So my question is does this tube completely replace the engraved tube also or just the top tubes?
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Ahh I hope Imeo will make more in the future. Sadly buying one now is not in the cards.
Am i the only one to think these new '18650' sized solid jGG tubes will be well-suited for hand-engraving or brushed/satin customization ? 
There is some time i want to switch one of my 'classic' Ithaka into a brushed finish (will all the respect i have to the polish finish bring on genuine GG products, wich is quite good indeed)
There is some time i want to switch one of my 'classic' Ithaka into a brushed finish (will all the respect i have to the polish finish bring on genuine GG products, wich is quite good indeed)
I posted sometime ago about how my JGG wasn't hitting hard enough and got a lot of fantastic advices on how to clean it. Been cleaning it thoroughly with toothbrush since then and started getting a very respectable 0.3v drop on the brass JGG ( with a 1 - 1.1 ohm atomizer ).
This finally made me happy with the device as I finally felt that it delivered on all expectations I've been having when buying it.
Then recently I saw the video that Bishop posted on cleaning GG where he used Nevr-Dull wadding polish and decided to give it a try.
Just as in Bishop's video I was surprised how dirty these wads get even after washing and brushing the threads.
Goodness, after cleaning of all the threads with this polish my _stainless_ JGG is showing under 0.15v drop, and that is with the fuse and ss button! Brass GG is actually showing about 0.2v, which as I understand now simply means that I didn't clean it well enough.
This is simply outstanding. As I wrote before, I love the style, operation and the safety of JGG (I burned one fuse already and this is such a great feature to have). Now, a performance like that makes Just GG Just Perfect to me. My apologies, Imeo if i was having doubts in the power of GG. You taught me a lesson here - learn and understand your gear, every little piece of it - don't take anything for granted, learn to take a good care of it and it will take good care of you. And not just gear really, anything that's worth taking care of. Thank you, good friend.
This finally made me happy with the device as I finally felt that it delivered on all expectations I've been having when buying it.
Then recently I saw the video that Bishop posted on cleaning GG where he used Nevr-Dull wadding polish and decided to give it a try.
Just as in Bishop's video I was surprised how dirty these wads get even after washing and brushing the threads.
Goodness, after cleaning of all the threads with this polish my _stainless_ JGG is showing under 0.15v drop, and that is with the fuse and ss button! Brass GG is actually showing about 0.2v, which as I understand now simply means that I didn't clean it well enough.
This is simply outstanding. As I wrote before, I love the style, operation and the safety of JGG (I burned one fuse already and this is such a great feature to have). Now, a performance like that makes Just GG Just Perfect to me. My apologies, Imeo if i was having doubts in the power of GG. You taught me a lesson here - learn and understand your gear, every little piece of it - don't take anything for granted, learn to take a good care of it and it will take good care of you. And not just gear really, anything that's worth taking care of. Thank you, good friend.
On shipping from Greece: ordered ss tube ( engraved ), full old brass outfit, bunch of hot springs, insulators and contact pins at ESmokeguru. All this goodness got shipped on Monday and arrived on Wednesday in NJ just before the storm hit the fan.
Three days, seriously?
Three days, seriously?
Thats awesome Borat. Yeah Fedex from Greece is great. Esmoke also does a great job shipping them out fast.
I placed an order the other day can't wait to see how fast it gets here as well. To many parts to list though!!!
I placed an order the other day can't wait to see how fast it gets here as well. To many parts to list though!!!
Hope you get your shipment soon, TMC! One can never have enough of them parts.
I am at peace now: enough spare parts to survive zombie apocalypse and a new shiny 3D dripper that I just received today. Matches SS JGG perfectly ( even the logo is centered on a stealth cap ). Dual micro w. cotton at 0.5 ohm ( 0.25v drop with the 510 adapter), vapes like a good dripper should but without the need to open it up and wet the wicks every few puffs. Refilled the tank a couple of times but haven't burned the cotton even slightly yet. Maybe I'll finally take a break from watching endless youtube videos and read a book or something...
I am at peace now: enough spare parts to survive zombie apocalypse and a new shiny 3D dripper that I just received today. Matches SS JGG perfectly ( even the logo is centered on a stealth cap ). Dual micro w. cotton at 0.5 ohm ( 0.25v drop with the 510 adapter), vapes like a good dripper should but without the need to open it up and wet the wicks every few puffs. Refilled the tank a couple of times but haven't burned the cotton even slightly yet. Maybe I'll finally take a break from watching endless youtube videos and read a book or something...
I thank you too Bora, have a nice day and a great GG vape my good friend
To be - mostly - understood when i expect to write in english in this american forum, for a frenchman like me bearing a long tradition of no-consistency in foreign language knowledge, is in itself a big achievment
the road open by Imeo in mastering english in its video-presentations gives faith and courage to the legion of european who, younger at school, were more interested in the young blond girl seated near them than following with assiduity the english language lessons on the board... i'm sure that a 'cultural exception' false argument will finally help in finding excuses for destroying everyday more the well written english on internet !
'finishing the job of God' ..
About voltage drop , cleaning and improving 'performance', i respectfully share my small experience in polishing internal sides and threads of GG parts : polishing - specially steel - can be highly time-consuming and costfull in a production process. As you know an Ithaka ggts base is mirror polished on the outer visible body only; if full polished its price would be probably higher with estimated small or no added interest for majority of users. The paradox is the less you see the surface intended to be polished, the more complicated and risky is the polishing job .
First for aesthetical reasons (at a certain point, i consider each GG part in its conception as a small piece of noble 'artisanat' made by a 50/50 % artist and technician : take a second look at a basic feeding ring, a simple Odysseus cap or a Penelope 2 air control mouthpiece , if not convinced ) so i tried to bring to higher level of polishing the internal sides and threads of both mods and GG atos.
