Sterling Silver Atomizer

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gravewolf

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Had to finish my silver atomizer cause I dropped and lost my pheonix atomizer while I was out on my motorbike. It was supposed to have an air adjustment valve at the bottom but it was too complicated and needed a bit more tuning to make it work right. So I reworked the internals and just kept the design simple and made a standard hole on the side. I used a couple of the parts from my broken mini nova like the brass cap and threads to make the work a lot easier and use lesser silver since this is gonna be my personal atomizer. I made a diy o-ring to make a proper seal at the bottom by using a puncher and the silicon cover used to protect laptop keyboards. During this project I found that having a thinner body makes for a better draw and smoke production since the air hole becomes closer to the coil. It works good and the flavor is great when paired with a cotton gauze as a wick. I'm gonna make a thinner body on my next project as this unit is a bit fatter than my old pheonix.

At the bottom is a locking nut which secures the the silver positive terminal to the body. I got the 510 thread from another broken atomizer.
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The negative and positive poles are all silver including the screws which secure the heating coil
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Here is the mini vivi nova threads and brass cap force that is glued and force fitted to a sterling silver body, I have a feeling that the brass cap would lessen the heat transfer if I finish my silver drip tip.
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Attached to my sterling silver mod.....now all I need is a sterling silver drip tip:)
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gravewolf

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Looking good gravewolf. I could see a silver ming style with a swirled pattern along the bulb part. Kind of like this, to pick up on the button's accent:

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Are you doing the driptip cast?

Thanks asdaq, I'm still thinking if I should cast it since I can sculpt lots of unique shapes on wax that I can never do with just hammering on metal. The only problem with that method is that they tend to come out heavier and if I mess up the casting process I'll be losing precious hours of sculpting. Nice design on the driptip, it gives me an idea on what to do.

Edit: sorry asdaq, I'm quite sleepy today. I've been replying to bapgoods threads lately lol.
 
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gravewolf

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Ewe. Awesome. Engrave some of it. Wow

I'd love to but the wall is only 1mm thick and I'm a afraid denting it. Also engraving is a pain for me since I only use a manual engraver and not an electric one. I am thinking of just soldering some casted designs but I'll do it after I finished some of my other works. What matters to me with this project is that I have made a successful working rebuildable atomizer....and that I don't need to buy one anymore :) I just made a few adjustments last night and it's now working as good as my lost phoenix. I also fixed the shorting issue cause the bottom o-ring that isolated the positive pole had a tear and it was making contact with the negative sides and replaced it with a plastic one that also reduces the play whenever I attach it to my mod. I'm just determining if I like the stiff draw or if it would give off more vapor if I increase the size of the hole but would be sacrificing the stiff draw.
 
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