Hello to all my vape Dudes (and Dude-ettes) out there!
Thanks for a great year in 2012 - Thought I'd show off some of the custom holders I've made for all the fine folks here and debut the beginnings of my new line of holders to incorporate battery chargers.
I'll have photos of the first one out of the shop in a few days; in the mean time, here is the drawing of it. The width and all the laminations made it kinda' pricey, but I've included prices so you could see:
This one is already spoken for (shhh, for my Wife, birthday soon). She's getting a Vamo and a bunch of goodies to go with it just before her birthday, on our anniversary.
On the left, the holder will hold the Trustfire TR-001 dual charger, a Stainless Vamo, it's extension sleeve, 18350 & 18650 batteries, a few clearomizers and a U-CAN 8ml stainless steel liquid dispenser. The right side is for her Alpha, CR2 batteries (she stacks for 6v), 510 attys and drip tips, and her XTAR charger. The holder had to be put together in three steps. The Walnut/Padauk/Walnut pieces had to be laminated together first - two of them. Then the triple stripe of Oak/Purple Heart/Oak was laminated between the two other laminations.
I'll include drawings of other designs to incorporate chargers into them further down in the thread after we take a look at several of the custom holders made recently:
The above is a good example of a triple stripe lamination. This holder is Padauk/Oak/Walnut/Oak/Padauk.
These small holders are made of Walnut. Notice the smaller hole in the bottoms of some holes. These are for tanks, and the connector sits in the smaller hole. The large PV holes are flocked - black.
Another view of the two small holders.
This matching pair were cut from the same piece of figured Curly Maple. Red flocking in the PV holes and on the bottoms.
See the small "gold" buttons? These are rather strong magnets, causing the holders to "click" together". Note the unusual defect discovered in the wood. Figured woods owe much of their appearance to these anomolies which cause the "buckling" of the grain. Quite beautiful. Wood is awesome...
Closer view of the end grain.
Another triple stripe holder; Walnut with Oak/Purple Heart/Oak stripes. Holds (3) PVs, (4) tanks and (4) 18xxx batteries. Made for a very nice person here on the forum.
These highly customized holders are made from Walnut with Padauk stripes - one of my favorite mixes, the woods just compliment one another so well.
These are a bit oversized - not just in their height, but in their depth as well. They're double and triple height, and over 2" depth (standard is 1 1/2" to 1 3/4" deep). The unusual holes are for PVs with a side button, like a GG. All the PV holes and slots are flocked in black.
A top down look at the previous holders, along with a single and double height set (normal depth) made around the same time.
Close look at the flocking & the specialized hole. The flocking is sprayed on, is made of nylon (tough), and doesn't decrease the size of the hole appreciably.
OK- we got major wood going on here! These were great fun to make for a fun customer! They are a stepped Oak holder set. Medium Oak stain, tan flocking.
Powerful magnets for lightly joining all three holders end to end. The holders are over 15" long, 4 1/2" deep, and 3" tall.
Here they are, joined end to end. Meant to span the length of a 4' desk.
A fourth holder, this one a mix of holes from the set of three. This is the "portable" one...
Could also be used as a blunt instrument in an emergency. Weighs about 5 pounds! Kick ...!
Another Oak holder; this one in Light Oak Stain. This stand has a couple unusual features, including 510 female thread bosses (thanks for the great idea). Handy for securing a rebuilbable while working on it. One on top in the red flocking, others in the bottoms of two of the four tank holes.
Close up of the 510 thread connector sitting in the ornamental recess between two of the four PV holes (only two flocked - so far...) Bright Red flocking.
All righty then - getting late, and 4:30am comes too early. I need to work on some final touches of the first few holder designs to incorporate battery charger slots. I should be able to get to those and get some put up in the next day or so.
Thanks for listening, and see you in a day or two!
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