Newbie here, but I've made what I believe may be an important discovery for cart mods currently using straws as a sort of shelf to support plugs of various types. This discovery is probably also useful for all sorts of other mods not even involving straws. I have no idea if anyone has ever discovered or posted about this before, but if they have, then I don't see why anyone would be still using straws to support a plug of wicking material.
This is using a 510 whistle tip cart, I have no experience with any other type.
First, you just need a thin paperclip or something that will fit in the small hole in the mouthpiece you inhale through. It helps if you put a slight bend at the very end of the paperclip. Stick it in the hole, and pull the tip of the mouthpiece out. Yes, it comes out, it's not just one solid piece.
Now that you have that out, and you look deeper down into the hole where it used to be, you'll see another little hole the same size as the one you just used to pull that piece out with. That's another removable piece - use the paperclip to do the same thing again and pull that sucker out of there also. Now you've got two little pieces out of the end of the mouth piece.
So here's the simple discovery: Both of these two pieces fit *PERFECTLY* into the atty-side of the cart!!! If you take the second smaller piece and push it down into the atty-side of the cart, it will automatically stop at the perfect height to put a small plug of your favorite wicking material on top of it. And it will support that plug a hell of a lot more securely and precisely than a straw ever would. Plus, you don't lose space in the cart from putting the straw in there.
Now, I haven't even tried this in practice yet. I literally *just* made this discovery. But I imagine that the existing hole will probably need to be drilled larger, but maybe not I dunno, but that should be simple. I have zero experience with this stuff, and have never done any kind of mod at all - I've only been vaping for a week.
Additional Notes:
-You'll most likely want a syringe to refill with, unless you feel like pulling the piece out everytime - which should still be easy as long as you have a paperclip properly bent at the very end. A metal dental pick or lock pick would be a more elegant solution for doing this regularly, particularly if the hole does need to be made considerably larger.
-When drilling the hole larger, it will probably best be done with the piece in place in the cart so as to hold it in place. Since you'll be sacrificing a cart anyway to get the donor piece from, you don't have to worry about drilling too far, getting little pieces of plastic in the cart, or damaging the donor cart by holding it with pliers or a vice while drilling.
So whatcha think? Are straws now obsolete?
This is using a 510 whistle tip cart, I have no experience with any other type.
First, you just need a thin paperclip or something that will fit in the small hole in the mouthpiece you inhale through. It helps if you put a slight bend at the very end of the paperclip. Stick it in the hole, and pull the tip of the mouthpiece out. Yes, it comes out, it's not just one solid piece.
Now that you have that out, and you look deeper down into the hole where it used to be, you'll see another little hole the same size as the one you just used to pull that piece out with. That's another removable piece - use the paperclip to do the same thing again and pull that sucker out of there also. Now you've got two little pieces out of the end of the mouth piece.
So here's the simple discovery: Both of these two pieces fit *PERFECTLY* into the atty-side of the cart!!! If you take the second smaller piece and push it down into the atty-side of the cart, it will automatically stop at the perfect height to put a small plug of your favorite wicking material on top of it. And it will support that plug a hell of a lot more securely and precisely than a straw ever would. Plus, you don't lose space in the cart from putting the straw in there.
Now, I haven't even tried this in practice yet. I literally *just* made this discovery. But I imagine that the existing hole will probably need to be drilled larger, but maybe not I dunno, but that should be simple. I have zero experience with this stuff, and have never done any kind of mod at all - I've only been vaping for a week.
Additional Notes:
-You'll most likely want a syringe to refill with, unless you feel like pulling the piece out everytime - which should still be easy as long as you have a paperclip properly bent at the very end. A metal dental pick or lock pick would be a more elegant solution for doing this regularly, particularly if the hole does need to be made considerably larger.
-When drilling the hole larger, it will probably best be done with the piece in place in the cart so as to hold it in place. Since you'll be sacrificing a cart anyway to get the donor piece from, you don't have to worry about drilling too far, getting little pieces of plastic in the cart, or damaging the donor cart by holding it with pliers or a vice while drilling.
So whatcha think? Are straws now obsolete?
