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Hey Gang - Well, the last couple weeks haven't been much fun... been ill for days - finally feeling mostly better. On the good side, our crazy, "Julyuary" weather continues! Mid 80's for a week or more so far. Wow - weird even for Cali. I thought I'd post the first pics of the Oba Mod...

Hey everyone, Hope you're doin' well - I've had a fight with a cold now for about a week - glad it's not the flu - scary crap this year! I got out in the shop for a little here and there, and got some acrylic Drip Tips made. Did all the indoors work (photos, website coding...) the last couple...

Well - Happy New Year Everyone - hope your new year is filled with flavorful clouds! I have an update on the Oba Mod, I've completed the machining and have started the sanding - up to 220 grit right now - here's a few pics. The Faceplate inset had to have the inside corners chiseled out by...

Wow - how time flies... Hope Santa's Sleigh was heavy with vape gear for you! A new vape stand has finally been added to the website. In Stock Holders, all the way at the bottom - #60. Made of African woods - Wenge and Padauk. Natural colors! There is a link to see a CAD drawing in the...

Wow - how time flies... Hope Santa's Sleigh was heavy with vape gear for you! I'm nearing the sanding phase of the Oba Mod - a custom Model II of Afzelia Burl. Here is a pic of fitting of the door with a small diamond flat file: The top right corner is being filed square, the left side waits...

Hey peeps- Well, we're back in the shop and working on a different Mod - Oba, a Model II: It's natural Afzelia burl. The door recess and body cavity have been cut, and you can see I'm working on the Faceplate cut through and details. A block of Oak is used to fill the void of the cavity to...

Hey everybody- I wanted to check in with y'all to let you know I've been busy since the Dragon made it into the mail. But, I'm doin' boring, not worthy of documenting types of things. It's amazing how much of a mess the making of something as small as a Mod can cause or make! The main...

Hey Everyone - Going to jump ahead a little. The Sleeping Dragon Mod is complete, it's finally in the mail. A few interesting notes and occurrences are worth mentioning - I reduced the size of this Mod slightly to make it more friendly to smaller hands. The space was so tight that the...

Hey Everyone - So much for assembly going smoothly enough to have made this post by "next weekend". The Model V is designed so it can be taken apart - albeit difficult - for repair or RMA of parts. Thirteen days later, it's finally in the mail. For this customer, I reduced the size of this...

Hey hey - Well, attack of the killer gut... Emergency Room, Morphine, comedy show (I'm told), next morning being driven home not really remembering much of the prior 24 hours, or the next day. Started feeling pretty ill for a few days before, and the above was last Thursday night - things are...

Hey Gang- The replacement display for the Dragon came in. I test assembled most of the Mod (with the display!) to check fitment & figure out what the wire lengths were going to be. Plugged it in... I might need to machine a little height from the bottom cap, the polished piece added some...

Hey again, While waiting for the new display to come in, I completed a basic custom DNA theme for the Dragon. I dug around online and found a great font used in another theme and lots of graphics. I combined, edited and re-created several items to make the theme: Dragon Screens by Rick...

Hey everyone - I hope you're well and doing alright. Prayers and thoughts to all our vape family in Texas, Florida and beyond that were impacted by Harvey & Irma. I have some pics of early assembly processes with the Dragon Mod - was hoping to show a little video of a power up after I got the...

Yo Vapers! I'm currently working on assembly of the faceplate for the Dragon Mod - a Model V. Boring - not much excitement watching me hold a part in place with two pairs of tweezers for 20 minutes. I'll probably post some video of connecting leads to the board and powering it up for the...

Well, the 3D rocket valve model for NASA went well - the brass drip tip adventure ended badly: There was a problem with the glue separating at the brass. All broke at least twice before I said - "no more" - move on. I may revisit the design by adding small brass "dowels" through the layers...

Hey Vapers - Well, the brass drip tips are proving to be too problematic to continue with. There is an issue with the glue separating at the brass. Also tried CA gel glue and still too much stress on the lathe to stay together: They all broke at least twice each before I said "enough", move...

Hey - Well, the brass laminated tips didn't go too well. They had a tendency to break at the brass joint while being turned down to size. I'll have to rethink this method to see if an alternate adhesive is worth a try, or pinning them with small brass or stainless dowels through all the...

Hey Guys, I've done lots of laminations with our Vape Stands and decided to do it on a smaller scale for drip tips. To see if multiple thin pieces could be used - I prepared some thin pieces left from the Dragon blank and used 16ga (.051") brass sheet to alternate when gluing. Cut them into...

Yup, it arrived alright... Two days at this, a few on either side at 3-10 degrees cooler. I've just started machining on the Oba Mod (Model II LiPo), and was looking at the thin pieces left over - wondering how I could use these for drip tips when nothing big enough was left over - only thin...

Someone left the furnace on again! 102 yesterday, and the peak is supposed to hit 109-110 degrees on Saturday!! That's great for relaxing the day away in the pool with a drink - but sucks for trying to stay in the shop much past 9am even with the big, new cooler. Doesn't cool off out there...