Putting aside the evryday joy for the eyes and the feeling that your own GG device is finally and invisbly unique with your own inputs, the benefits are objectively multiples : cleaning is far easier, juice does not stick, taste is more stable between 2 full cleanings, smoother handling and set up building, better conductivity. These benefits of an high level of polishing of each side of each parts is well-knowned in horology (for mechanical stability, oiling and ease of maintenance of the movements) or in surgery tools for cleaning procedure, for examples of hand made 'tools'. In these domains, the 'maniaco-highend-finish' can represent far more than the half of the overall cost of the product.
My next work will be on the ithaka 'NoNoR-upgrade' : screws with their nice large flat heads i'll bring to 'black' polish, this beautiful and complex center post(s) (i'll try 'angleage' for the ones who knows wath it is) dans this housing i definitly cannot let so roughly
Not to mention the hours this work/pleasure represent, i often build my own tools to reach the surfaces, sometimes with simple hard paper or wood, i believe in arkansas translucent stones for flats, Dialux paste range as always for motorized session, leather and fiber cotton for hand finish.
Finally the parts finished this way shows a kind of 'hand made' look for the trained eyes due to the microscopic differences of level, angles, brightness a direct wheel-drive polish cannot reach.
I assume to be a maniac (i prefer spending time this way than cleaning ashtrays...) i accept the demonstration this action is finally useless (i'm in fact not really interested in loss of voltage questions, my GG's works beautifully from their very first days), i only wish you to try one day the pleasure of dismantling for regular maintenance , cool at home with a second jGG loaded in hands, an Ithaka or a jGG lid with its threads or inside surfaces mirror-polished
Yes, photos would help, i'll try macrophoto soon ...
the road open by Imeo in mastering english in its video-presentations gives faith and courage to the legion of european who, younger at school, were more interested in the young blond girl seated near them than following with assiduity the english language lessons on the board...
i'm sure that a 'cultural exception' false argument will finally help in finding excuses for destroying everyday more the well written english on internet !'finishing the job of God' ..
About voltage drop , cleaning and improving 'performance', i respectfully share my small experience in polishing internal sides and threads of GG parts : polishing - specially steel - can be highly time-consuming and costfull in a production process. As you know an Ithaka ggts base is mirror polished on the outer visible body only; if full polished its price would be probably higher with estimated small or no added interest for majority of users. The paradox is the less you see the surface intended to be polished, the more complicated and risky is the polishing job .
First for aesthetical reasons (at a certain point, i consider each GG part in its conception as a small piece of noble 'artisanat' made by a 50/50 % artist and technician : take a second look at a basic feeding ring, a simple Odysseus cap or a Penelope 2 air control mouthpiece , if not convinced
) so i tried to bring to higher level of polishing the internal sides and threads of both mods and GG atos.Putting aside the evryday joy for the eyes and the feeling that your own GG device is finally and invisbly unique with your own inputs, the benefits are objectively multiples : cleaning is far easier, juice does not stick, taste is more stable between 2 full cleanings, smoother handling and set up building, better conductivity. These benefits of an high level of polishing of each side of each parts is well-knowned in horology (for mechanical stability, oiling and ease of maintenance of the movements) or in surgery tools for cleaning procedure, for examples of hand made 'tools'. In these domains, the 'maniaco-highend-finish' can represent far more than the half of the overall cost of the product.
My next work will be on the ithaka 'NoNoR-upgrade' : screws with their nice large flat heads i'll bring to 'black' polish, this beautiful and complex center post(s) (i'll try 'angleage' for the ones who knows wath it is) dans this housing i definitly cannot let so roughly
Not to mention the hours this work/pleasure represent, i often build my own tools to reach the surfaces, sometimes with simple hard paper or wood, i believe in arkansas translucent stones for flats, Dialux paste range as always for motorized session, leather and fiber cotton for hand finish.
Finally the parts finished this way shows a kind of 'hand made' look for the trained eyes due to the microscopic differences of level, angles, brightness a direct wheel-drive polish cannot reach.
I assume to be a maniac (i prefer spending time this way than cleaning ashtrays...) i accept the demonstration this action is finally useless (i'm in fact not really interested in loss of voltage questions, my GG's works beautifully from their very first days), i only wish you to try one day the pleasure of dismantling for regular maintenance , cool at home with a second jGG loaded in hands, an Ithaka or a jGG lid with its threads or inside surfaces mirror-polished
Yes, photos would help, i'll try macrophoto soon ...
will more ss 18650 jgg tubes be made available again? cant believe they are gone already
Am i the only one to think these new '18650' sized solid jGG tubes will be well-suited for hand-engraving or brushed/satin customization ?
There is some time i want to switch one of my 'classic' Ithaka into a brushed finish (will all the respect i have to the polish finish bring on genuine GG products, wich is quite good indeed)
i would love to have one that says "made by Imeo" "for my good friend Legion" engraved on it! LOL maybe after a couple more thousand posts in the GG forums
for now i would settle for a regular un embellished one!
will more ss 18650 jgg tubes be made available again? cant believe they are gone already
I grab the last one yesterday
but I think there'll be more very soon buddy
lol all good bro. i put in a large order 2 days ago and started to get squeamish when it got over 400 for just spare parts!LOL my fault for not pulling the trigger at the time.
lol, no,no. im not getting in the middle of that he who strikes first wins. make sure to taunt me with pictures when it arrives
he who strikes first wins. make sure to taunt me with pictures when it arrives
Don't you hate me as aalwani??
Noone will hate you more than me!!
I think I'll have a break so others can post their beauties
I will post mine tomorrow. Let the battle begin.
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