Ghetto Vape 2.0 - glass on glass, up to 450F, $10 Walmart (plus glass)

I don't know if homemade vaporizer threads are allowed but this idea uses all glass on glass for the vapor path, it's not exactly convection but close, and is so cheap to make that i believe this is the new ghetto vape...

re-boot for the next gen

gimme a beat

mass produced miniature ovens
designed operating temperatures 375-450 F
available from any Walmart starting at $10



pyrex test tube installed into curling iron, "flour paste" to seal around hole
another thin glass tube acts as the pipe, ss pot scrubbe r to keep the herb in 3" at one end that gets inserted in the test tube after it's hot


i'm still learning the right way of using this (never vaped), so feel free to correct me about anyth ing really, but specifically about where the herb should be placed in this configuration

if you make this yourself:
toxic chemicals are being outgassed by the heating element and electroni cs of any curling iron, instant-on ceramic heating elements probably outgas really bad stuff, but none of it's in the vapor path here. Still, mitigate your exposure by maintaining a go od flour paste seal around the end. Do not expect the seal to last more than five or six sessions, but it should take no more than a couple of minutes to whip up and apply a new one.



newbie note: pre-burn the Stainless Steel pot scrubber, just to red hot, and don't use fake plated brass scrubbers from wallyworld

Sally Beauty has an intelligent max heat ceramic curling iron for $35, it says it has better temperature holding

Videos Here: http://www.youtube.com/user/VWFringe

slightly different configuration:


the vapor path is just like the vapolution i believe, from a picture of the vapolution internals i found online

pretty rough, but i like it - it works. got my temps sorted, alternating between second from lowest and middle, if i walk away back to two

kind of liked the stealth effect and the gleaming white paint when it was a curling iron, but now it's easier to grab and draw from...and the heat doesn't go straight up to my face.

when it was in the bottle i didn't bother with the flour seal, and it smelled bad, nice to be able to put one on again, no more smell from inside.

hardly recognize that it's a curling iron now.

Ingenuity at its finest my friend. Nice job.

i have some bad news to report about this idea...it will probably not be as easy as I described...

i dropped and broke mine, went to wallmart and got a cheap curling iron, but it was only rated at 80 watts, and the one i used was 95 watts

what i also noticed is that the heating element and how close it is to the test tube - it needs to be a snug fit, and the metal tube that i thought was helping to hold heat in like an oven? when its not getting that hot all that metal just wicks away the heat

so what did i do? (after find out the 3/4" are solid element 30 watt - won't work for my needs)
i took the cheap $12 apart, de-soldered the leads to the heating element, carefully removed the heating element nichrome wire, making sure not to break the connections (i don't have a spot welder, so i just needed their nichrome because it's connected to wires i can solder). then I used JB Weld and a thin wire "twist to seal" to hold one end onto the glass test tube, winding it aound the lower third, stuck the other end on, then waited a few hours, wrapped the heating element mica paper back around it, exposing a small spot for the thermistor (heat sensor, you can't miss it) to read the temperature, or be activated or whatever, then another layer of their insulating paper, wrapped that with some thin stiff wire, then soldered the leads back onto the PC board, and voila, another homemade vapolution piece of shit for $20 bucks

this worked better before, but it works - there's reasons the vapolution isn't the most popular vape on the market, don't expect this to be much better\be ready to pull out the soldering iron.

Walmart $12.95 Revlon Perfect Heat Ceramic plus Styling Iron
disassemble and cut from the board just the two leads going to the heating element wire carefully snip with scissors the nichrome wire and leads (we need the leads intact, don't cut thru any wires) away from the mica paper (first remove the outer paper tube, you don't need the high-temp insulating tape that holds it together)
carefully set aside the nichrome wire with the attached wires
with a dab of JB Weld, and a twister-seal, or tie-wrap, stick on end of the nichrome wire to the glass tube, so the thin nichrome is oriented towards the end you want to wrap, and so that the nichrome wire is closest to the glass. it does not matter if JB weld gets onto the nichrome wire, you won't be breathing anything here, it's not in the vapor path
carefully wrap the nichrome wire onto the tube, and attach with JB Weld and twister seal, or tie-wrap. let dry for several hours before assembling.
one of the pieces of wood can support the thermister (heat cut-off/sensor) so it touches the tube (alternately you may re-wrap the tube in mica paper, leaving a hole for the thermister, and re-wrapping with the insulating tape, that's what i did the first time, and wrapped the entire thing in wire to hold it together, but this seems easier, don't know if it's getting good temp transfer tho)
vaping heat up is pretty much immediate, and i have set at 7 or 10 and its starting to burn the herb after a minute or so, but i'll play with it, hate hot vapor

heh I wouldn't do that myself but dude you fuckin rock. good job +rep.