Hey everybody,
I got busy in the workshop this morning and came up with a feeding system that works better than I expected. Being a top feeding system, it works kind of like the Vapemate, so I call it the Squonkmate
But that's where the comparison ends.
My system doesn't work by squonking, but by squirting metered amounts of juice into the atomizer. Each squirt of the pump delivers 0.1 ml of juice, or about 2 drops. Like the Vapemate, the delivery "head" sits between the atty and the drip tip.
But images are worth a thousand words. So here's a video of the thing in action:
Right now, it's velcroed onto my eVic, which isn't terribly clean. But it's good enough to test it for now.
Here are some photos:
If you want to make one for yourself, you'll need:
- A long metal drip tip you're willing to sacrifice (or if you have a lathe, you can turn a drip trip extension, like I did)
- A 1.5 mm syringe needle (available at the chemist, or from DIY juice online stores)
- An empty 20 ml nasal nebulizer (available at the chemist)
- A short length of silicone hose used for fuel lines to feed miniature airplane engines (available at R/C stores)
- A short piece of 3 mm O.D. brass tubing (also available at R/C stores)
The needle needs to go through the side of the drip tip (or drip tip extension) and it's tip needs to rest on the inner side of the drip tip's hole, at the bottom. The tricky part of course is drilling the drip tip sideways.
Once the drip tip is drilled through, insert the needle into the hole, and cut it flush with the bottom of the drip tip with a Dremel cutter wheel. If you bend the needle just a little bit, it'll stay in the hole all by itself, without welding or gluing.
Then enlarge the nebulizer's pump's tip to 2.8 mm and forcibly insert a piece of 3 mm brass tubing into it. Then simply connect the needle and the pump with a piece of silicone fuel line.
That's all there is to it. Much, much cheaper and quite frankly, much better than a Vapemate
I got busy in the workshop this morning and came up with a feeding system that works better than I expected. Being a top feeding system, it works kind of like the Vapemate, so I call it the Squonkmate
But that's where the comparison ends.My system doesn't work by squonking, but by squirting metered amounts of juice into the atomizer. Each squirt of the pump delivers 0.1 ml of juice, or about 2 drops. Like the Vapemate, the delivery "head" sits between the atty and the drip tip.
But images are worth a thousand words. So here's a video of the thing in action:
Right now, it's velcroed onto my eVic, which isn't terribly clean. But it's good enough to test it for now.
Here are some photos:
If you want to make one for yourself, you'll need:
- A long metal drip tip you're willing to sacrifice (or if you have a lathe, you can turn a drip trip extension, like I did)
- A 1.5 mm syringe needle (available at the chemist, or from DIY juice online stores)
- An empty 20 ml nasal nebulizer (available at the chemist)
- A short length of silicone hose used for fuel lines to feed miniature airplane engines (available at R/C stores)
- A short piece of 3 mm O.D. brass tubing (also available at R/C stores)
The needle needs to go through the side of the drip tip (or drip tip extension) and it's tip needs to rest on the inner side of the drip tip's hole, at the bottom. The tricky part of course is drilling the drip tip sideways.
Once the drip tip is drilled through, insert the needle into the hole, and cut it flush with the bottom of the drip tip with a Dremel cutter wheel. If you bend the needle just a little bit, it'll stay in the hole all by itself, without welding or gluing.
Then enlarge the nebulizer's pump's tip to 2.8 mm and forcibly insert a piece of 3 mm brass tubing into it. Then simply connect the needle and the pump with a piece of silicone fuel line.
That's all there is to it. Much, much cheaper and quite frankly, much better than a Vapemate
