Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Three
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Ooooh, pretty! I have a tackle box that I have everything in because I haul it back and forth to work. At the time, I thought it was plenty big enough. Now I'm starting to wonder.
I've been up since the .... crack of dawn.......blood work......damn those people that make me go without coffee!! I want to go back to bed SO bad, but I have an appointment for a hair cut in a couple of hours. I'm starting to look like Lassie.
The shipping is based on where your at. For me it was $25 or so. StillStill probably going to order it.
If you wait until you're in Florida the shipping will be less. In VA, you'd get it cheaper from Essential Oils, Soap Making Supplies & More | Bulk Apothecary Use code savings10 for 10% off the already low prices on VG and PG. The 10 pound size of VG is a gallon, and the 8 pound size of PG is a gallon.
Thanks Bells.Where you been? Haven't seen you around as much as usual. No hangouts nothing. I can meet you there if you want. Ain't nobody in it right now.
Just a suggestion, if you live near a DIY supplier like I do (TFA) or travel or know someone who travels near a supplier, will calling an order sure beats shipping- cost wise. Shipping costs are a killer.
Well according to Busardo the DOVPO Scorpion 50W and the Mini 50W are pretty much junk. Have to agree with him on this one. I think it is pretty inexusable for a device to not have a spring loaded 510 these days and that was just one of the many things wrong with these two. Looks like DOVPO makes junk. I haven't seen anything from them that's worth buying. 
I've given it some thought over the last few days .. as some may recall, I entered a semi-retirement mode a while back, selling off my studio and the "Brother Loves Traveling Salvation Show" stage rig .. I now just concentrate on modifying, repairing and making instruments, mainly guitars .. I am not going to re-post that pic from my brochure of years ago of my work, since it seems a little pretentious .. however, I think many see that and get a wow factor from the work .. and say, "Man, this dude could sell some box mods" .. and, I really appreciate the show of support and potential "customers" out there ..
If anyone looks at the "Flower Guitar Neck Inlay" .. it's work .. there are hundreds of tiny pieces of shell / abalone / etc, each I have to individually cut by hand with a jewelers saw, the very small pieces can and do break sometimes, so you have to start over on some, each inlay piece is matched to the design I'm trying to make as far as color, match of grain, swirl, lines, etc .. in order to produce a cohesive piece, which all must be done and laid out before the next phase begins ..
I then must hand carve the complete outline of the piece into the wood, to a shallow depth so that the inlay piece can fit in seamlessly .. there is really no machine that can do it, since even a CNC machine would require re-programming for each piece .. IOW, it is impossible to replicate the inlay itself the exact same each and every time ..
Then, each tiny piece of inlay must be dry fitted and sanded down so they lay perfectly flush with each other .. and correct and re-cut any piece that does not seem artistically a good match .. then, you take them all out and begin gluing in each piece .. I'd estimate the "Flower Guitar Neck Inlay" to be around 40 hours of work, maybe more as you lose track of time ..
For the end of my already too long story .. I've decided to obtain 10 wood box mods and see about turning out a few prototypes as time permits, play around with a few designs, see what kind of general wood thickness these things have since it looks like many have thin sides and limit any design I like to no more than 6-8 hours work maximum .. we'll see what happens .. if I have an actual farmed out production run of 500 in various exotic woods, that's going to pretty much cover the rest of my Time on Earth When I'm Still Capable of Actually Doing it Physically ..
If I were contemplating just doing some exotic wood box mods, I think that space is filled adequately with other makers ..
Yeah, well, at my age, when I'm trying to slow down things, starting up a new business of sorts is just not in the realm of devoting substantial time to it .. I already like what I do now ..
On the flipside, the allure of turning out a very limited number of box mods, with designs that are unique to each and essentially one of a kind, is the same allure as building a hand made instrument .. I know people will appreciate it, people will touch it and use it, the work will exist long after I'm gone, it's somewhat of a legacy, and who knows .. ?? In a hundred years, I may have a piece in the "PV Hall of Fame Museum" .. since I've given up on getting my picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone" ..
It's going to be a Long Day's Night. Got two of the grandkids from 5 P.M. to whenever tomorrow morning.
It's Rolling Stones night in Orlando!!!
Went to Rolling Stones Concert November last year.
Had missed out on getting tickets to their concert originally , then on the day they were going to play his girlfriend died and they cancelled.
Then came back a few months later and put on two shows and got tickets to one of those.
I feel so special! I got a genuine, real life, IFFY HUG! He came to the dog show! We had a nice chat, then a fellow vaper came in with her dog to buy something. So cool! Wish I had the rick rack dancer or dancing banana on my phone!!!
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