WTB cheap, maybe faulty Vamos, new pic, first etch ;-)

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 21:44:24 GMT Balllsy said:

Got to get more soon any way coz my Igo-Ls won't screw on to em any more. In fact they won't stay on any thing I have. I think the Igo is stripping the top thread off every mod I have, because every thing else will tighten except the Igo-Ls. I think I am going to super-glue them onto my next ones so the threads don't get stressed.

I`m gettin some of that, the threading on the mods is usually brass and with it being such a soft metal, the Stainless Steel atties are going to do that over time

[Balllsy]

I tell you what Robby ... It really didn't take that long, took my SS Vamo out in about 2 weeks

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 22:02:27 GMT Balllsy said:

I tell you what Robby ... It really didn't take that long, took my SS Vamo out in about 2 weeks

WOW, mine was like it from new and never got any worse

[Balllsy]

I don't mean the button on the SS Robby, I mean the thread got stripped by the Igo within about 2 weeks

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 22:14:54 GMT Balllsy said:

I don't mean the button on the SS Robby, I mean the thread got stripped by the Igo within about 2 weeks

wow, I have often thought some of the mod connectors have a slightly different cut on the thread, they always seem a little loose, maybe it`s deliberate.

[Balllsy]

That's what I was thinking, I think the Igo-L is a slightly finer thread and is ripping the threads on my mods. Strangely though it's only effecting the Igo everything else still screws on. Also I finally succumbed to using the ego-510 adaptor on my vamo so I could still drip. but that won't screw on either any more.

Looking now at getting the Nimbus and DRA XL drippers

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 22:32:16 GMT Balllsy said:

That's what I was thinking, I think the Igo-L is a slightly finer thread and is ripping the threads on my mods. Strangely though it's only effecting the Igo everything else still screws on. Also I finally succumbed to using the ego-510 adaptor on my vamo so I could still drip. but that won't screw on either any more.

Looking now at getting the Nimbus and DRA XL drippers

The nimbus looks great, I do like a tasteful design etch on them, much like the Vision Eternity, that`ll be my next atty I think

[lenny59]

Got the IGO L today and having the same problem screwing it onto the Vamo

The idea of a 510/Ego adapter is my next move.....Good idea Ballsy

The threads on the IGo L are very fine......

Shame coz it vapes for England (Or in Robby's case Wales)

[robby]

Mar 21, 2013 22:45:50 GMT lenny59 said:

Got the IGO L today and having the same problem screwing it onto the Vamo

The idea of a 510/Ego adapter is my next move.....Good idea Ballsy

The threads on the IGo L are very fine......

Shame coz it vapes for England (Or in Robby's case Wales)

It`s weird, the IGO L seems to be particularly badly affected

[robby]

My first attempt at etching :-)



If you look at the top of the tube just under the threading you can see where I have etched the copper off the tube to reveal the brass underneath, then gave it a good buff, shining nicely lol. The next step is to cut some sort of design or lettering onto the tube and see how that works out. I think the etching time on this photo is a bit too long, so hard to time it right, especially as the house was freezing today with having no power for most of it. I need to time it so the copper is just about etched away, maybe leave a small amount on there that can be buffed away easily. Got a lot to learn, different methods to. Pleased with this though as my first attempt :-)

[OneDay]

It's so bloody shiney Robby all I can see are the reflections

[robby]

Mar 22, 2013 23:41:33 GMT OneDay said:

It's so bloody shiney Robby all I can see are the reflections

That`s actually one of the small grey 18350s you get in a Vamo kit and my camera lens lol The contrast of the copper on the brass really does look good though.

[Moggy]

Mar 22, 2013 23:45:10 GMT robby said:

Mar 22, 2013 23:41:33 GMT OneDay said:

It's so bloody shiney Robby all I can see are the reflections

That`s actually one of the small grey 18350s you get in a Vamo kit and my camera lens lol The contrast of the copper on the brass really does look good though.

I'm just glad it WAS cold else who knows what we would have seen in the reflections.

[Hampton]

Mar 23, 2013 0:18:20 GMT Moggy said:

Mar 22, 2013 23:45:10 GMT robby said:

That`s actually one of the small grey 18350s you get in a Vamo kit and my camera lens lol The contrast of the copper on the brass really does look good though.

I'm just glad it WAS cold else who knows what we would have seen in the reflections.

My thoughts as well monomach.
I still laugh when I think of this www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/275780/

[robby]

Ash kindly donated some old chrome vamo tubes, after a bit of work, got one down to copper and the top down to brass and sat them on top of a black chrome bottom, what do you think guys. Learning sooooooooooo much about using the Dremel for polishing etc.







Thanks again Ash, top bloke
The cat however, wasn`t impressed at all

Ash