Hi there I'm completely new to the vaping scene but am very intrigued in it all!
Rather than going ahead and buying my first e-cig to give it a try i decided to build my own completely from odd bits and bobs from the shed and around the house, i love to tinker and thought it would be a great little project, after doing some research and looking through a lot of pages and forums (a lot of time looking at some amazing pieces of kit on here)
, i realized that they are fairly simple unless its a VV - might have to make one of em too some day!
Here is what i come up with, using an old torch body with 18650 battery, RCA connector, and some metal tubing.
i had to cut my own plugs and carved the grooves for o-rings and does not leak one bit! holds around 8ml of juice.
The mouth piece is from some old pathetic cigars i had but works perfectly for now, at first i found it to be a bit harsh on the throat even though I'm using 0 nic but after opening the breather hole a little more i think its just right.
As long as building my own i decided to make my own liquid so i popped down to boots for some glycerin £1.20 for 250ml and bought some PG of Ebay along with some 32 awg kanthal and until today bought a sheet of 400 mesh SS, i couldn't get much vapor using 100% cotton but now I'm getting decent clouds with really good flavor (juicy jay drops blueberry)
I've also made a smaller version using 12g shotgun cartridge
and an old e-cig carto my friend didn't want.
thanks for looking
Rather than going ahead and buying my first e-cig to give it a try i decided to build my own completely from odd bits and bobs from the shed and around the house, i love to tinker and thought it would be a great little project, after doing some research and looking through a lot of pages and forums (a lot of time looking at some amazing pieces of kit on here)
, i realized that they are fairly simple unless its a VV - might have to make one of em too some day!Here is what i come up with, using an old torch body with 18650 battery, RCA connector, and some metal tubing.
i had to cut my own plugs and carved the grooves for o-rings and does not leak one bit! holds around 8ml of juice.
The mouth piece is from some old pathetic cigars i had but works perfectly for now, at first i found it to be a bit harsh on the throat even though I'm using 0 nic but after opening the breather hole a little more i think its just right.
As long as building my own i decided to make my own liquid so i popped down to boots for some glycerin £1.20 for 250ml and bought some PG of Ebay along with some 32 awg kanthal and until today bought a sheet of 400 mesh SS, i couldn't get much vapor using 100% cotton but now I'm getting decent clouds with really good flavor (juicy jay drops blueberry)
I've also made a smaller version using 12g shotgun cartridge
and an old e-cig carto my friend didn't want.thanks for looking
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, there's nothing wrong with making things look good but most of the time i just care about performance and this isn't bad at all! will definitely be making another soon, i have a micro lathe so will have to craft something new once i buy some new bits for it
