That looks like a professional job. I looked at the full size pic and those beveled ends look fine.
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Thanks CDMThat looks like a professional job. I looked at the full size pic and those beveled ends look fine.
All I did was hand plane them on some sandpaper, then with a light touch I took off the burr on the inside with a sharp blade with the edge trailing just a little past 90 degreees.A little note if anyone does pursue this, be very careful when the piece is about to be cut through, the material is prone to being grabbed by the passing teeth and the cutoff piece violently flung back at you. I lost three pieces that way as the blade put a cut into the end before it kicked off of it. Next try I'm going to use a piece of scrap wood to follow the piece through the cut and push it safely past the blade.
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A little note if anyone does pursue this, be very careful when the piece is about to be cut through, the material is prone to being grabbed by the passing teeth and the cutoff piece violently flung back at you. I lost three pieces that way as the blade put a cut into the end before it kicked off of it. Next try I'm going to use a piece of scrap wood to follow the piece through the cut and push it safely past the blade.
Just thinking out loud? Wouldn't a finer tooth blade lower that risk?
Thanks CDM
A little note if anyone does pursue this, be very careful when the piece is about to be cut through, the material is prone to being grabbed by the passing teeth and the cutoff piece violently flung back at you. I lost three pieces that way as the blade put a cut into the end before it kicked off of it. Next try I'm going to use a piece of scrap wood to follow the piece through the cut and push it safely past the blade.
Thanks for the tip! I'm going to try this soon. Already got my PolyCarb, just need to pick up some O-rings now.
No, I already have a metal cutting blade installed. it's about the speed of the blade and the melting point of the plastic is my best guess.
Looks like i made it through most of a 30ml bottle on 1 coil will be switching flavour after that.
will be switching flavour after that.
Let my second kabuki and radius ship soooon please...
Kabuki landed, filled and mounted on a ZNA...OMG - OMG - OMG !!!
Beats the heck out of the Joye 510 atty I was using on it !
AND - I can taste what I put in it, it isn't muting the flavor at all !
The draw is awesome, the vapor is FUN !
I am hooked and happy !
I need a couple more !!
Beats the heck out of the Joye 510 atty I was using on it !
AND - I can taste what I put in it, it isn't muting the flavor at all !
The draw is awesome, the vapor is FUN !
I am hooked and happy !
I need a couple more !!
Kabuki landed, filled and mounted on a ZNA...OMG - OMG - OMG !!!
Beats the heck out of the Joye 510 atty I was using on it !
AND - I can taste what I put in it, it isn't muting the flavor at all !
The draw is awesome, the vapor is FUN !
I am hooked and happy !
I need a couple more !!
Hey now, don't be dissing the Joye 510... a bazillion people quit smoking using those... even though many new vapers don't even know what they are.
Hey All,
My Kabuki's arrived at the weekend. Have one with me to play with in Chiang Mai, which is where we're heading for a vape meet on Saturday. Cannot wait to give it a try!
Sent from my P3 Ti...
My Kabuki's arrived at the weekend. Have one with me to play with in Chiang Mai, which is where we're heading for a vape meet on Saturday. Cannot wait to give it a try!
Sent from my P3 Ti...
No way can I ever diss my 510 attys - I have a decent stash of them, it's tough to beat the flavor using one !
It just looked pathetic on the ZNA
Seriously...I love my 510 attys and everything else seems to mute the flavor...I am thrilled because I am getting the flavor with the Kabuki !!
Honestly, I've used the Cisco Spec HH357 as a flavor reference for years... And for a VERY long time nothing was actually better than it... Things came close... never better though. I feel the Kabuki DOES get there.
But I have to laugh when somebody that has never experienced a good reference atty, tells me that the Trident or the Sub Tank is a "Flavor Monster"... and for THEM it may well be the best they have ever tried, but they don't know what they have not experienced, and they would be SHOCKED at how great the flavor is of the old 510s... airflow... not so much.
People that have been vaping a few years that didn't experience 510 bridgeless or even bridged attys, simply have no point of reference. Personally I feel the SubTank, Atlantis,Trident and Heracles have unacceptably muted flavor.
Of course High VG doesn't help much in that regard either. The Old Schoolers remember when VG was just starting to be added... we noticed the flavor dropping off at 20% VG... 50% VG was so muted it was like vaping unflavored nic by comparison. In fact, it still is compared to High PG liquid.
And now some companies don't add ANY PG. It boggles my mind. VG mutes flavor... A LOT!
So funny, I was in another topic last night where I was waxing nostalgic about just dripping into my Cisco HH357 back in 2012 and how MUCH I enjoyed that, and never have really found anything like that since.
Now you have my ear.
Classy -- so glad you are enjoying the Kabuki!
You and Zen are convincing me that it will be fun to visit some of my early gear and give "tasting attys" (what early B&M's around here called 510 or similar attys) a visit for an afternoon -- or more. I don't think I'll look for the teabags or blue foam, I'll just drip or squank.
for liquids with less than 50% vg.
You and Zen are convincing me that it will be fun to visit some of my early gear and give "tasting attys" (what early B&M's around here called 510 or similar attys) a visit for an afternoon -- or more. I don't think I'll look for the teabags or blue foam, I'll just drip or squank.
for liquids with less than 50% vg.
