Homemade syringe tank mod, looks easy!

[poolslime]

I also 'pin' the carto down while centered by tightening the valve body itself prior to puncture. *Charm*

Now why didn't I think of that! Going to try that next time I punch one.

 

[Iffy]

Just be aware that you'll need to counter the torque while tightening. Still works nice.

 

[minigoat]

I thought the syringe mod was something completely different.

syringe pump

Learn something new hear every day...

 

[Gadd]

Several pages back, someone asked if anyone had tried to swap out the carto with the juice still in the tank, as shown in the video. Well, I tried it this evening. It works! Lost no juice, but it is kinda sloppy from the residual juice hanging on to the carto. But if you don't mind a little juice on your hands you can put a brand new carto in place without having to drain the tank.

 

[wyojoe]

I experienced the same thing at first with the Saddle Valve where the carto would be off center and the needle would tend to start to slide down the edge of the carto. After trial and error, I found the best thing for me is to rest the carto dead center in between the rubber padding, and to tighten the screws equally (I've seen some videos where folks have one side tightened down, and just tighten one side, but this always led to the carto being off center for me). Ever since I started doing that, it punches perfect every time.

Very good observation, thats the way I use the Saddle valve. Some saddle valves have a flat plate on the bottom and it does not work very well, It should be curved like the top plate and like you said, to tighten it up so both sides are equal spaced. If you don't it will slip to the side and bend the punch.

 

[mecocina]

I have used these in my 10 ml syringe tanks. You should be able to get something similar at the hardware store or home depot. They actually are a lot heftier than they appear on the pic in that website. The center hole is perfect for a carto with no additional tweaking needed. They are a TIGHT fit inside an ideal 10ml and took a lot of effort to get in. Here's a pic of one where I used the syringe plunger for the base and the grommet for the top cause I didn't want to waste another syringe.
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Thanks Jewelz! I'll check those out this weekend. I plan on taking an empty tube with me to check the fit. You would think I would have thought of those, I work part-time at Home Depot,

 

[Spazmelda]

Off topic post here, but I wanted to make sure you guys all saw this thread: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...on-we-have-problem-nic-titration-results.html

I will let you read it and draw your own conclusions, but I wanted to make sure my syringe modding friends had this information.

My tanks are working well. I had bought a clearo type tank carto to try and I still prefer my syringe tanks so much better. I haven't tried one of the bottle tanks yet. They look kind of ghetto , but everyone seems to be enjoying their performance so I might give it a try.

 

[debb]

made a syringe tank using a 306 atty...absolutely one of the best vapes I've ever had.So clean and flavorful...and the vapor production is just outrageous!

 

[kinabaloo]

Off topic post here, but I wanted to make sure you guys all saw this thread: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...on-we-have-problem-nic-titration-results.html

Tks for the link.

 

[Iffy]

syringe pump

Ah ha, an on-demand nicquid metered delivery system! Now just to get it a bit smaller...

 

[my4jewels]

I have been using the jig and punch set from Vapor-Age exclusively, and I love it. It punches nice uniform holes every time. I do have to prefill the carto before I put it in the tank. The holes seemed rather small at first, but they wick the juice in beautifully. I haven't had any flooding at all, perfect wicking. Ever since my little run of bad Boge cartos, they have been working magnificently.

Update: 3-4 fills later, I am getting that unexplained "gurgling-but-not-quite-overwicking" thing happening. Since the carto was still tasting good and vaping well otherwise, I tried a little experiment. I took off the drip tip, stuck a syringe down the side between the filler and the side of the carto and syringed a little juice out from a couple of different spots. Voila! Vaping smooth as silk again. And still fine 2 refills later.

 

[wizard10000]

Update: 3-4 fills later, I am getting that unexplained "gurgling-but-not-quite-overwicking" thing happening. Since the carto was still tasting good and vaping well otherwise, I tried a little experiment. I took off the drip tip, stuck a syringe down the side between the filler and the side of the carto and syringed a little juice out from a couple of different spots. Voila! Vaping smooth as silk again. And still fine 2 refills later.

Really? That might be worth trying over here

Never tried syringing them out but blowing them out doesn't work - I hadn't found anything that'd straighten them out once they started flooding but this sounds promising.

 

[my4jewels]

So far, so good. I hate to retire a carto that's still working, just kills me. Yeah, blowing doesn't work. I've blown so hard I thought my head was gonna explode, but nada. Do you get that same thing? It's not quite overwicking, but just not smooth anymore.

 

[wizard10000]

So far, so good. I hate to retire a carto that's still working, just kills me. Yeah, blowing doesn't work. I've blown so hard I thought my head was gonna explode, but nada. Do you get that same thing? It's not quite overwicking, but just not smooth anymore.

Don't know, jewels - for me when they start sounding a little wet they start flooding not long after that.

 

[ricks]

I just blow mine out when I get any gurgling. Works every time for me. Strange???

 

[my4jewels]

So many variables, I guess, juice, voltage, vaping style, equipment. So far, since my little run of baddies, all of my Boge 3.0's have been super A1! I'm gonna stick with my Boge cartos, just ordered 200 of them from Boge. I did order a MV DC tank to check it out personally. Of course, I'll be cutting it down. Did you get your J tank yet?

 

[wizard10000]

I just blow mine out when I get any gurgling. Works every time for me. Strange???

Do they start gurgling again a few hours later? Mine do.

 

[ricks]

I spoke to Jason at Electronicstix.com today and we hope the tank will be here tomorrow. He was surprised I did not get it yet. On his site, he has o-rings that I might get as extra inner seals.

So many variables, I guess, juice, voltage, vaping style, equipment. So far, since my little run of baddies, all of my Boge 3.0's have been super A1! I'm gonna stick with my Boge cartos, just ordered 200 of them from Boge. I did order a MV DC tank to check it out personally. Of course, I'll be cutting it down. Did you get your J tank yet?

 

[ricks]

The gurgling I had was with my syringe tanks only. With the Smoketech tank that I have been using with the original DC and now the Boge, I have NO gurgling at all. I punched only one small hole in the Boge in this new tank and it works great so far on day 2.

Do they start gurgling again a few hours later? Mine do.

 

[MikeE3]

@ricks - how did you cut / what did you use / to cut the tube? Thanks

And - for what its worth - pre-cut tubes can be bought at places like:

Spare Torpedo Tubes @3.00 each

TANKS - notcigs.com @ $5.95 each (advertized as unbreakable)

I cut it shorter yesterday so I could use the Boges. I like it even more now. I just don't like DC's. I'm still waiting for the Tank from ElectronicStix. I hope its here tomorrow.