The M1A1 Buzz Tank

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5cardstud

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Through the top?

Edit** I just got a PM asking if I sell this tank and I want to make it clear that I do not. I posted the picture just to give Mike a different idea. I just thought the top port was interesting. I tried very hard to get one of these last year but found it wasn't worth the effort. It was very expensive and never really made it to market. Sorry if I overstepped.

It is pretty though and anyone would be proud to have one atop their Buzz Pro.
 

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Buzz,

Let's make a bet: these tanks will crack just like all of the others which have used polycarbonate. PC is an amorphous plastic which has only very moderate Resistance to a phenomena known to polymer chemists as ESCR. Now, this will not happen with all juices, but it will happen with some. The problem is that you want a clear plastic tube, and most clear plastics do not have very good ESCR resistance. There are some with much better properties, but since you are paying your stock supplier for material and not me, he should be the one to advise you.

There are some types of glass that are very tough to mechanical impact while also being impervious to basically any chemical-or at least any that are found in vaping.
 

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Well I've not had the cracking problem except with the Stormy tank but it is very thin, too thin for me. I replaced that tank with a cut off syringe and it works great. But even if a tank did crack from my negligence in using a juice Mikes advised against using a replacement tank tube is pretty cheap.
I find if I use a product as intended by it's maker and marketer it generally turns out to work pretty darn well.

Very close (not 90-degree, but very close). But what bottle will they screw onto?

This is driving me crazy, because I've SEEN the damn things I have in my mind, I just can't find them. I've pounded my fingers dead web surfing for them.

PI These are the ones I saw before. I thought it was a bottle but I guess I was wrong.

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Mike, I would give it a try anyway just because I like you guys. My hope is you would offer it as an option for that 6-32 machine screw thingy. If not...I would take it to a tool place and ask them to switch it out for me. I honestly know nothing about screw sizes and certain tools and little connector thingys people talk about here. What seems like simple terminology for some is a forein language to others. Myself and others don't have and/or don't want "handy hubbies or boyfriends" hanging around to do alot of stuff for us that comes naturally to many of you. It's "hands on-show me" ...and THEN/USUALLY the lightbulb turns on for me. In fact, it always helps me when people here post pics and diagrams. I love that!! It really helps clarify certain subjects that are a topic of discussion.

Cat I may offer a flat screw type setup instead of the THUMB screw ? not sure yet but go into ANY Home depot or Ace and ask far a 6-32 screw and they will KNow exactly what we are talking about so not a big deal girl !

Are you going to stock those as well???

I have samples coming and will test them out first
Buzz,

Let's make a bet: these tanks will crack just like all of the others which have used polycarbonate. PC is an amorphous plastic which has only very moderate Resistance to a phenomena known to polymer chemists as ESCR. Now, this will not happen with all juices, but it will happen with some. The problem is that you want a clear plastic tube, and most clear plastics do not have very good ESCR resistance. There are some with much better properties, but since you are paying your stock supplier for material and not me, he should be the one to advise you.

There are some types of glass that are very tough to mechanical impact while also being impervious to basically any chemical-or at least any that are found in vaping.

I am not trying to make a Radiation resistant tank here Tony just a GOOD one ! Pyrex could be used but 95% of people do not need it IMO ? might be wrong , been before ! LOL :vapor:
 

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I have lots of power tools, tons of drills, etc. That's what I'll be using. Now I just need to find someone who is willing to hold the carto for me while I drill holes in it. lol

This idea looked like it would replace the need for a vice or that someone to hold the carto. I've watched my husband do it with a vice and the drill bit jumps around a bunch before it grabs. This idea would stop that. (it was stolen from that other tank thread)

There is such a better way to punch that carto so easy a caveman could do it, take about an 8" piece of a 2x4 and drill a hole so the carto slides in the end ( this way it cant ever move and your fingers dont have to hold it. drill a hole down through the top side of the 2x4 so every one you do is in the exact same place. Now you can use your nail or set you jig up so the drill only goes to the exact depth every time and makes the perfectly drilled hole every time, which ever you chose. A simple Jig is worth the small amount of time it takes to make one ;-)
 

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Yup, but I have plenty of scrap pieces of 2x4, don't think we have a hole punch. Even if we did, setting up the 2x4 is a one time thing and I like the idea that ALL the holes drilled from then on will be in the same spot. My husband has just been eying them to decide where to drill the holes, and I guess I have a bit of OCD, because although every hole he has drilled and slot he has dremeled has worked fine it annoys me that they are always in a slightly different spot!
 

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most people posting seem to be more worried about the screw... i don't care about the screw because i'd just be careful with it.
I would buy a pyrex tube and i'd try to be careful with that... mostly because i vape Snickerdoodle and i think it has cinamon oil in it... it would cost more i know, but it would last longer too.

Cat I may offer a flat screw type setup instead of the THUMB screw ? not sure yet but go into ANY Home depot or Ace and ask far a 6-32 screw and they will KNow exactly what we are talking about so not a big deal girl !



I have samples coming and will test them out first


I am not trying to make a Radiation resistant tank here Tony just a GOOD one ! Pyrex could be used but 95% of people do not need it IMO ? might be wrong , been before ! LOL :vapor:
 
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