@VapeCritic @Hazel Nice job, those are slick. Looks comfy too

Mad props to @Hazel for doing what it took to get these done right :100: :kiss:

I just ordered a sbj today and they mentioned they are going to throw in the restrictor disc. They said I would be one of the first customers to get it. I’ll definitely follow up and let you know how it turns out.

Hello and thanks everyone! Yeah sorry I’ve been busy with my kids all summer and therefor I’ve drastically reduced my cannabis intake but I do check in fairly regularly to read what’s going on...

I hope you all are enjoying your summer, it’s been a hot one up here in the northeast!

Sorry Zep, I thought I had replied to your PM a few weeks ago... I guess it didn’t send...

I liked this one from the other thread lol

Yo Vape Boy - I challenge you to do a short video. Take the Red Wire and put on top of your tongue, take the black one and put on bottom of your tongue. You would be shocked how that works. — Bruce — VapeCritic

Nah, don't need to do that. Just hook the hot side up to your schmeckle and stand in a puddle of water. It will be fine...trust me! LOL

I have kept a log of my squishes so far....below:



At the bottom of the columns are notes on tech used...i.e.. raw nug in parchment, bottle tech, pre-pressed and in flat rosin bag.

Not knowing what I discussed above about pressure, I did blow the hell out of my one attempt to use bottle tech. Need to try it again.

Also, in the last squish...flat bag and pre-press....I have difficulty keeping the pressed puck together and get it into the bag (ain't as easy as it looks on youtube! LOL) so there were voids in the load. After the first press, I found a lot of the rosin was trapped in the bag so I folded it over a couple of times and pressed again.

The rosin I'm getting is outstanding...kind of pull and snap but perhaps more pull and stretch. Its still a bit taffy like but I LOVE the effect of rosin. Full flower effect (vice from solvent extracted trates) and powerful.

Below are pics of the last squish. I still have a LOT of tech to master but I'm sticking with it and will get this done...with practice....with a lot of money spent....with a lot of rosin consumed! LOL.

First squish


Resulting rosin


2nd squish


Total result




@Gman , et al - any input or suggestions would be warmly welcomed.

Cheers

Well, I've now done three squishes, all with the same on sale strain I bought to experiment with, and my results are very tasty, VERY effective, but pretty low in yield which may well be the specific flower I have used so far.

I did have some questions about pressure gauge readings and what they mean. So, I got with NV and got some clarification and found I was putting WAY more pressure on the pucks that i thought.

It goes like this, the pressure seen on the gauge is line pressure (in psi) that is being applied to the cylinder of the hydraulic jack that's in there. The area of this jack cylinder is 4.37 square inches.

So, for example, we pump up to 8k psi on the gauge. The actual force being applied to the plates (or to the load of flower if its in there) is 8 x 4.37 = 34,962 lbs of pressure total.

Take that and divide it up over the area of your load....let's say its a 2 x 3 rosin bag with 6 square inches of area. 34,962/6 = 5,827 psi on the load. This is WAY high and I don't think i really need anything higher than 2,000 psi. If this were only a single nug, it would be even higher...probably, depending on the size of the nug.

But, all of this pressure works great if you have a bigger load. Let's say you load up a 4 x 4 bag. That's 16 sq inches and we use the same 8k on the gauge. Now its 34,962/16 = 2,185 which is much more reasonable. Say we are doing large presses with 4 x 6 bags = 24 square inches. Now we are down to 1456 psi on the load using the 8k max psi on the gauge (10k psi hydro but they recommend only running to 80% of capacity, hence 8k psi max)

This chart is perhaps illustrative:



All that pressure is great for larger loads but I don't think I need that much for the small amounts that I'm doing.

This all probably has nothing to do with nothing...but it was interesting and now I know what I'm putting on the load.

My yields still suck but its all been with the same strain which is now gone so perhaps I will get better results from other herb.

I did get a super cheapo USB microscope from Amazon and took some pics, of an inside face, of the Virgin OG nugs I was pressing. Inside face is important as the trichomes on the outside get beat up pretty good during trimming and packaging. Below is what I got....not too bad but perhaps a bit immature. Lots seem to be missing the head of the gland.




