Sooo I work at lowes...

[treehead]

Hey all, through my job I've found all sorts of helpful things such as awesome electricians scissors for snipping kanthal close to posts, To pure sheets of copper to "decorate" my cheap clone mods and help the volt drop. I even got an employee discount on an epic drill press that I'm attempting to make my own actual rda.
Well I'm starting to run out of ideas on what to do, maybe make a coil jig?

-it'd be awesome if my amazing friends could help me come up with a clever way to make vape life easier, or maybe something you want to see but don't go to home material stores often.

(by the way I'm making a glass vape station because we have thick glass and a professional cutter I my dept. (tools and hardware), it's looking pretty beautiful and I have the "blueprints" for anyone that wants to DIY)




vape on brothers and sisters of the vape hood!

 

[FlamingoTutu]

My husband works at Lowes too. It was through one of his coworkers that he got a recommendation for an ecig kit that actually worked for me. Using a cigalike with not enough nicotine before that.

Glass vape station sounds really, really nice. Please post a picture when it’s done.

 

[omyeyes]

Hey all, through my job I've found all sorts of helpful things such as awesome electricians scissors for snipping kanthal close to posts, To pure sheets of copper to "decorate" my cheap clone mods and help the volt drop. I even got an employee discount on an epic drill press that I'm attempting to make my own actual RDA.
Well I'm starting to run out of ideas on what to do, maybe make a coil jig?

-it'd be awesome if my amazing friends could help me come up with a clever way to make vape life easier, or maybe something you want to see but don't go to home material stores often.

(by the way I'm making a glass vape station because we have thick glass and a professional cutter I my dept. (tools and hardware), it's looking pretty beautiful and I have the "blueprints" for anyone that wants to DIY)

vape on brothers and sisters of the vape hood!

Dying to see it when it's done!!!!!! Please, please, please!!!

 

[Rickb119]

Lowes, Home Depot, etc., are big boy toy stores.

 

[horton]

Yeah.... how about a pic??? At least some shots of the work in progress. What's the expression?? .... didn't happen if no pics ?? lol

 

[treehead]

Yeah.... how about a pic??? At least some shots of the work in progress. What's the expression?? .... didn't happen if no pics ?? lol

"dideth not occur if absence of documentation" something like that . Yeah I'll be sure to post it hopefully in about 3-6 hours, I have all the materials cut ready to put together with clear super epoxy. The hard part that will be most of the delay is (helping my girlfriend fix her lawnmower/cut her grass most likely , and once that's done) drilling the holes in glass without any chipping/breaking , really hope that doesn't happen or I'll be showing you guys one ugly vape-station .

-So to you guys that asked I'll send you a personal message too of the final product, and sorry you'll have to be patient, I'm a perfectionist , I don't want to rush this although deep down I do because I'm excited to put all this purdy glass together.

 

[horton]

OK.... we'll be here tapping our feet.....lol

 

[omyeyes]

And here we are...........waiting...........
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[DetraMental]

This is interesting! Can't wait to see this station.

 

[glasseye]

"dideth not occur if absence of documentation" something like that . Yeah I'll be sure to post it hopefully in about 3-6 hours, I have all the materials cut ready to put together with clear super epoxy. The hard part that will be most of the delay is (helping my girlfriend fix her lawnmower/cut her grass most likely , and once that's done) drilling the holes in glass without any chipping/breaking , really hope that doesn't happen or I'll be showing you guys one ugly vape-station .

-So to you guys that asked I'll send you a personal message too of the final product, and sorry you'll have to be patient, I'm a perfectionist , I don't want to rush this although deep down I do because I'm excited to put all this purdy glass together.

Put me on the list, I'd love to see it! Let me know if you need any help/ideas for drilling the glass. A circle of plumbers putty makes a quick make-shift water well.

 

[PaulBHC]

I was at Lowes this week. Bought a cell phone holder in the tool belt section for my MVP or other setups. They have a neat one with a flap that goes in your back pocket and the pouch hangs from that or you can use the belt loop.

