easy to use a water tap. Once you found your setting, you will have the same results over and over again, which was the original goal when making the station.
I have to add, that also during the time of research I very soon abandoned using thermometers for checking the temperature. To find out what is happening inside the bowl I started using herbs very soon, this is by far the best measuring method, very simple but most efficient.
Color: The first series will be in blue color only. Further series will have more colors, also black and white.
vapman
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Hey @vapmanjoeGreat! It sounds like the Station will maintain the individual and personal character of heating up the vapman like with the lighter and at the same time being reliable. I'm a layman but the functioning sounds pretty neat
I totally agree with you that what @vapman has said regarding the way the Station performs it's function does indeed sound pretty neat. In fact, the more I read of his post above, the more I love
(yes, already!) this awesome little accessory.However, I find it difficult to see how you can think it will be in any way similar to the experience of using a lighter.
To me it seems that the Station will provide a very different user experience - far more automated & therefore less demanding of your attention.
It seems it will provide reliable uniformity
I can't wait to see some more videos & hear reports once it's out in the wild.
Exciting times.
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Hey @vapmanjoe
I totally agree with you that what @vapman has said regarding the way the Station performs it's function does indeed sound pretty neat. In fact, the more I read of his post above, the more I love
However, I find it diffucult to see how you can think it will be in any way similar to the experience of using a lighter.
To me it seems that the Station will provide a very different user experience - far more automated & therefore less demanding of your attention.
It seems it will provide reliable uniformity
I can't wait to see some more videos & hear reports once it's out in the wild.
Exciting times.
I totally agree with you, vaping experience with the lighter will stay unique!
The possibility to use the vapman like a hybrid sounds very nice.
Don Quixote
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I'd like to share with my fellow enthusiasts a humble "mod" I made for my trustworthy companion.
Because I (like many) carry the Vapman to and fro, hither and thither, uptown and downtown, over hill and under hill, this way n' that, high road and low, ipso and facto, etcetera and etcetera, I soon became aware, ever so peripherally, of that occasional click and clack within the egg, accented by the jingle of the funneling ring, which, though comforting as a reminder of the proximity of my pear wood talisman, and useful on the trail as a means of warding off grizzly bears, nonetheless felt like a slight auditory tickle if not itch to my neurotic, obsessively-compulsive ears.
The concept for my invention came to me this weekend, as I was uncorking a bottle of Passover wine. We had just lit the candles with the Vapman torch (to the great delight of the young ones, like my 14 year-old son, who insisted on commandeering the torch for the lighting of the second candle), the brisket was resting, and all assembled were ready for another of our loopy, post-hippie Seders ("post-hippie" is a term that my sister-in-law, who lives upstairs, recently introduced to our household lexicon, and I've been using it at every opportunity). In any case, when I set the now-liberated cork on the table next to my cup I was overcome by this overwhelming urge to leave the table at once, in order to find a cutting instrument up to the task of slicing cork into fine disks, because it dawned on me that the resulting artifacts, precisely, would be the antidote to all egg- (Vapman egg) related jingling. I was prevented from carrying out this noble and urgent errand only by the counter-pull of my duties as Post-Hippie-In-Chief of the Evening, which I took very seriously indeed. It would have to wait until the morn.
(I have no idea why it's taking me so long to get to the point. It must be this confused, dyslexic, anorexic horse upon which I ride, who interprets "Go!" as "Stop!", and "Right!" as "Left!"). So without further ado...
In the morn, I spent some time rummaging through drawers of Miscellanea (this is the category of drawer that predominates in our household) until I found what I sought: a box of adhesive-backed, circular cork pads (for the underside of chairs, appliances, etc), each of them one inch in diameter, and approximately 1/8" thick:
The beauty of this cork pad is that it allows itself to be draped over the convex floor of our Vap-Egg without a fuss:
And the funneling ring, to my delight, settled happily upon the cork:
I then turned my attention to the pointed ceiling of the Vap-egg, which seems to me a subtly brilliant re-interpretation of structural principles that puts our friend @vapman in an exalted line of innovators that stretch from the First Hen, to the architects of Gothic cathedrals with their multi-partite ribbed vaulting, and right through to Buckminster Fuller. Rene has been far too demure about this wonderful structure, so playful and robust at the same time.
First I measured the Vap-egg's apex:
Then I cut a piece of cork of appropriate size and shape, pierced it with the end of my fabled lance (i.e., Exacto knife), and pressed it into place with the aid of a pair of forceps (these just happened to be handy btw; you could use a chopstick, or the back of a pencil, to equal effect):
And finally, mission accomplished! An acoustically subdued keystone for the Vap-egg:
The effect is a Vap-egg as quiet as the hushed floor of a redwood forest. You need not make your keystone hexagonal, of course. Other shapes may fit the bill. Only thing is that now, when hiking through grizzly country, you'll need to carry a bell. ;-)
Because I (like many) carry the Vapman to and fro, hither and thither, uptown and downtown, over hill and under hill, this way n' that, high road and low, ipso and facto, etcetera and etcetera, I soon became aware, ever so peripherally, of that occasional click and clack within the egg, accented by the jingle of the funneling ring, which, though comforting as a reminder of the proximity of my pear wood talisman, and useful on the trail as a means of warding off grizzly bears, nonetheless felt like a slight auditory tickle if not itch to my neurotic, obsessively-compulsive ears.
