Lathe and CNC geekery - Driptips!

Then use this method but leave the drip tip on there as well :wink:

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Yea that is a nice feature to lose. But, the drip tip fits inside the Delrin. It protrudes from the top about 3/`6" though. The build I have on there atm doesn’t spit at all. Dual coil 13 wraps spaced of 26ga Ti around a 2.5mm bit that comes in at .26 ohms. Very flavorful build that really chucks.

Edit. The stock drip tip is also a bit restrictive to air flow. This really opens the draw up quite a bit.

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Is that titanium? That is a hell of a lot of wraps spaced. The deck on that thing must be huge!

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Yes, Titanium (Ti). It is a decent sized deck, but the spaces in the coil are very small and it is 26 ga :wink:

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It is kind of a curious build. I am coming to the conclusion that I tend to prefer lighter weight wire myself though. Twisted 30ga is in most of my stuff these days. Can you not fit a larger diameter coil or were you intentionally keeping it that size?

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It was intentional. I had a 24ga dual vertical build in it prior to this one. It was having some wicking issues, So instead of rewicking I put a whole new horizontal build in it. Glad I did! Unbelievable flavor! Vaping some Rhaegal’s Thorn by DarthVapor. Delicious fruity vape.

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Good to know. I’ll use it as my first build if the mailman shows his face. It says ā€œout for delivery.ā€ But its 6 o’clock here.

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That looks mighty slick! I have a few drip tips that I don’t use because they have a ā€œflat bottomā€ inside, and then the hole down… Juice tends to condense on the flat surface - I wonder if this will do the same?

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Thanks. There will be some condensation. Since this tip is on the outside, I hope it doesn’t get messy. I have been vaping it since I put that tip on it and it’s collected some on the inside, but nothing out of hand. Actually This is the 2nd tank I have run through it since I put it on. LOL

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Have you gotten spitback from this tank? Honestly I’ve not found it to be a problem not using the stock tip. I think with the chimney size that any spit back is mitigated before it reaches the drip tip. Now on the Aromamizer RDA it’s a different story, but the RDTA I’ve been using my smooth bore tips with no spitting at all.

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Look at this:

http://focalecig.com/Product/Tribe-Style5mlRTA-Rebuildable-Tank-AtomizerSilver-42112?SSAID=870917

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A friend of mine bought a third eye drip tip and used a Dremel to bore out the innards and it sits flush on the cap now

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I just don’t see how they can sell that for $13 and make even a penny off of it. They must have unmanned Swiss machines pumping those out around the clock.

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that looks perfect nice fit!!!

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Well, I finally my first one at 7 last night. I ran two tanks of peach tea with @bradslinux’s build through it, and no spitting at all.

That said, I never build that high and will probably go to shorter coils because this length of coil puts a lot of pressure on the hemp. I’m sure that I can make it a spitter. My builds are fire breathers and my juices are pretty high PG.

Clouds are very decent but flavor thus far is just ok, I definitely have to choke the AFC…remember my favorites are the Billow V2 Nano and the Bellus. I love the capacity on this tank though as it lasts nearly an hour for me with casual vaping, and I’m sure that I can make it crank at least a lititle more flavor by not crimping the hemp as badly and maybe lowering the coils.

@LordVapor, I’m with you man. But when you pat your machinists a dollar a day and use CNCs that cost <10kUSD…you can make surprisingly cheap items. I bet they spend more on tooling than anything else.

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I wonder how much of this goes on…Cantonese to English translation:

Mr Ling, you found guilty of having more than one child. The penalty will be this. You be sent to school, become machinist. You work for $1/day rest of life. We let you keep second child. If you do not agree, penalty is death.

Is that how it is I wonder? I tell you what between yourself and @LordVapor I have a new appreciation for what goes into making these machined parts. Not that I’ll turn some magic corner and start shelling out $100+ for every new tank, I just see it.

Now, onto the drip tips. Are you guys going to be turning some acrylic? I love @bradslinux tip posted above and would really be interested in that. I would also be interested in maintaining the bore of the chimney if not it even being slightly narrower. I’m using ones that are narrower now and really enjoy them. But they’re only more narrow at the point where they insert into the 510 drip tip connector. Then they open to a wider bore.

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I am going to try to make some Goblin tips. If I do anything at all with my Aromamizer I will be machining the top of it off so I can stick any tip I want on there. It is a stupid design and should have been made flat anyway. I like Brad’s fix for this. But I would be much happier with mine if I could stick any tip on it.

The only problem with this is holding onto the top. But I plan to just bore a hole into a piece of aluminum and thread it to accept the top piece of the Aromamizer and chuck it up in the lathe and buzz the top flat. Piece of cake.

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I placed an order for some pretty colorful acrylic blanks. They should be here this week.
http://www.exoticblanks.com/_search.php?page=1&q=EA-BAA-07&x=10&y=7
and
http://www.exoticblanks.com/_search.php?page=1&q=EAM-LIMEMESH&x=11&y=8

I haven’t worked with this material before, so I’ll have to experiment on what works best with form and function and finish. I can make a bore diameter of your choice. All I need is a dimension to bore it too. (bore / counter bore) Bore to fit over the chimney, counter bore to the diameter you want. I kind of like the straight bore,
it seems to allow an expansion area like a 2-stroke engine exhaust pipe for the flow to become more laminar. (even) and reduces any whistle.

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You can have two kids there now, they just changed the 1 child policy. I doubt a lot of that happens. This is where China is leading the US. If you don’t commute for 500 miles, work for slave wages, and live in horrendous pollution…you starve to death in a field. It’ll take another 50 years to get this country back to that high-water mark of capitalism. . .plus , very few can afford the fines.

What about replacing the entire top cap? If you have to tool up that much, i’d think it’s not far from just making a new one.

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Always more than one way to skin a cat…er…RTA.

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