PDIB's Making MODs!
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After getting it and not working then the mental breakdown (hissy-fit), trying and failing adjustments I was pretty bummed....then PMs back and forth to mad modmaker.......BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm one happy camper. I have to say and will deny it if asked 
this mod is the answer to all my arthritis issues. Way easy to squonk (just shut up trunker) and easy access to refilling.
this mod is the answer to all my arthritis issues. Way easy to squonk (just shut up trunker) and easy access to refilling.
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SuperX. That looks so great on the Dibi. I'm really looking forward to the Nuppin and the BF Odin.
I forgot who posted the link about a week ago to vaping Craze and the Origin BF pin but thank you.
I got it and it installed easily and works perfectly. I really am enjoying this 22 mm flavor machine on a Reo. Now if only my December Dibi would come for Christmas in July.
I forgot who posted the link about a week ago to vaping Craze and the Origin BF pin but thank you.
I got it and it installed easily and works perfectly. I really am enjoying this 22 mm flavor machine on a Reo. Now if only my December Dibi would come for Christmas in July.
Hey X-Puppy....
wanna sell your dog?
I've got cash and a chihua-olverine for a trade in.
wanna sell your dog?
I've got cash and a chihua-olverine for a trade in.
Months ago, I showed Val an ebay listing of a wood block - maple burl. I sent him the link since he was obsessing about wood, and forgot about it.
He BUYS it and tells me we're splitting it, and we can get it dyed and stabilized. He has it shipped to my house. Well, when it got here... it wasn't quite as impressive in person due to some large holes and irregular patterns. So I wanted to see the inside first.
I ran around town to find someone who could cut a big block of wood burl... it was not the kind of thing you could cut with just any saw, too much would be lost using a circular saw, and it would probably burn the wood, so I found a custom cabinet maker, who agreed to slice it in half for me. My husband helped me cut it into chunks with a chop saw. Due to the positioning of the big holes, it wasn't possible to cut them into even sizes, so I positioned the cuts to work with the knotholes, into the best possible 3D visual patterns (keeping dibi shapes in mind)... which meant some were too big, some were too small:
Back:
Holes:
I sent these photos to 2 stabilizers, and they both said... er... not worth it. I sent them to Val, who said, er... not worth it. But... they were really INTERESTING patterns to me (not to mention that I planned the patterns, so I took it a bit personally), and I could see some quilting, which did not show up in the photos very well.
I thought about it a bit... fug it. I sent the pieces to K&G ... they told me it wasn't worth doing, but if I insisted, it's my money. I insisted. My thought was, even if they are poop, I'd get to see the color range K&G did in person, plus, Val had spent quite a bit buying the wood block and paying for shipping to me. He's out the money, and I have this useless wood... it was only fair I be out money too.
So I told K&G that I wanted them double dyed, w/ extra long time saturation, and that I'd post the pix all over the internet (with their name on it), so even if they didn't particularly think much of the wood, show me what they could do. Please try to do a great color job, despite the not so great looking wood. Then, I labeled each block with the color combos I wanted, and shipped it off.
Roughly 2 months later, I got a box back... full of crusty sticky smelly black blobs... oh oh...
Here's the box of crusty, sticky black blobs:
I tried to sand the sticky blobs with a hand sander, instant clogging of the sandpaper, and despite going through many sandpaper pads (due to sticky gummy glop on outsides), I was just not able to see the wood... so I broke down and bought a new big Rockwell belt sander (boy does THAT make things easier!). That took another while to get here, but I finally got the darn things sanded down to the wood tonite ... and omg. Do I have solid eyeballing skillz or what?
Dry:
Wet:
Closeup of one w/ lousy phone flash (now you see why I want sunlight):
They are... Unstinking believable. HA! So they aren't full of bug eyes... but the patterns are intense!! The wood is ROCK solid, ok, more solid than a rock because rocks can break if you drop them, and I dropped each one several times, zinged a few across the whole garage when I lost my grip and it hit that support bar thingie, the vibration on the table from the sander knocked them to the concrete a few times, you get the pix, these are TOUGH.
Unfortunately, only some are wide enough for Dibi, and of those, there is very little side clearance... but none of these have ANY structural weakness, so unless there's a compelling reason to waste a lot of wood on the sides, they should work...
I'll try to get sunlight pix tomorrow rather than kitchen sink phone pix.
So Val, how many more Dibi were you planning to get? I believe owe you some wood, my friend
. And... whatcha think pdib?
Yeesh. Chasing ground shorts. Worst time I ever had was when while in the Navy helping the ICs (Interior Communications Techs) troubleshoot an old phone relay system - designed with a floating ground! It was shorting that floating ground reference to ship's ground somewhere causing gremlins throughout the ship. We found it, though!
I likes my wooden OliveR Dibi!
Love those pics of wood glassgal. Im not allowed to flash wood cause its in direct violation of my parole. I use my avatar circumvent it. I plan on 2 more mods in the future, one using that red block and this blue one.
I use my avatar circumvent it. I plan on 2 more mods in the future, one using that red block and this blue one.
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Do I have solid eyeballing skillz or what?
Dry:
Wet:
Closeup of one w/ lousy phone flash (now you see why I want sunlight):
They are... Unstinking believable. HA! So they aren't full of bug eyes... but the patterns are intense!! The wood is ROCK solid, ok, more solid than a rock because rocks can break if you drop them, and I dropped each one several times, zinged a few across the whole garage when I lost my grip and it hit that support bar thingie, the vibration on the table from the sander knocked them to the concrete a few times, you get the pix, these are TOUGH.
Unfortunately, only some are wide enough for Dibi, and of those, there is very little side clearance... but none of these have ANY structural weakness, so unless there's a compelling reason to waste a lot of wood on the sides, they should work...
I'll try to get sunlight pix tomorrow rather than kitchen sink phone pix.
So Val, how many more Dibi were you planning to get? I believe owe you some wood, my friend
... well since you're letting me pick, I'd choose the light green and the purple one in the far left corner
just pm me how much I owe you- Status
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