Classy -- so glad you are enjoying the Kabuki!
You and Zen are convincing me that it will be fun to visit some of my early gear and give "tasting attys" (what early B&M's around here called 510 or similar attys) a visit for an afternoon -- or more. I don't think I'll look for the teabags or blue foam, I'll just drip or squank.
There ya go... a visit back in time is always good. You're going to be SHOCKED at how tight the draw is, however.
Classy -- so glad you are enjoying the Kabuki!
You and Zen are convincing me that it will be fun to visit some of my early gear and give "tasting attys" (what early B&M's around here called 510 or similar attys) a visit for an afternoon -- or more. I don't think I'll look for the teabags or blue foam, I'll just drip or squank.
yea, I drip with them...no foam or teabags.
I use a 510 atty on my REO too
Does anyone know the rhyme or reason behind the wicking holes being covered or not.
The 1.8 coil from HOH that came with it had two of the four holes coveredThe 3 1.6 I've seen have no holes covered The $10 rebuild from Avid has all four holes covered.
By covered I mean internally it looks like there is a sleeve. See pic below
Maybe that goes away when you screw it in?
The 1.6 have been superior to the 1.8 for me. But I have no idea if that has to do with the inner sleeve if you will If the coil covering wicking holes.
I just find it strange it varies so much. And if they stay that way I can't imagine thicker juices don't wick better in the unobstructed 1.6 coils. Which for me handle much higher wattages (think 17-18) and keep up with 90% vg just fine up to around 16.5
The rebuild from Avid seems of Poor to mediocre quality. The coil wrap is extremely uneven. I wouldn't presume any coil I built would fire evenly if it looked like this. It also uses the old casings. Which makes me Doubt it will wick well.
Here are some shots if I can get down the barrel. And if the covered wicking holes. Proof is in the vape but I'm very skeptical about this coil. Ive actually contacted avid to exchange. I don't need to fire this to know what's going to happen. Plus on the right wrap side it looks to be grounding. So I want to try and get an exchange before its used when my chances are better. The coil was about $14 shipped which is a fortune for a single coil that won't fire easily and won't be capable of a dry burn to clean as instructed.
In case some don't know if the wrap is uneven it won't heat evenly so to get the heat to the Coker spot means risking breaking the hot spot area.
Worst case scenario I'll fix it myself I guess. But shouldn't have to. I'd look into rebuilding these myself but that defeats why I bought the kabuki
Also I got my provari p3 setup.
The power seems very nice and consistent all the way through a battery. I can't see taking it anywhere if it's not in 18350 mode so it's going to be a mod for home or very short trips. I failed to realize it was a huge mod. That's said build quality is excellent. I like the design. I don't care for he menu structure but I already set all five presets. I wish recall was the very first choice. I'd assume most people are using presets not changing power so it would be nice to have access to that first rather than power up. I guess heir research showed opposite. The boost feature works very well. I think that's the best part of it. It really lets me maintain a lower power level.
The 1.8 coil from HOH that came with it had two of the four holes coveredThe 3 1.6 I've seen have no holes covered The $10 rebuild from Avid has all four holes covered.
By covered I mean internally it looks like there is a sleeve. See pic below
Maybe that goes away when you screw it in?
The 1.6 have been superior to the 1.8 for me. But I have no idea if that has to do with the inner sleeve if you will If the coil covering wicking holes.
I just find it strange it varies so much. And if they stay that way I can't imagine thicker juices don't wick better in the unobstructed 1.6 coils. Which for me handle much higher wattages (think 17-18) and keep up with 90% vg just fine up to around 16.5
The rebuild from Avid seems of Poor to mediocre quality. The coil wrap is extremely uneven. I wouldn't presume any coil I built would fire evenly if it looked like this. It also uses the old casings. Which makes me Doubt it will wick well.
Here are some shots if I can get down the barrel. And if the covered wicking holes. Proof is in the vape but I'm very skeptical about this coil. Ive actually contacted avid to exchange. I don't need to fire this to know what's going to happen. Plus on the right wrap side it looks to be grounding. So I want to try and get an exchange before its used when my chances are better. The coil was about $14 shipped which is a fortune for a single coil that won't fire easily and won't be capable of a dry burn to clean as instructed.
In case some don't know if the wrap is uneven it won't heat evenly so to get the heat to the Coker spot means risking breaking the hot spot area.
Worst case scenario I'll fix it myself I guess. But shouldn't have to. I'd look into rebuilding these myself but that defeats why I bought the kabuki
Also I got my provari p3 setup.
The power seems very nice and consistent all the way through a battery. I can't see taking it anywhere if it's not in 18350 mode so it's going to be a mod for home or very short trips. I failed to realize it was a huge mod. That's said build quality is excellent. I like the design. I don't care for he menu structure but I already set all five presets. I wish recall was the very first choice. I'd assume most people are using presets not changing power so it would be nice to have access to that first rather than power up. I guess heir research showed opposite. The boost feature works very well. I think that's the best part of it. It really lets me maintain a lower power level.
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