To be continued.....haha

The only combustion I've had is with a super fine grind, level 5, super sloooooowww draw or on the first draw after swapping batteries mid session at level 5 sometimes. Happens once in a blue moon. Not common at all for me. Milking it is possible with this vape, I feel the same way with the Firefly. I used to play computer games, game I would play would last about an hour each go round and I could make it last the entirety of the game.

I ceased throwing out my AVB about a month back, been smoking it instead. Still pretty damned potent. Full bowl pack of AVB gets me lifted the same as vaping one crucible. Volume is definitely a bit more and it is super smelly, but shoot man, gives it a second life before it turns to ash. I'm debating rolling spliffs out of it right now.

Your right, some strains seem to not vape as well, that's been my experience too. The strawberry cough I picked up in Vegas was like that. Regardless of if I used my Mighty or MV1, the vapor production and number of pulls I could get out of it really wasn't all that great. It was a fluffier kind of bud that even when ground down seemed to just not deliver the usual number of pulls. Tasty sure, but it'd take two bowls or crucibles to really get lit. The Northern Lights I picked up in NJ too was similar in that it simply wasn't giving the volume of vapor that other strains had given me. I just wish I could get ahold of that Glue again. That Gorilla Glue man, not quite delicious, but the batch that I got months back really seemed to be the best strain as far as vaping performance I've played with in some time.

cruise is when the mod powers the coil without requiring the user to hold the fire button down, temperature control restricts the max temp of the coils to avoid combustion. In combination they both make a session style experience with on demand heat up

OG Walnut Sticky Brick + Hydro Add On , Lighter , Bent Flame Intake + Original . Everything used but in good condition , has some wear but nothing major and is clean and ready to ship by Monday if payment is made today or tomorrow.


Original Links & pricing :

Og Brick : $179.95 -http://www.stickybricklabs.com/home.html#!/OG-Brick/p/67696259/category=19928061

Hydro Add-On : $59.95 - http://www.stickybricklabs.com/home.html#!/Hydro-Add-On/p/72468644/category=21038142

Bent Flame Intake : $11.95 - http://www.stickybricklabs.com/home...ent-Flame-Intake/p/71120591/category=19878042

Lighter : Free
Picture Album : https://imgur.com/a/2TEj4se Oven Pic : https://i.imgur.com/56M3bnh.jpg

Add it all up & it is : $251.85 without shipping new , MY PRICE SHIPPED VIA PAYPAL IN THE U.S. : $185 Shipped

I'm a temp stepper and I usually get around 6-8 draws, depending on my herb and temps. I usually set one of my custom temps between amber 1 and 2 (amber 1 just isn't quite hot enough for me), start there for 2 draws, up to amber 2 for 2 draws, up to amber 3 for 2-3 draws, and finish it off with one at red 1.

Would love to see a day, where there are vape Bars, and you can use a different device. I would love to try all of them, but that isn't big news.

Peace, Love and Vape

^ ^ ^ The Vape Master ^ ^ ^

Couldn’t wait so I pretty much spent all afternoon and evening testing out my Stempod yesterday...

... And it is really cool. I’m using it on a Lost Vape Therion 75c. I first tried power mode at 30-35w with good results. I pushed it so hard I nearly combusted but the ABV was just really really dark brown. I then decided I wanted to go with Temperature Control. After asking other folks for help with the settings I was able to settle on Nickel 200, 32W, 390f and got good clouds without as much fear of taking the heat too far. I draw low and slow so the heat builds up quick. The Stempod is truly on-demand convection.

The vapor is on the warm side much like the Tubo, Tera, and Splinter but the included glass stem is able to cool the vapor unlike any other stem I’ve tried. I even tried the Stempod stem in my Splinter and it cooled it down. I might need to purchase more of these stems.

The o-ring is a love/hate for me. I love that the stem feels super secure in the pod from the o-ring but I hate having to take the stem in and out. It’s just too tight. And the basket gets pulled off by it. And I end up messing up my airflow setting while twisting the stem out.

The unit got pretty warm as I kept testing but the outer material seems to be a nice insulator and I never felt it was going to get unreasonably hot. It feels solid like it could last forever.