The concept for my invention came to me this weekend, as I was uncorking a bottle of Passover wine. We had just lit the candles with the Vapman torch (to the great delight of the young ones, like my 14 year-old son, who insisted on commandeering the torch for the lighting of the second candle), the brisket was resting, and all assembled were ready for another of our loopy, post-hippie Seders ("post-hippie" is a term that my sister-in-law, who lives upstairs, recently introduced to our household lexicon, and I've been using it at every opportunity). In any case, when I set the now-liberated cork on the table next to my cup I was overcome by this overwhelming urge to leave the table at once, in order to find a cutting instrument up to the task of slicing cork into fine disks, because it dawned on me that the resulting artifacts, precisely, would be the antidote to all egg- (Vapman egg) related jingling. I was prevented from carrying out this noble and urgent errand only by the counter-pull of my duties as Post-Hippie-In-Chief of the Evening, which I took very seriously indeed. It would have to wait until the morn.
(I have no idea why it's taking me so long to get to the point. It must be this confused, dyslexic, anorexic horse upon which I ride, who interprets "Go!" as "Stop!", and "Right!" as "Left!"). So without further ado...
In the morn, I spent some time rummaging through drawers of Miscellanea (this is the category of drawer that predominates in our household) until I found what I sought: a box of adhesive-backed, circular cork pads (for the underside of chairs, appliances, etc), each of them one inch in diameter, and approximately 1/8" thick:
The beauty of this cork pad is that it allows itself to be draped over the convex floor of our Vap-Egg without a fuss:
And the funneling ring, to my delight, settled happily upon the cork:
I then turned my attention to the pointed ceiling of the Vap-egg, which seems to me a subtly brilliant re-interpretation of structural principles that puts our friend @vapman in an exalted line of innovators that stretch from the First Hen, to the architects of Gothic cathedrals with their multi-partite ribbed vaulting, and right through to Buckminster Fuller. Rene has been far too demure about this wonderful structure, so playful and robust at the same time.
First I measured the Vap-egg's apex:
Then I cut a piece of cork of appropriate size and shape, pierced it with the end of my fabled lance (i.e., Exacto knife), and pressed it into place with the aid of a pair of forceps (these just happened to be handy btw; you could use a chopstick, or the back of a pencil, to equal effect):
And finally, mission accomplished! An acoustically subdued keystone for the Vap-egg:
The effect is a Vap-egg as quiet as the hushed floor of a redwood forest. You need not make your keystone hexagonal, of course. Other shapes may fit the bill. Only thing is that now, when hiking through grizzly country, you'll need to carry a bell. ;-)
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Hey @vapman I just wanted to say, after reading through your post again, thank you so much for sharing with us the story of how the Electric Station came to be in existence.
And wow! It appears that it was quite a bumpy road!
Thank you for never allowing yourself to completely give in, and for continuing to persevere in the face of adversity.
YES!! I love this. Truly, it is all you need
@vapman we salute you!
And wow! It appears that it was quite a bumpy road!
Thank you for never allowing yourself to completely give in, and for continuing to persevere in the face of adversity.
YES!! I love this. Truly, it is all you need @vapman we salute you!
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Melting Pot
Sick & Twisted
That's awesome
Everything you're post gave me a chuckle I'm very happy for you to receive your Vapman, eds stem is definitely a bonus. Not sure if u do concentrate's? You might need concentrate screens.
Enjoy
Shows how slow I type
@SSVUN~YAH
Another thing I want to share u can really feel the love here!!
Its the same over in underdog thread
Just an observation.
Everything you're post gave me a chuckle I'm very happy for you to receive your Vapman, eds stem is definitely a bonus. Not sure if u do concentrate's? You might need concentrate screens.
Enjoy
Shows how slow I type
@SSVUN~YAH
Another thing I want to share u can really feel the love here!!
Its the same over in underdog thread
Just an observation.
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@Don Quixote This is amazing precision work you are doing here, I could use someone like you at the moment.
Just for those not wanting to go to full length of constructing something to prevent the rattling, just simply place a tiny piece of paper (toilet paper) on top of the ring and the rattling is gone.
I want to appologise again for not being able to post that picture of the vapman station. Last time it went really well but this time it doesn`t seem to work. I will try later on again.
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Just for those not wanting to go to full length of constructing something to prevent the rattling, just simply place a tiny piece of paper (toilet paper) on top of the ring and the rattling is gone.
I want to appologise again for not being able to post that picture of the vapman station. Last time it went really well but this time it doesn`t seem to work. I will try later on again.
vapman
Hybrid. I like that a lot.
A newer breed of vaporizer with multiple ways to source power.
Now I'm sure I can plug a kettle lead into my Daisy somewhere . . .
Melting Pot
Sick & Twisted
@ChippyMalone I'm not sure if were the only ones but my wife is getting sick of the clicking!
So its pushing me back on quieter vapes.
Is what I'm saying is I need sweet heat station more than anticipated!
Can't wait!!
So its pushing me back on quieter vapes.
Is what I'm saying is I need sweet heat station more than anticipated!
Can't wait!!
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