Dragon e-pipe under construction.finished

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Beautiful, want to sell it?

[VapingBad]

Don't get the cheap forstner bit set from toolstation I have it and it's not sharp enough to do a neat job on softwood and doesn't sharpen well. From what I glean there is no point getting a cheap pillar drill and you need to be spending >£180, someone recommended Record as the cheapest decent ones, or get second hand professional one. I have one of these solder stations on offer at Maplin for £40 at the moment they are not pro standard but decent and you can get new tips cheaply on eBay.

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Very, Very nice igual. Got your next project in the pipeline ? I'm the same as you, looking for a decent soldering iron. I've got an antex but it doesn't heat enough right at the tip to solder anything. Watched some youtube vids of soldering and some of them look excellent but never managed to catch what kind they were. Anyway I will get my box mod finished when the batteries eventually turn up, but by that time you might have your next pipe finished.

[igual]

Thanks fir the soldering iron info might see if Santa can purchase something like that.
Re forstner bits think I'd try get a decent set something like this www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-16-piece-forstner-bit-set
Always keeping eye on fleabay fir bench drill locally.
Have heard same about the record ones supposed to be best of the lower end

Regarding next project am thinking either anouther pipe or a box mod.
One day I'll attempt a DNA style but need to perfect delicate soldering first.You want a bit of plumbing soldering I'm your man lol.

[VapingBad]

Nov 4, 2014 15:00:04 GMT striker42 said:

Very, Very nice igual. Got your next project in the pipeline ? I'm the same as you, looking for a decent soldering iron. I've got an antex but it doesn't heat enough right at the tip to solder anything. Watched some youtube vids of soldering and some of them look excellent but never managed to catch what kind they were. Anyway I will get my box mod finished when the batteries eventually turn up, but by that time you might have your next pipe finished.

I have seen a lot for bad how to solder videos, this is one of the few good ones

[VapingBad]

Nov 4, 2014 15:29:05 GMT igual said:

Thanks fir the soldering iron info might see if Santa can purchase something like that.
Re forstner bits think I'd try get a decent set something like this www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-16-piece-forstner-bit-set
Always keeping eye on fleabay fir bench drill locally.
Have heard same about the record ones supposed to be best of the lower end

Regarding next project am thinking either anouther pipe or a box mod.
One day I'll attempt a DNA style but need to perfect delicate soldering first.You want a bit of plumbing soldering I'm your man lol.

Done plenty of plumbing soldering, it not hard unless there is some water in the pipe.

striker42 showed me a link to a £10 solder station that may be OK (don't know, but the iron looks the same as the Maplin one and has a ceramic element to), I doubt it hold temperature as well with cheaper electronics and probably not temperature sensing, but I don't know and it only a tenner.

[Mrsmac]

Wow that is very pretty well done

[igual]

Good vid quite informative.
My soldering tip must be oxidised to hell n back from the moment I bought it.
Never Able to tin it from the off.
Had a look about and will do some reaserch on soldering stations.
Also one of them tip cleaner things look handy better than a wet sponge lol.

[Chrissie]

It's fantastic igual

[igual]

Cheers hun

[piper1]

"I am pleased with how it turned out"

So would I be, excellent build well done, what' the next project?

[igual]

piper1 Putting the pipe through its paces over next week or so to make sure all is safe design wise and if all is good looks like I might be making anouther once I got something better to solder with.

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That is great, igual, lovely job!

[taz96]

igual That's just gorgeous....

[TillyFTW]

Alright blud, i am not really old enough to be smoking a pipe yet but must say it looks whack, you did a grand job old timer