It’s really cool how simple the whole set up is. I haven’t changed the coils and hope I don’t ever have to but I’ll see how it goes when that day comes.

Right now I believe I’m using the “Clapton” coils that came installed on it. It also came with an extra set of these. I ordered another pack of extra coils and got the different ones called “notch” coils I guess, I’m not sure how these two coils differ in results.

On another note, while trying out the Stempod stem in the Splinter, I took my extra Stempod o-ring and slid it onto the SP stem so it rested right where the stem rests at the top of the Splinter glass and it created a nice little seal so I could turn the Splinter upside down and the stem stays in.

...so i couldn't help it. i came and without the battery left it in the freezer and it hits really nice O_O :D (Also DON'T DO THIS!!! )
i have two so i wanted to experiment with it! fun stuff...

I do a mod like this on my Jr and Flip brick, using a screen and washer system, it does curb any combustion and helps then if you are outside and can't see the flame as I often am.

We have a substantial upgrade coming in the very near future to help minimize combustion across all units. We will be offering a Restrictor Disc that goes below the flame intake and should fit almost all existing units. The Restrictor Disc allows for bigger flames and less technique while controlling combustion incidents. All new units will ship with the new Restrictor and we will be offering a good deal to existing customers for the first month after release. Hopefully they will be in this week and will be available on our site by the following week.
Thanks everyone! Kenny- SBL

Serious?

I can’t see any reason why stitches over your eye would be any more effected than bunions on your foot.

Then again, you are asking a bunch of vaporists a medical question.

Is that really what you want to do?

Today I've been using the Stempod with the o-ring back in.
Used it with an Alan stem and a screen pushed in so no rim on the screen to catch on the o-ring.
Getting great results with everything I've thrown at it.

I've tried the S&B capsules. They work pretty well but do rob a bit of the heat.
Every 18mm stem that I own fits. That's pretty great.

This is at around 35 watts.
Choke at the end!

This unit is nice :ok: I'm still surprised how tolerable the vapor is with such a short, direct vapor path. Must be the coils?? :cool:

I'll post more about this one asap :100:

Ed A from Youtube if you see this I'm sorry I missed your correct guess of 170 on the stream for the Splinter giveaway!!! I was just looking back and saw your guess first, even though we called another viewer as the winner later on.

I can't figure out how to message you on Youtube so if you see this please send me an email or message, and if I don't hear from you I'll be looking for you next stream!

Very few grinders pass this test which is why I only like a few models.

I explained this in my stream this weekend but if you didn't see it I talked about why I'm harder on this grinder than others, it's because I see potential for it to be really great and I don't want to see it be another product that gets stuck at not being quite perfect and stops progessing.

It's very close to being excellent but my job is to point out tweaks needed to make it as close to perfect as possible, and this is to the long term benefit of their company, it doesn't help a new business to only get positive feedback from fans.

I can only name 4 grinders I like and recommend, and this one is pretty close to being the 5th.

It won't fit unless there is a Witcher that can accommodate up to 28mm.
I believe the Witcher fits up to 25mm which is too thin for the Stempod.

The stempod is nearly flush with my Wismec Sinuous Ravage 230W which is 30mm wide.

List of mods compatible with Arctic fox and funkyjunk firmware, along with some FAQs, let me know if you want to see anything added. This will be a tab on our site in the near future along with some coil replacement tutorial videos

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iI5PlCnY0ilxSH0P3CGqH6C7ZxRQnHYwlYrGCDmydMs/edit?usp=drivesdk

Yes.

Top notch stream, unique stream today waz :ok:.

Guys... while you’re watching the stream, I’m over here like ... (feels like drug dealer with finger condom) :lol: :sweat: @VapeCritic

This is using the Mars Line Reflector series and Regular Mars 2 series... My buddy pulls some hoggers with mars... Like I said they are cheap $$ wise and really good quality LED.

Stream today @ 6:00pm ET

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AopRUA_ZtUc

@VapeCritic hey man, your Aromed needs to be recalibrated. You can do this yourself by unscrewing the bulb cover and then moving the tiny wire temperature sensor away from the bulb. I had the same problem with mine. I wrote about it on FC, 10th post down