Guys, if talking about how to rebuild or mod cartos or heads was off-topic on this sub-forum, half of the product discussions around here would be off-topic. Seriously. Up until we got to v2 discussion in this thread alone, I'd guess fully a third of posts was about rebuilding the heads.
Re-wicking Stardusts was also discussed extensively.
It comes up, discussions, theories, directions and videos get posted regularly, and not once did I see Bad or Danno object. In fact I've seen Bad get involved in these. I suspect Bad is a not-so-in-the-closet tinkerer.
Granted, the need for all the tinkering with cartos is drastically decreasing as more and more really good products are coming out, but I honestly don't believe such discussions are off-topic here.
Of course, Danno and Bad will correct me if I'm wrong - but that's just what I observed around here. And it makes this forum more exciting and interesting for some of us, I'm sure. I like reading about it, though I don't do it, myself. Not much, anyway. I modded Fluxos, of course, and I tinkered some with VEs (didn't like the tips), but I'm not a tinkerer... I am pathologically curious, though.
P.S. I don't hang out on the modders forum, since I don't really mod, so I rather enjoy reading about it here, especially since I only buy hardware from GV, with very few exceptions - those exceptions mostly having to do with picking up an occasional Stardust along with a juice order. Well, I also drool about those really expensive wooden custom mods - but, firstly, I can't afford them, and secondly, GV doesn't carry them, so no "disloyalty" involved... LOL
And, btw, if there was a wooden VV that was not a squonker, but just a VV batt on top of which I could stick my Stardusts, I'd be hard-put not to buy one, expensive or not - hey, maybe Chinese will make it, and GV will carry it, some day.

I just really like wood. It's pretty. Now this really
is off-topic in this thread.