Years ago when my daughter was at home I asked her why she had so many different hair appliances. She asked "do you have a bunch of power tools in the garage that you never use? These are my power tools." I shut up.

 

[treehead]

My husband works at Lowes too. It was through one of his coworkers that he got a recommendation for an ecig kit that actually worked for me. Using a cigalike with not enough nicotine before that.

Glass vape station sounds really, really nice. Please post a picture when it’s done.

Ok guys here it is! Sorry it's got fingerprints and drill bit oil on it, it's "hot off the press". And sorry to those who we're waiting for a GLASS station, after working with a few pieces of pricey glass and cracking half of them, I ran to the store and recut ACRYLIC for my "prototype", just to get my method down and see what it looks like. Don't worry though the glass one is coming soon, and I'm ordering a special epoxy that will make it invisible instead of gunking it up with yellowish glue, or hairline fracturing everything I drill. Sorry it took so long, but glass is a temperamental girl, she bit me a few times today, i got fed up and found out glass drill bits don't wok as well as advertised . But the acrylic and metal looks pretty cool, not as cool as I wanted, but it cleaned up nice and did the job. Now that I know I like the look of see-through vape stations, I'll make a sleek modern one out of real glass, and be super exact with my measurements because I though I was with this one but by the end of it I was off by a few mms. Anyway I'll shut up and send these out now!
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So I made a 2 "step" design, the lower level for my juices & 3 huge holes for my mods and batteries/grabngo setups, the front hinges open with a twist of a tiny window locker/locks too. And the second step kinda turns it into a big storage box, which I wanted so I could hold ALL of my vaping/building equipment, in kind of an adult toybox . The back has a door that I put a lock on to make it kid/petsafe, because why not, my huskies would drink the juice just to make me feel bad (by the way did you know dogs can look up? Lol Stryker in the pic looks upside down and backwards at you like a snake doing yoga, I got animals as wierd as I am what can I say). So there you have it! I'll be making a purdier more professional looking one but this one has a kind of steampunk charm to it. The "blueprints" are even simpler now, can post if anyone wants.

*dang iphone camera, can't take a good picture right-side up, tried to take a picture while full of vapor(looked really cool actually) but darn pg mix won't stick around.*
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[RAMBOKNIFE]

Do lowes carry kanthal wire ?

 

[lightbud404]

we all know you're gonna need moar holes, but a great job nonetheless

 

[treehead]

Do lowes carry kanthal wire ?

No sir, I wish. I'd buy the industrial roll with my employee discount

 

[treehead]

we all know you're gonna need moar holes, but a great job nonetheless

Thank ya , The next one will be muuuch nicer looking. I'm hoping to make it resemble View attachment 320640

 

[rotting_hell]

Cool Pics, love the dog!

 

[treehead]

Lowes, Home Depot, etc., are big boy toy stores.

I thought I was the only one with a passion for power-tools and hardware . That's why they hired me haha XD

 

[2naphish]

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"dideth not occur if absence of documentation" something like that . Yeah I'll be sure to post it hopefully in about 3-6 hours, I have all the materials cut ready to put together with clear super epoxy. The hard part that will be most of the delay is (helping my girlfriend fix her lawnmower/cut her grass most likely , and once that's done) drilling the holes in glass without any chipping/breaking , really hope that doesn't happen or I'll be showing you guys one ugly vape-station .

-So to you guys that asked I'll send you a personal message too of the final product, and sorry you'll have to be patient, I'm a perfectionist , I don't want to rush this although deep down I do because I'm excited to put all this purdy glass together.

mow the lawn first....then take care of vaping business..stay happy

 

[glasseye]

What kind of glass drill bits are you using? I think (and you would know lol) that Lowes has diamond hole saw bits. Lots of cool water, slow and easy. Those spade ones are garbage for glass. I would just put the glass in a tub of water on top of a piece of styro for cushion. That's how I used to do it, but never holes that big!