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    Lightbulb Could something like this work? (homemade...everything)

    So my idea was this:

    Make an atomizer that uses the tension of the e-liquid to assist a self-filling e-liquid "injector".

    What I thought is that if I could program a PIC chip to control a small servo motor to rotate an auger, I could automatically feed liquid into an atomizer. The atomizer would be somewhat like a syringe except that it is v-shaped, and open on the sides.

    I was just thinking of this last night as I was going to sleep. I haven't even begun to design a circuit for it; it was just an idea. I wonder if it would work...?

    Can anybody give me some feedback? I'd love to hear thoughts etc.

    And if it's completely implausible, then I understand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZIRO View Post
    So my idea was this:

    Make an atomizer that uses the tension of the e-liquid to assist a self-filling e-liquid "injector".

    What I thought is that if I could program a PIC chip to control a small servo motor to rotate an auger, I could automatically feed liquid into an atomizer. The atomizer would be somewhat like a syringe except that it is v-shaped, and open on the sides.

    I was just thinking of this last night as I was going to sleep. I haven't even begun to design a circuit for it; it was just an idea. I wonder if it would work...?

    Can anybody give me some feedback? I'd love to hear thoughts etc.

    And if it's completely implausible, then I understand.
    It's uncannily like an idea in my head too. I was thinking stepper motor plus gearing to attain minute control.

    I have done some experiments on direct juice feed that bode very well for an arrangement like this. The coil would have a 5-6 mm tail of inner wick that leads into the juice feed tube.

    btw, if Tinnear would consider an automated juice feed, it could be done something like this.
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    Look up BubbleJet technology. It's the answer for this paradigm

    ps: i estimate the volume per vape at about 0.01 ml.

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    all right I'll give it a look. Glad te hear that someone else is thinking about the same thing.

    Quote Originally Posted by kinabaloo View Post
    I was thinking stepper motor plus gearing to attain minute control.
    Oops, that's what I was thinking of when I said servo.
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    Has anyone dissected a fog machine yet?

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    The following link explains and shows how a traditional fog machine works--



    Howstuffworks


    It's pretty much the same as an e-cig... just larger.

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