Yea we do.
It is 304 or worse. The cheapest. Not food/surgical graded not work-hardening, easy to cut steel. IMHORayon wick, better flow, flavor, saturation and Nic Hit!
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Yea we do.
It is 304 or worse. The cheapest. Not food/surgical graded not work-hardening, easy to cut steel. IMHO
I didn't mean to imply the topic was getting old just that what a craftsman can do with a cobalt bit is not the same as what a doofous can do with the same tools.
BUT - I'd be almost willing to bet I can hold a hand drill as stable as a $50 Drill Press.Ok maybe not but darn close.
What we really need is a "Custom vape shop" you know you sketch something on a napkin and you send it off and it comes back properly machined. Come to think of it I saw a guy post a picture of a Squape he re-engineered and it looked really good... for the life of me I can't remember his name but I think his Avatar was some kind of four legged critter. Ah - it's OK it will come to me.
I heard on Vapor Joe TV these guys will make anything you can think of for you Custom Mod Creation
Yeah, but you guys do this all day and speak the same language.
AMD, you're destroying the myth! I pictured you with a machine shop full of venerable tools, not a Central Machinery one.
AMD, you're destroying the myth! I pictured you with a machine shop full of venerable tools, not a Central Machinery one.
"We really don't know for sure what kind of metal our $30 Chinese tanks are made from."
Oh - Say it isn't so!!!
Yep, Central Machinery originally from Harbor Freight that I bought second hand on a garage sale several years ago.
Holman I think you would love this little vise, I have one I use on my reloading bench and love it! I have a big heavy duty six inch vice in my shop for all my auto repairs and big jobs but this little guy is great for in the house tinkering. It's one of the best deals I've gotten from harbor freight, I made a set of brass jaws for mine and use it more for holding atty's while I'm wicking more then anything else. http://www.harborfreight.com/2-1-2-half-inch-table-swivel-vise-97160.html
And here's a link to a 20% off coupon good until the end of the month, would bring it down to $20
http://widgets.harborfreight.com/ws...0315b&utm_source=1021&cid=mEmail_s1021_c0315b
And here's a link to a 20% off coupon good until the end of the month, would bring it down to $20
http://widgets.harborfreight.com/ws...0315b&utm_source=1021&cid=mEmail_s1021_c0315b
I'm sure most of us have seen rust spots on our cheap "stainless" steel tanks, which means there is carbon, to some degree, in the metal. That sort of thing causes hard spots that can really cause problems when machined. I use carbon as an example because we've all seen it, but there are lots of other funky things in third world metal that are just as detrimental.
And here I sat in the garage thinking its normal using a cheap battery B&D hand drill, cheap Ryobi drill bits, and a little bottle of Remington gun oil, to drill out an EHPro KFL+ center post to 1/16" then 5/64", holding the post with a pair of needle nose, with the post wrapped in a latex glove to stop it from slipping and marring up the finish.
Bah, lathes and drill presses, pssh.
Bah, lathes and drill presses, pssh.
Machinists will drive you crazy. I know. I was married to one.
Jeremy,
Great thread, after reading for a couple hours...I bought ten pounds---
Please Tell me you didn't.. Unless your buying for a small country.
Welcome, I'm guessing you made it past post 300 when we found the cellucotton and others are great and cheaply readily available.
Cheers!
go about its use methodically and check your work and you will be rewarded greatly.
Rayon wick.. The wick that just keeps giving.
Oh it may help you to fast forward through the thread up to post 1200 if you look at my series of blogs.
What you describe is often too little rayon inside the coil. If you think that's the problem you can easily add a little rayon to the coil w/o rewicking. I use a doubled-over piece of Kanthal (I use 32 g) bent sharply, then inserted through the coil on the outside of the rayon. Insert the bent end through coil leaving the two 'loose' ends for pulling the wire back out of the coil. Think of it as a big needle threader. When this is done correctly you will see the wire against the inside of your coil. Then insert a small piece of rayon through the doubled-over end and then carefully pull the rayon back through the coil. Trim the added piece flush with the ends of the coil, then try it.
I have done this numerous times and it has worked each and every time. In fact, doing it this way when using small diameter coils lessens the chance of distorting the coil when inserting the rayon dry.
Good luck!
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After my box of rayon (Graham) arrived from Sally yesterday, I cant imagine what ten pounds would look like (small country is right) ...I thought there was a mistake at first when I saw the size, lol
For anyone else unsure I'd how much you might need, I put a SX Mini + SqR on the box for reference...I don't think I'll ever need wicking material for the rest of my life...and I thought my 80 pads of KGD was a lot
YAY! You now have enough to introduce other people and probably enough to give away a lifetime supply or two as well. I have started using small ziplocks of it as padding when shipping vape supplies out, as it serves double-duty.
* Rayon wicking is the best wicking for vaping *
Thats a good idea maybe I'll wrap all the tmods up with rayon when I send them out!
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