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[imeothanasis]

Very glad to hear that you received your Ithaka old! I hope that you will enjoy it buddy after you solve those minor coil problems

Received my Ithaka (#2653) today and it is indeed a thing of beauty. Of course I managed to screw up the piece of wire when making my coil , so I think no problem I have plenty of wire around here someplace... and FFS someone cleaned off my desk ...


So I guess though I am a Ithaka owner it will be a few more days before I can enjoy the vape instead of just admiring it

 

[imeothanasis]

great to hear than glaus!

got my ready wires in from greece and finnaly am experiencing this monster vape !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ithaca rocks!!!

 

[imeothanasis]

yes it is Scott. Maybe COV didnt put it on preorder?

I thought the complete rebuildable section of Ithaka was going to be available as a set, like Penelope?

 

[imeothanasis]

ready units and spares will come at the same time aleks

imeothanasis If I order Ithaka Clear Window,Ithaka Plastic Nut under Ceramic Housing ,Ithaka O-rings You send me earlier?I will not wait for pre-order?

 

[imeothanasis]

Ry, I saw the pic where the plastic nut was on the center post. You put it there in purpose just to take a photo or you always put it like this while you vape?
And the insulator that is between ceramic housing and center post still works?

Indeed. If I couldn't get the nut to work, I would build it Ody style, grounding in the channel(s). The little plastic washer needs to be replaced though. I think it's causing everything to be crooked when tightened. It looks like the short heated everything up, and the washer became soft. The bottom of the ceramic housing cut into the washer. The pic doesn't show it, because I flipped it over, in hopes it would give it some more life. All good though... live, learn, and vape on

 

[justinred]

Gotta love this. It's been 5 days since I built this dual coil parallel 3mm wick doubled up on top and it still vapes as good as the first puff! Incredible!

 

[fright88]

Indeed. If I couldn't get the nut to work, I would build it Ody style, grounding in the channel(s). The little plastic washer needs to be replaced though. I think it's causing everything to be crooked when tightened. It looks like the short heated everything up, and the washer became soft. The bottom of the ceramic housing cut into the washer. The pic doesn't show it, because I flipped it over, in hopes it would give it some more life. All good though... live, learn, and vape on

Maybe try an o-ring there like on Ody V1 till COV gets the plastic washers.

 

[fright88]

I kinda hate to say this because I am in no way displeased with my Ithaka. As a matter of fact in many ways it is my favorite GG rebuildable yet. I love the look, and the function. I love the easy dual coil setup. I really like the little grip grooves that are bairly visable but still give plenty of grip. And the engraving is just beautifull.

But... LOL ok seriously it isn't that bad. But Imeo maybe something to think about. Would it be possible to make the little metal ring towards the top of the mouthpiece (I think it is used as protection from opening the juice controll to far) have some slots in it. Kinda like on Penelope's mouthpiece. The reason I ask is when refilling through the small top cap with a syringe it is sometimes hard to get an angle where the needle goes past that lip. And when filling with a little bottle sometimes the juice pools up above it and you kinda have to tip it or wiggle it to get the juice to go down past it. It isn't a big deal and I may just modify my mouthpiece but it might help speed up filling. BTW I really really like the new small refilling cap.

 

[justinred]

Happened to me too on an emergency refill while stopped on the side of the road resulting in cinnamon flavored pants.

I just loosened the big top cap a bit and juice pool dropped down quick.

 

[imeothanasis]

I have notice that too justin. Coil works as good as the first day with my dual X style and I was surprised by this. Sometimes I hit it at 6 volts for 1/2 hour and becomes even better at 3,7 volts after that

Gotta love this. It's been 5 days since I built this dual coil parallel 3mm wick doubled up on top and it still vapes as good as the first puff! Incredible!

 

[imeothanasis]

I understand what you say fright. I thought that the space between mouthpiece and big cap was enough because the opening is 1mm bigger than Penelope. But as you said Penelope had those cuts. Ok, I will talk to cnc machine to ask them if they can do something about it now that mouthpieces are ready.

Thanks for pointing this to me

I kinda hate to say this because I am in no way displeased with my Ithaka. As a matter of fact in many ways it is my favorite GG rebuildable yet. I love the look, and the function. I love the easy dual coil setup. I really like the little grip grooves that are bairly visable but still give plenty of grip. And the engraving is just beautifull.

