Silver Tipped Springfield Pipe

[Mstr Mashnst]

It's time to start this thread. Bent stem Springfield's with all silver/germaniun alloy contacts and gold wire connections. I already use gold wire connections on my pipes because I only have one connection. The center pin on the 510 has always been silver/ germanium alloy as well. Now all the contacts will be silver. This is not a sub-ohm pipe. It will still start to shut down under 1.5 ohms. It has always been my goal to build the best auto touch pipe on the market. One that you can just hold and will come on when you put it in your mouth. It needs to have replaceable parts and can be repaired. All parts are silver soldered together because it has to be heat treated. Normal solder would melt off. I'll show you how I put this pipe together over the week or so. Enjoy

 

[Mstr Mashnst]

Doing the battery holder is like doing jewelry. Very small pieces being heated to slight orange. Had to drag out my jewelers torch. Made the contact post out of brass but, made them short by .062. Then silver soldered the silver plate to the top of the .125 post. Put it in the lathe to trim it square after it was heat treated. Drilled and tapped it 2-56. The 510 connector also has silver on it's face and was machined to it's final dimensions. Now when I cast the battery pack, only the silver contacts will show. I'll do that today.

 

[The Curse of Millhaven]

Like a fine watch. I'll be interested to see more.

 

[gwbruce]

Can't wait to see more of this process.

 

[nisam]

I never tire of learning all that goes into the making of a Springfield

 

[Mstr Mashnst]

The battery holder is done. It takes 32 parts to put the battery holder together. Most of that is molded into plastic to make it water tight and easier to replace. You can see the two contact post on top of the holder and the positive tab for the battery. Also the battery spring has a large silver contact. The pos tab looks so good I hate to put red paint on it. Maybe just a little. Next is the EGO connector and start the work on the stems.

 

[Mstr Mashnst]

Moving onto the stem. There is a stainless steel insert that goes into the stem of a Springfield. It has two slots on each side so you can push it on. Then turn it 1/8 turn and hear it click into place. This part is first turned on the lathe with a knurl on the outside so the plastic has something to grip to. Then it goes into a drill fixture to drill four pilot holes. The pilot holes make it much easier to start machining the slots. It goes from that fixture, to another in the mill that aligns all the grooves and places the detent notch. The second setup puts in the six degree slot that tightens the stem on the pipe as you turn the stem. I have the program to run this on the CNC just haven't done it yet. Next is the EGO connector.

 

[Mstr Mashnst]

With the insert done, one can cast the stem. You can see how the insert fits into the stem. The plastic is casted around in. The beauty ring helps hide the o-ring and strengthen the part. Like all the Springfield parts, it's made to last.

 

[Mstr Mashnst]

The bowl is done and ready to go into the tank.

 

[Mstr Mashnst]

To finish up this thread is the new bowl. All the bowls start as a blank with a hole in it. It goes on a CNC router and is shaped out. Then all the finish work goes into it. It took four trys to get a bowl I liked. You can see the three silver tips in the last photo.

 

[Mstr Mashnst]

The first bent stem, silver tipped Springfield. More then likely, this will be my last thread on ECF. If you would like to see more of the Springfield's on going builds and projects, come see us on the ePipe Forum.