any regular old drill bit will work? sorry, gotta beat the dead horse and be sure that im going to not damage anything... not a huge craftsman... prior to being made repair and upkeep (r&u) i hadnt used a drill... more technical than craft...
The REO arrived!!!
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i am not in prison, i had to take my buddy to prison last night...
im upset about having had to have taken him...
im fairly positive they would have told him no if he did... but im pretty sure they let people smoke in prison... why not let em vape?
idk if they let people smoke... i dont see why not... so i also dont see why not let em vape...
Not any drill bit a 1/16 drill bit is what most of us use. You can go smaller but then you get into numbered bits. A 1/16 is .0625 of an inch numbers go below that starting around #55 at .052' #54 at .055' and #53 at .059'. #56 is about the size of the stock hole in the RM2 and #52 is over 1/16'. Just FYI the bigger the number the smaller the bit.
great amount of info... but i think i wasnt clear enough... i meant like standard drill bits, or a specific type, like cobalt, etc... im really unaware when it comes to that kind of thing...
Well now, you have to have one of these. Guess you'll have to put it in a box when you are in uniform.
nah, if i was gonna vape it like i stole it, itd never see the light of day... this will see the light of day... just wont leave my hand... I believe this is going to be the first mod i name... and i shall take a page from gollum (partly because if i dont lower my nic, and increase my water, i might start making the gollum noises... lol) and call it my precious...
No one touches the precious! (and if used properly it can cause temporary, from one angle, invisibility)
Precious is a fitting name!
I am so glad you were able to join the ranks of the Reonauts so soon!
The top cap is brass, which is really soft as metals go, so any standard bit should do the trick.
Welcome to the club brother.
Congratulations!!!!!! So happy for you! Have you blown through the cotton and kanthal I sent you with the SVD? The cotton was sterile rolled cotton from CVS and I also use organic cotton balls from Walgreens. I've never boiled either one of them. I keep my coils low on the deck, as close to the edge as I can get it without letting it touch the cap. That helps to lower the throat hit.
I'm only on my second cotton ball since I got my three REO's - a little goes a LONG way! LOL
Love the picture of you vaping your precious!
I'm only on my second cotton ball since I got my three REO's - a little goes a LONG way! LOL
Love the picture of you vaping your precious!
I'm a bit ashamed of how scratched up the door is...I really don't know how that happened, none of my other metal Reos have done that...
but I'm delighted that you love it..."precious"
Are you using the CVS cotton? I personally found that it works best for me..and no pre-boiling as I'm a lazy oldbroad! And you might have a tad too much cotton in the coil...I found that when i have less tails on either end the vape tastes better and it doesn't sog up the cotton so much that the taste is muted. I was being lazy and didn't want to have to squonk so often and thought: longer tails/more juice/less squonking...didn't work so well for me
But you'll find your own "sweet spot".
but I'm delighted that you love it..."precious"
Are you using the CVS cotton? I personally found that it works best for me..and no pre-boiling as I'm a lazy oldbroad! And you might have a tad too much cotton in the coil...I found that when i have less tails on either end the vape tastes better and it doesn't sog up the cotton so much that the taste is muted. I was being lazy and didn't want to have to squonk so often and thought: longer tails/more juice/less squonking...didn't work so well for me
But you'll find your own "sweet spot".
so many people to respond to...
the color is outstanding... it was smaller than i thought it would be... but the color is so much more than i envisioned when i envisioned the mahogany that oldbroad mentioned....
i am a full fledged reo nut, no need for the a... lol jk, proud to be a reonaut... really think there needs to be an in depth personal service announcement in the general section... to save people money.... i mean WOW just wow... a little bit of experience is good before having one... but for many/most this could save tons of money... i have found my unicorn... (not sure if you were talking about the reo in a box when in uniform or the badge in a box) if your talking about the reo in a box at work... nah itll be in my top right shoulder pocket... it fits well... that was the first thing i tried with it... lol
i had no idea the mahogany was a limited color... makes it that much more special... almost a piece of reo history... i guess...
the top cap is brass? i thought the brass one cost more... im confused... so its brass with something coating it? not doubting you guys, just trying to wrap my head around it...
