The Carp's Easy Vaporizer

mogie

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The Carp's Easy Vaporizer

First you will need the following materials:
-- A soldering iron (variable temperature if possible)
-- Flat piece of wood (any wood about 1/2 inch thick...at least 8 inches X 8 Inches)
-- Wooden Dowels (long at least 22 inches and about 1/2 inch diameter)
-- A plastic 2 liter bottle (the kind with the black part on the bottom)

Procedure:

First cut the flat wood into a triangle with equal 8 inch sides (60 deg. angles)
Second Stain and varnish the wood (or polyurethane).
Choose one side of the flat triangle to be the top Find the exact center of the triangle and mark it on both top and bottom.
Choose a drill bit size such that the soldering iron handle can be set into the hole created by the drill and have the rim on the top (handle end nearest the element) sit on it so it doesn't fall through.
Drill with this size bit through the center of the triangular piece.
Turn the triangular piece over and mark 3 spots each about 1 inch from the vertex each angle.
Drill through each of these at a 15 degree angle with the smallest bit that the size dowel you have will fit into (snug is good).
Turn the triangular piece to the top.
Pull the plastic bottom piece off of the 2 liter bottle Cut out the middle of this piece (the indented middle part).
Place the black piece over the hole in the center of the wooden triangle and put a two nails through it into the wood.
Use Hot Glue (or better Silicon sealant) around the bottom of the black piece and fill in any cracks in it made in the removal from the bottle.
Place some wood glue in each of the holes on the bottom of the triangular piece.
Put a dowel in each of these holes and gently tap them with a hammer to set them (then let the glue dry).
Put the soldering iron power cord through the hole in the middle (trim the plastic if you have to).
Pull the soldering iron through so that it rests on the base...sticking up into the air.
Cut out the bottom of the 2 liter bottle (make a nice hole as big as you can but so that it still will go into the black piece and fit (leave some of the curved bottom).
That’s it...now just fashion a bowl and your all set.



Fashioning The Bowl
Depending on what soldering iron you use the bowl making is a little different. I usually use a more expensive iron where the tip screws on. It has the threads on the element (like a screw) and the soldering tip had threads like a nut (inside).
When this type is used the bowl is easy to make. There are two ways I have had success with. The first is Tin foil. Just wrap tin foil around the threads where the tip would go and make a little bowl (small bowl is good...like maybe 1/2 an inch diameter).
Heated tin foil is not a healthy thing to breathe, so the suggested bowl would be similar to the one described below.
The next way to make a bowl for this type is to buy a thimble (size 9 usually works nice). It must be a metal thimble. Take the thimble and make a hole in it (the top) work the hole till it is the size of the threads on the soldering iron. Now try to put it on.
If you use the cheaper soldering irons (the ones where the tip screws in rather than on) then try leaving the tip on and using a larger thimble (much larger).

Using The Vaporizer

Grind some marijuana with an herb grinder, then pack the bowl and put the bottle over the soldering iron and place it in its holder (the black piece).
Plug it in watch carefully and as soon as you see a white cloud coming up, then unplug it (or else it will get too hot and burn the herb) and wait for it to build up.
Unscrew the cap, push up on the soldering iron (from the handle) and take a hit, replace cap and iron, let it fill, and hit again. Unpack with tweezers and repack (the bowl is small so ya have to repack a lot)

Notes:

Initial warm up can take up to 5 minutes. Always plug in the iron and leave it on (uncovered and not packed) for a while before first use (you will see why).
The bowl is small, you may need to pack it 3 or 4 times for 1 joints worth of weed.
If the bottle is deforming from the heat then it is too hot (don't leave it on so long).
 

nongreenthumb

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Thats cool, I'm going to revamp the faq slightly over the next week or two to make it easier to navigate and then it will promote itself.
 

mogie

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Believe me the help will be appreciated and is needed. The catagory DIY & Save is a good place to start. It is up to either 2 or 3 pages now. And the stuff should be put elsewhere (at lease a good part of it). Have fun! Bong hits help. LOL
 
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