Homemade Vape(just like the ones in stores!) - Page 2

daisy2687 · #11 04-15-2008, 05:08 PM

I want to try building one of these with a digital thermometer probe inside (already have one) and using an adjustable voltage thingy (name anyone? lol) which would be wired inbetween the wall and the iron. Just keep upping the voltage to make the iron hotter.

Will this work? Or was my 2 quarters of electronics not enough ;p

Kassidy · #12 04-16-2008, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by daisy2687

I want to try building one of these with a digital thermometer probe inside (already have one) and using an adjustable voltage thingy (name anyone? lol) which would be wired inbetween the wall and the iron. Just keep upping the voltage to make the iron hotter.

Will this work? Or was my 2 quarters of electronics not enough ;p

You can turn up the voltage, but i think you will be safer running higher watts instead of volts. Maybe not burn up the iron as fast. Also i saw a nice iron that you can adjust between 200 F and 900 F, for about 35$ at the science store.

daisy2687 · #13 04-16-2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kassidy

You can turn up the voltage, but i think you will be safer running higher watts instead of volts. Maybe not burn up the iron as fast. Also i saw a nice iron that you can adjust between 200 F and 900 F, for about 35$ at the science store.

Well that seems like a much better idea to me than cutting and splitting and soldering and messing with voltages...I think last time I tried that mini explosions were involved

T.H.Cammo · #14 05-04-2008, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by daisy2687

I want to try building one of these with a digital thermometer probe inside (already have one) and using an adjustable voltage thingy (name anyone? lol) which would be wired inbetween the wall and the iron. Just keep upping the voltage to make the iron hotter.

Will this work? Or was my 2 quarters of electronics not enough ;p

I'm very impressed! I thought "adjustable voltage thingy" was techno-babble, cuz down at HomeDepot they just call it a "light dimmer". LOL

entropic · #15 05-05-2008, 11:30 PM

Another thing you can use for a cheap vaporizer is a heat gun, the type they use to put tint on car windows. You need one that has a low heat setting, between 356-392F.

This one 2 Speed Heat Gun is 12 bucks USD and the best part is you can use it with pretty much any piece where it won't burn your hand when you use it (bongs mostly).

CustomHydro · #16 05-06-2008, 04:03 AM

Fantastic thread!

ke10 · #17 05-09-2008, 06:21 PM

Hi guys,
I just discovered a way to make a cheap convection vape. Mine cost around 30-40$, if i count everything, but i had most items already, and the vape is as good as a professional one. The only difference I can tell is that mine has a metal element (from a soldering iron) and a fancy one usually has a ceramic element.

materials:
-cheap soldering iron (10 $)
- 1 test tube (pyrex) a little larger than the shaft of the soldering iron (85cents)
- one pyrex funnel ($12)
- 3 feet of medical grade plastic tubing (cheap)

(these last three things I got from a labratory supply store.)

1) cut off the end of the test tube with a cutting wheel on a dremel, this actually is very easy. now you should have a glass tube, a little longer than the length of the soldering iron's shaft.
2) find something with which to prop up your soldering iron. (in my case, i had a scafolding ground plate with a vertical pipe, just the right size to stick the handle of the iron in it. Eventually I plan to build a box for it, and cut off the handle.)
3) remove the tip of your soldering iron.
4) stick the glass tube you made onto the solderiing irons shaft.
5) stick the small end of the pyrex funnel into the end of your three feet of medical tubing.
6) stick some bud in the deep end of the funnel,
7) plug in your 'vape'
8 ) place the funnel on top of the test tube. (it should be high enough away from the element, so your weed doesn't touch.
9) inhale
10) exhale

the bud does not touch any metal, only glass, there is not even any screen holding the bud back because, the pyres funnel is pretty narrow.The weed is suspended in mid air, and only gets hot once you start sucking air throigh the glass tube (around the element), which heats up the air. The shape of the funnel, insures that there is a perfect fit between the two glass pieces. Eventually, gotta add a dimmer as this thing gets too hot...

I've made some dome-style vapes before, and this is just a million times better. the mist is so concentrated and pure. nothing is wasted. you suck everything out of that little piece of weed. very efficient.

Kassidy · #18 05-11-2008, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ke10

Hi guys,
I just discovered a way to make a cheap convection vape. Mine cost around 30-40$, if i count everything, but i had most items already, and the vape is as good as a professional one. The only difference I can tell is that mine has a metal element (from a soldering iron) and a fancy one usually has a ceramic element.

materials:
-cheap soldering iron (10 $)
- 1 test tube (pyrex) a little larger than the shaft of the soldering iron (85cents)
- one pyrex funnel ($12)
- 3 feet of medical grade plastic tubing (cheap)

(these last three things I got from a labratory supply store.)

1) cut off the end of the test tube with a cutting wheel on a dremel, this actually is very easy. now you should have a glass tube, a little longer than the length of the soldering iron's shaft.
2) find something with which to prop up your soldering iron. (in my case, i had a scafolding ground plate with a vertical pipe, just the right size to stick the handle of the iron in it. Eventually I plan to build a box for it, and cut off the handle.)
3) remove the tip of your soldering iron.
4) stick the glass tube you made onto the solderiing irons shaft.
5) stick the small end of the pyrex funnel into the end of your three feet of medical tubing.
6) stick some bud in the deep end of the funnel,
7) plug in your 'vape'
8 ) place the funnel on top of the test tube. (it should be high enough away from the element, so your weed doesn't touch.
9) inhale
10) exhale

the bud does not touch any metal, only glass, there is not even any screen holding the bud back because, the pyres funnel is pretty narrow.The weed is suspended in mid air, and only gets hot once you start sucking air throigh the glass tube (around the element), which heats up the air. The shape of the funnel, insures that there is a perfect fit between the two glass pieces. Eventually, gotta add a dimmer as this thing gets too hot...

I've made some dome-style vapes before, and this is just a million times better. the mist is so concentrated and pure. nothing is wasted. you suck everything out of that little piece of weed. very efficient.

sounds good, gonna give it a shot later when i get paid. Ya i am already sick of this other vape i built, i dunno i guess im not a vape type of guy, sticking to the swisher sweets