rabernet i have not blown through the cotton or the kanthal, i have been using the cotton, but the bag is still rather full, i havent even touched the kanthal... and its safe to say i will be good on kanthal 30 gauge for a long long time... the bit you sent, the roll i ordered, the roll oldbroad sent and the kanthal coming from taki
oldbroad... im not sure i know what you are talking about, its beautiful... absolutely beautiful... i dont see any flaws on this beauty... the "scratches" are barely noticeable... like i just held it and looked in depth at it... and it may be that im in the army and things can just take a beating from time to time, but this is in pristine condition... not even enough that i would consider it cosmetic... ive been using the cotton rabernet sent with the svd... then i will be using the cotton you sent, then the cotton that i got from walmart, big ole bag... im working on finding the happy medium... never actually played with cotton in the coil on the kanger heads always wrapped around... chimney style... so when i wrapped on the genny and it burned, yuck... ive been working to find my happy place... want a nice long draw... ill get there... lol... oh and ill have shorter tails when i get more precise scissors, probably today, tomorrow, or the next day... i will cut much closer to the coil... and lower it as close as i can... after the scissors the next piece on my list is a chefs torch... or butane torch of some sort... so i can stop using the bics... still gotta figure out how often to squonk, i think im over squonking if there is such a thing...
taki thank you kindly... you guys are awesome... really all of you...
it really is an awesome reo... i love the look, couldnt have picked a better looking reo myself... and azz, i really really have been... you guys are amazingly great people...
so awesome thanks to all of you... this... ah... so awesome...
the color is outstanding... it was smaller than i thought it would be... but the color is so much more than i envisioned when i envisioned the mahogany that oldbroad mentioned....
i am a full fledged reo nut, no need for the a... lol jk, proud to be a reonaut... really think there needs to be an in depth personal service announcement in the general section... to save people money.... i mean WOW just wow... a little bit of experience is good before having one... but for many/most this could save tons of money... i have found my unicorn... (not sure if you were talking about the reo in a box when in uniform or the badge in a box) if your talking about the reo in a box at work... nah itll be in my top right shoulder pocket... it fits well... that was the first thing i tried with it... lol
i had no idea the mahogany was a limited color... makes it that much more special... almost a piece of reo history... i guess...
the top cap is brass? i thought the brass one cost more... im confused... so its brass with something coating it? not doubting you guys, just trying to wrap my head around it...
rabernet i have not blown through the cotton or the kanthal, i have been using the cotton, but the bag is still rather full, i havent even touched the kanthal... and its safe to say i will be good on kanthal 30 gauge for a long long time... the bit you sent, the roll i ordered, the roll oldbroad sent and the kanthal coming from taki
oldbroad... im not sure i know what you are talking about, its beautiful... absolutely beautiful... i dont see any flaws on this beauty... the "scratches" are barely noticeable... like i just held it and looked in depth at it... and it may be that im in the army and things can just take a beating from time to time, but this is in pristine condition... not even enough that i would consider it cosmetic... ive been using the cotton rabernet sent with the svd... then i will be using the cotton you sent, then the cotton that i got from walmart, big ole bag... im working on finding the happy medium... never actually played with cotton in the coil on the kanger heads always wrapped around... chimney style... so when i wrapped on the genny and it burned, yuck... ive been working to find my happy place... want a nice long draw... ill get there... lol... oh and ill have shorter tails when i get more precise scissors, probably today, tomorrow, or the next day... i will cut much closer to the coil... and lower it as close as i can... after the scissors the next piece on my list is a chefs torch... or butane torch of some sort... so i can stop using the bics... still gotta figure out how often to squonk, i think im over squonking if there is such a thing...
taki thank you kindly... you guys are awesome... really all of you...
it really is an awesome reo... i love the look, couldnt have picked a better looking reo myself... and azz, i really really have been... you guys are amazingly great people...
so awesome thanks to all of you... this... ah... so awesome...
The rm2 top cap is stainless steel plated brass; the brass is a little more expensive because of the additional work involved in removing the SS plating to get to the brass underneath without scratching the bejesus out of it. Lots of people hose the route of just ordering the stainless rm2 and sanding off the plating themselves; there are threads around here explaining the process in detail if you decide thats what you want.
thanks for the response... i took the plunge already and just very gently and very slowly drilled it out... loving it even more... that mixed with the 30/70 5 nic, compared to the 50/50 10 nic... and oh my god... its so amazing, now i just have to master when to squonk, when not to squonk and how much to squonk, i think im making progress, but i think im over squonking right now... no matter what i am loving it...
does anyone have experience with twisting kanthal... wanting to twist some of the 30... to shoot for some lower ohms, with more surface area... that is how it works right? realize this may not be the place... but i figured what better a place than here, with so many great knowledgeable, helpful people...
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