Post a photo on here for me, would ya. I think I know what it looks like, just want to make sure.
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Building Custom Pipes
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Post a photo on here for me, would ya. I think I know what it looks like, just want to make sure.
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New bowl design. More of an apple shape, looks more like a pipe bowl. Feels good in the hand too. Put aliitle more meat on the top aswell. I have all the parts to put it together and will do that tomorrow. Did a small change on the electronics. I'll go over that when I get this pipe finished. Enjoy
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Here's a pic of what I'm referring to:
Yes, we are thinking along the same lines. The pipe below is the shape I want to go with. The cost in making the mouth piece is getting the wire into it and then removing the insert with a bend in it, after the plastic has harden. I want the bend in the mouth piece and not have it be two parts. If I didn't have the wire in it, I would just pull two insert from both directions. Like anything I have a plan. Never done it in over 30 years of mold making but trying something new is what I do. You'll see it here if I pull it off.
Just a question here for anyone, seems most the demographic today prefer bent pipes. Is that true?
Yes, we are thinking along the same lines. The pipe below is the shape I want to go with. The cost in making the mouth piece is getting the wire into it and then removing the insert with a bend in it, after the plastic has harden. I want the bend in the mouth piece and not have it be two parts. If I didn't have the wire in it, I would just pull two insert from both directions. Like anything I have a plan. Never done it in over 30 years of mold making but trying something new is what I do. You'll see it here if I pull it off.
Just a question here for anyone, seems most the demographic today prefer bent pipes. Is that true?
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To answer your question, for me, yes and no. All I have is bent shank, but I do thoroughly like the look of the straight shank. I'm ready to hear a price to see if it fits my vape budget.
Thanks for your input. I'm still working on a price. I need to do some beta testing here in the Northwest first.
Stopped work on the next pipe in line because I want to make an upgrade to the adaptor. The wood in it's bowl was carbon tested to be over 30,000 years old and not turned to stone. There was some pin holes in it but, I was able to work around it. Not something I"m going to use on retail pipes. This one is going to be my daily vaper.
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Yes, we are thinking along the same lines. The pipe below is the shape I want to go with. The cost in making the mouth piece is getting the wire into it and then removing the insert with a bend in it, after the plastic has harden. I want the bend in the mouth piece and not have it be two parts. If I didn't have the wire in it, I would just pull two insert from both directions. Like anything I have a plan. Never done it in over 30 years of mold making but trying something new is what I do. You'll see it here if I pull it off.
Just a question here for anyone, seems most the demographic today prefer bent pipes. Is that true?
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Just thinking out loud again. I'm still trying to figure out how your pipe fires, compared to the automatic I have. Your electronic section looks similar. But the pipe I use most (not the one I pictured) is an auto, and all I have to do is pull on it for it to vape.
Would using a ego or 510 connection simply work, or do you need to wire the stem in order to make your pipe fire?
And by the way, that pipe you pictured is beautiful...
Yes, you need to have the wire in the mouth piece to complete the ciruit that turns on the power transistor. I thought about doing a diaphram switch in my pipes. There are give and takes on both designs. I went with the touch switch. I could just put a Protank on the end of the stem and use it to complete the circuit but,I want it to look like a tobacco pipe. That means the Protank needs to be inside the mouth piece and it has to have a wire in it.
And that is what makes your pipes unique, the fact that you're hiding the tanks in the stems. Can't wait to see what you do next.
I am still in awe watching these beautiful pipes in development! I love the curved stem, but don't take my vote to heart since I recently lost my income. I'm also quite impressed that you made the pcb waterproof...very good idea
I am still in awe watching these beautiful pipes in development! I love the curved stem, but don't take my vote to heart since I recently lost my income. I'm also quite impressed that you made the pcb waterproof...very good idea
Sorry about the recent change in income. That's never fun before the holidays. Hang in there.
Yes the board is water proof, the ends of the wires are sealed and the wood inside the bowl is sealed with a polymer sealent. The wires are silver/lead tinned the full lenght. Some of the parts are going to be 14k, hot tank, gold plated. I run hot water down through the top of the bowl and let it come out the adaptor. Being that I vape it both ways, I get a lot of build up of e-juice inside the bowl. I don't want it to get old and sticky so I wash it out. Turn it upsidedown on a paper towel and let it dry over night. Have a nice clean vape in the morning. I want these pipes to last a long long time.
Well I think I'm done with the straight stem pipe. I'm happy with the bowl design and how the mouth piece turned out. I made a change in the PCB. The LED is dim when the mizer is connected and very bright when it is not. It goes off if the coil is to low of an ohm or the battery gets low. This just helps for a quik check if there is a problem. There is a upgrade to the center pin of the adaptor but it hasn't showed up yet. More on that later. I have to finish the drill jigs and fixtures, then I can start on the bent pipe. Enjoy the pictures.
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Gorgeous.
Ditto, gorgeous! Love the holiday flare you added in the pics too
Thank you gentlemen, there is a lot more to come.
Thank you. And you should picture it as an old school pipe. From cartoons to the president of the United States, all smoked straight pipes, down through history. Even Santa himself likes a nice bowl of fine Virgina tobacco in a straight pipe. There was only one person that broke the mold in books and the movies, that my friend was Sherlock Holmes. I can remember as a kid, all the men after church, and Father too, would go out to the court yard to smoke thier pipes. Straight pipes was what I remember everyone having. Flash forwards fourty years and go into any pipe shop. 90%+ of thier pipes are bent stem. It will turn back to straight stems again. I plan to have both. I'm working on the bent stem/mouthpiece.
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