Ripple's I06 Tank Sleeve Mod

[MAlzado]

Okay seriously Ripple, That is way cool.

I've been using the ce2 metal tube also on my UFS/I06. This may not be a good idea but I wrap the I06 w/ about 6 or 7
loops of stretched teflon tape, tight, til it's slightly larger than the inside diameter of the tube. Then screw the atty almost BUT NOT QUITE all the way down on an old ego batt. Lube the tape w/ a couple drops of juice... and bang it down with my hammer! No, I'm not kidding.

The tube slices off the excess teflon and I kinda rub it off with my thumb leaving the I06 lodged in the tube.
I hope hot teflon isn't dangerous.
(I am supposed to have 6 toes, right?)

 

[MAlzado]

I know what you mean. In the Harley Davidson Manual it just says "When all else fails get a bigger hammer" so that's all I ever got, a bigger hammer.

There's a manual???

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Okay seriously Ripple, That is way cool.

I've been using the ce2 metal tube also on my UFS/I06. This may not be a good idea but I wrap the I06 w/ about 6 or 7
loops of stretched teflon tape, tight, til it's slightly larger than the inside diameter of the tube. Then screw the atty almost BUT NOT QUITE all the way down on an old ego batt. Lube the tape w/ a couple drops of juice... and bang it down with my hammer! No, I'm not kidding.

The tube slices off the excess teflon and I kinda rub it off with my thumb leaving the I06 lodged in the tube.
I hope hot teflon isn't dangerous.
(I am supposed to have 6 toes, right?)

I don't know -- I dug this up on the web........

In cases of "Teflon toxicosis," as the bird poisonings are called, the lungs of exposed birds hemorrhage and fill with fluid, leading to suffocation. DuPont acknowledges that the fumes can also sicken people, a condition called "polymer fume fever." DuPont has never studied the incidence of the fever among users of the billions of non-stick pots and pans sold around the world. Neither has the company studied the long-term effects from the sickness, or the extent to which Teflon exposures lead to human illnesses believed erroneously to be the common flu.

 

[loft]

Okay seriously Ripple, That is way cool.

I've been using the ce2 metal tube also on my UFS/I06. This may not be a good idea but I wrap the I06 w/ about 6 or 7
loops of stretched teflon tape, tight, til it's slightly larger than the inside diameter of the tube. Then screw the atty almost BUT NOT QUITE all the way down on an old ego batt. Lube the tape w/ a couple drops of juice... and bang it down with my hammer! No, I'm not kidding.

The tube slices off the excess teflon and I kinda rub it off with my thumb leaving the I06 lodged in the tube.
I hope hot teflon isn't dangerous.
(I am supposed to have 6 toes, right?)

Less work to just crimp it bud. And safer.

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Less work to just crimp it bud. And safer.

That's what I thought!!! Did you make one yet?

 

[5cardstud]

I think I'll have to agree with Loft and Rip on the safety of using Teflon tape after reading that info on the birds. Just crimp it. Be safe.

 

[loft]

That's what I thought!!! Did you make one yet?

Nope, haven't paid for a CE2 since the batch that I gave away. Send me a tube? I need to play with my UFS and I don't like short mode lmao.

 

[MAlzado]

Less work to just crimp it bud. And safer.

Okay. You had me at less work. I'll try the crimp thing... but I still get to hit it with my hammer, right?

(Oh, about the bird thing... Yep, hot teflon'll bury 'em. so will avocado, smoke, Lysol, Glade, oven cleaner, & just about anything else that comes in aerosol form. Parrots have an insanely sensitive respiratory tract. Pretty much anything airborne besides air kills 'em. Might be a little too restrictive barometer for most people.

 

[mwa102464]

Ripple, here is another opt for you that works very nicely = you can order Delrin tubing over the internet at many different places, if you order a 10 mm Delrin tubing with a 8-8.01mm drilled out inside opening this will work perfectly, you can then cut your tube to length, drill your hole where you want on the bottom of the tube and then heat up that tube with a hair dryer and push it right on to the i06. I have to heat mine to get em on and to get em off with the hair dryer but once it reaches a certain Temp they slide on and off like butter and it works great.

 

[MAlzado]

The I06 is tapered though... No?

 

[loft]

The I06 is tapered though... No?

I can measure with my caliper if you'd like.

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Loft, I'd make you some but I'm really low on sleeves, others have asked......

 

[mwa102464]

The I06 is tapered though... No?

Doesnt matter, if you heat up the Delrin it expands, and when it does the i06 slides on like butter, heat it up and off it comes again, ya only gotta take it out when it dies and that's a good 3 months for me it seems. Telling you guys order some Delrin sleeves on the internet they work great and there is no air loss like the metal tubes have, this results in better performance

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Did you try the crimping, mwa? There is no air loss at all, its a tight fit....

 

[sacredgaming]

wow.. just got my i06 this thing is amazing. clouds and clouds of vapor in the ufs.

 

[mwa102464]

Did you try the crimping, mwa? There is no air loss at all, its a tight fit....

Believe me Ripple I have been using the i06 since Issac sent me the Beta's to test out and working with it in just about every possible way. The tight Delrin sleeve I got and heating them up and pressing them on and off with heat leaves absolutely not one drop of possible air escaping, Crimping does when comparing the two and I'm much happier with the heated press fit of the Delrin, you should try it, only tool needed is a hair dryer after you cut them to the size you want, unless your drilling a hole of course in what case you would also need a drill. I think it's that most people find it easier to rip apart an old Carto or 901 or any tube that would work instead of ordering the Delrin, I'll take the Delrin path along with a couple other things I'm using with these i06's but it's what makes you happy in the end so if ya like crimping then Crimp

 

[dspin]

Did you try the crimping, mwa? There is no air loss at all, its a tight fit....

+++++++10 on that. Rips way and crimping is an excellent tight fit w/no air loss. Who wants to screw around with delrin tubes.

 

[sacredgaming]

my i06 died after 48 hours

 

[dspin]

my i06 died after 48 hours

Yes, you never know. I had one that went after 3 hrs. Another one 3 weeks. Never had an atty last 3 months - then again I chain vape and run them hot. When the flavor or performance wanes I toss them.

 

[RippleInStillWater]

The only ones I blew in a tank so far was a 3.5Ω that I let get too dry and a 1.5Ω that I cleaned and forgot to reprime -- maybe I just have good luck but cleaning them every two weeks the (2) 1.8s and (2) 2.5s have not died in 2 months or so.....

I'm set as far as I'm concerend, I06s and rebuildables will do me just fine......