Art Glass Drip Tips

[bert1983]

Very Nice!!!

I also want to know more about the wick.....but I also really really want the tank and tip!!!

The wick was designed to take advantage of the capillary action possible from glass tubes. I am still working out the right formula for the perfect sized holes going through the wick. This proof of concept works, but not as well as the future designs will.

The TrippyTip tank Topper is sitting on an iHybrid. These are also a work in progress, and will make their debut at TrippyTips.com after an initial limited release to some testers is complete.

 

[bert1983]

How does the juice travel? Are you just heating the glass up enough to actually vaporize all the way into the tank? Or is just magic? lol

It utilizes capillary action. It is composed of many many small tubes sealed together.

 

[bapgood]

OK, What do you want to know? I'm all ears for a Q&A!

Ok I'll be blunt.....What is the wick!!! or at least how do it get one/some?

There have been a few of us over in this thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/362182-next-big-thing-porous-ceramic-wicks.html having good luck with the air stone. I'm kind of coloring outside the lines from the norm and using a square wick and horizontal coil, as the round is a little difficult to accomplish on a grinder and once shaped it is brittle when trying to wrap a vertical coil to the wick.

EDIT - by the time it got this wrote you had answered all my questions

 

[bert1983]

Ok I'll be blunt.....What is the wick!!! or at least how do it get one/some?

There have been a few of us over in this thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/362182-next-big-thing-porous-ceramic-wicks.html having good luck with the air stone. I'm kind of coloring outside the lines from the norm and using a square wick and horizontal coil, as the round is a little difficult to accomplish on grinder and once shaped it is brittle when trying to wrap a vertical coil to the wick.

I definitely admire the experimental wicks that are being created! TrippyTips.com has 3mm Pyrex Tubes available (paid for by one of our collectors Kami) for another experimental project that involved sleeving them over SS wicks.

To answer your question, the proof of concept is 100% clear borosilicate glass. In the future I might also experiment with making them out of quartz.

 

[NancyR]

It utilizes capillary action. It is composed of many many small tubes sealed together.

Oh wow, Elf was talking about something like that and the fact it should work a few months ago, just using the ceramic vers glass. And yeah I knew about the iHy top cap having an iHy, I have seen pics of the ones you have sent out for testing lol. Can't wait to find out more, and if you need testers I would love to be on that list.

 

[CHARGER72]

From what I understand you will not get the capulary action of the quartz. But, the heat tolerance is much better. Is that correct? I have a couple airstones being made for me. But, I here there is still not enough wicking when using thirsty low resistance coils.

 

[bert1983]

Oh wow, Elf was talking about something like that and the fact it should work a few months ago, just using the ceramic vers glass. And yeah I knew about the iHy top cap having an iHy, I have seen pics of the ones you have sent out for testing lol. Can't wait to find out more, and if you need testers I would love to be on that list.

There are 10 people on the list to receive the test models, and once I have feedback about them they will be available on a first-come first served basis at TrippyTips.com.

 

[AmberB]

When will they be available bert? Sounds awesome!

 

[bert1983]

From what I understand you will not get the capulary action of the quartz. But, the heat tolerance is much better. Is that correct? I have a couple airstones being made for me. But, I here there is still not enough wicking when using thirsty low resistance coils.

Capillary action can be acheived with quartz. The proof of concept was created out of pyrex because it needs less heat to melt. You are correct about the heat tolerance of quartz. It expands less when heated, and therefore is less likely to crack due to thermal expansion. I have been using this wick for about a week with no problems though.

 

[bert1983]

When will they be available bert? Sounds awesome!

Like I said, I need to develop the concept a bit further before it is ready for general consumption. The good news is that they can be made in bulk, and the price should not be too high.

 

[CHARGER72]

I will be waiting with bated breath. I would love to give it a go when you are ready. Thanks for the q and a. Dont own a tip yet but maybe soon. Your work is amazing. I spent 3.5 years in ft. collins by the way.

 

[AmberB]

Like I said, I need to develop the concept a bit further before it is ready for general consumption. The good news is that they can be made in bulk, and the price should not be too high.

Cool. Did you get my text yesterday? Wondering if it went through...

 

[Cyclin]

WOW Bert that is awesome. Definitely keep us posted with your next results. It would be awesome to have a clean glass wick which I suspect would be easily cleanable and reusable.

 

[Brutus Buckeye]

You sure there aren't 11 names on that test list Bert????????????????????

 

[bert1983]

You sure there aren't 11 names on that test list Bert????????????????????

Honostly there probably are more like 15 if you count the people working to make the project happen since they will be making some for themselves, and some going to faceless, and cyclin... Do you own an iHybrid BB?

 

[bapgood]

It utilizes capillary action. It is composed of many many small tubes sealed together.

So I'm assuming the many many small tubes are open top and bottom only?

 

[bert1983]

Cool. Did you get my text yesterday? Wondering if it went through...

No, but I think I may have received an e-mail from you. I got all caught up in making glass for Brian's fam yesterday so I will go check again now.

 

[bert1983]

So I'm assuming the many many small tubes are open top and bottom only?

Yes, they are open top and bottom only. They are all sealed together to form a solid piece of glass with many holes running through it.

 

[tiburonfirst]

I decided to come up with an all glass wick. It's a work in progress but it's coming along. Check out the proof of concept!



No more fibers, no more oxidized wicks, just pure vapor and flavor!

haha! and i was the first one to like it on fb and youtube > does that count for anything? like a new production of mus???

 

[bert1983]

Here's a cell phone pic of the top view... the holes are realllly tiny.