But... LOL ok seriously it isn't that bad. But Imeo maybe something to think about. Would it be possible to make the little metal ring towards the top of the mouthpiece (I think it is used as protection from opening the juice controll to far) have some slots in it. Kinda like on Penelope's mouthpiece. The reason I ask is when refilling through the small top cap with a syringe it is sometimes hard to get an angle where the needle goes past that lip. And when filling with a little bottle sometimes the juice pools up above it and you kinda have to tip it or wiggle it to get the juice to go down past it. It isn't a big deal and I may just modify my mouthpiece but it might help speed up filling. BTW I really really like the new small refilling cap.

 

[Aal_]

Imeo, I am having a problem with the small adjustable brass pin. After a while it just stopped turning when I screw it down. it used to turn on the provari and adjust as needed. Now it is getting stuck and there is a gap. I have to unscrew and re-adjust it manually . I am afraid to break the center post if I keep turning. Do you know why this is happening?

 

[fright88]

I understand what you say fright. I thought that the space between mouthpiece and big cap was enough because the opening is 1mm bigger than Penelope. But as you said Penelope had those cuts. Ok, I will talk to cnc machine to ask them if they can do something about it now that mouthpieces are ready.

Thanks for pointing this to me

Sounds good Imeo. And as always thanks for everything you do for us.

 

[Draconian]

As an Odysseus clone owner - happy to say that I did order a REAL Ithaka yesterday. I couldn't get a real Oddy - but I appreciated the technology so much that I look forward to my Ithaka.

 

[Aal_]

Guys and Gals,

This is a tip in order to reduce dry hits if you are experiencing any. Just to be clear, Ithaka under normal circumstances and setup right and you paying attention to your suction habits can be vaped without having any dry hits. But since I use 100%VG and chain vape at high voltages with dual coils and don't like to open my mouthpiece a lot, this can help .

As you know the basic feeding ring can be brought up or down around the rebuildable part without causing leaking because there is a seal at the base (the positive lead o-ring). Therefore as Imeo has shown us in his videos if you bring it up it will make a cooler vape and makes the basic feeding higher. Forget the cooler vape for now. The act of screwing the basic feeding higher and closer to the top of the ceramic housing has 2 effects:
1- Basic feeding notches are closer to the coil
2- mouthpiece base is closer to the coil

Which means you will have a better feeding either by using the basic feeding or by opening the mouthpiece. Then you will not have the problem of opening the mouthpiece too much to feed since the liquid has to travel a smaller distance. Plus, suction works faster when you are inhaling and liquid reaches the coil with a shorter distance

Now for the cooler vape. A very easy solution is to make you coils higher. This will not interfere with the liquid reaching faster since what you care for is for liquid to reach the cup, and from there the suction from the center pin will shoot the liquid through the coil, no matter how high it is. So when you are building your coils, either X or parallel, make sure you keep it loose and make it high enough to the closest point of the mouthpiece hole, when mouthpiece is fully closed. A very easy way to do this as well is to stick a wick between the 2 coils of an X, and this will make your upper coil automatically higher.

Now for the Disclaimer. It needs practice because this is not problem free solution. IT CAN FLOOD. I was using 1.5ml wicks in the channels but when I used this method ithaka started flooding like crazy and liquid going into the center pin. So what you have to try is different wick sizes and different positions of the basic feeding ring to get it right.

Enjoy!

 

[manos3906]

you use double 1,5mm wick for each channel and Ithaka flooded?
i made duals with double 1,5mm wick and i havent had any problems

 

[Aal_]

not double, only 1.5mm wick per channel

EDIT: Plus I meant it flooded when I made it the way I described, because liquid was running too much when you open mouthpiece as I used to before.

 

[manos3906]

the channels for the wick at the ceramic are bigger then 2mm ,i think
so it must flood,
if you use double 1,5 wick you will not have any problem

 

[Zanza]

After loving and enjoying the Penelope, I'm now the proud owner of #1607 Ithaka which just arrived from Greece.
Thanks Imeo, that's a great piece of engineering

 

[imeothanasis]

clean its threads aal, thats it buddy

Imeo, I am having a problem with the small adjustable brass pin. After a while it just stopped turning when I screw it down. it used to turn on the provari and adjust as needed. Now it is getting stuck and there is a gap. I have to unscrew and re-adjust it manually . I am afraid to break the center post if I keep turning. Do you know why this is happening?