Stardust drip tip adapter

[domesticextremist]

i have a few spare stardust tips from cracked Stardusts that have been
stripped down for Frankentanks.

i'm not particularly keen on the plastic they are made fom and would rather
have the choice of a drip tip.

So I got modding:



Sizing up. At the back is the prototype I made from arough bit
of carto tube - it's a bit long
In front are two segments of a Ritchy Era carto I ws dissecting.
It's nice tube - painted, not stickered.
At the front is the Stardust tip butted up against a siam Mods drip tip.
I picked that one as it seems to have the longest inserty bit (where the
o-ring is), so if that fits, everything else should.

I decided to use the shorter bit of tube.

At 20mm, I reckon that's about as short as can be got away with.

[domesticextremist]

The interior of the Stardust tip has a lip (for some reason).
I gently reamed this out (by running my drill in reverse) to 5.5mm.
Running the drill slowly forwards winds the tip onto the drill tightly
enough to use it as a lathe.



With an emery board or file (faster), grind away the lip on the tip until the
cut end of the carto (it's a bit narrower and very sharp) just fits over:

[domesticextremist]

Slide the carto tube down as far as it will go and turn the drill to mark the plastic.
With the file lathe it out gently to a notch to provide a nice seat for the tube end:

[domesticextremist]

Remove the tip from the drill (by running it slowly backwards), and
wipe away the dust and plastic swarf.

Apply two beads of superglue as shown (to keep it away from any juice)
and slide the carto tube over and into place.



Allow 10 minutes to dry or, if you are messy like me, however long it takes to
scrape away all the overspill and prints of superglue you spread around

[domesticextremist]

Fit to a Stardust and admire your work



and vape

[womble]

Cool I don't like the uneven moulding lines up the sides of the visions mouthpiece, it's something that really bugs me.

Nice idea

[domesticextremist]

Thinking some more about this - you could probably just
saw the tip in half, or less,and use a much shorter bit of
carto tubing.

it would save faffing around with the drill too (though it would
be harder to get everything aligned nicely).

Doh!

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

I see your an ex Amber leaf man, what do you vape to replace it?

I like your mod by the way

[domesticextremist]

I've tried a fair few baccy flavoured juices, but nothing that really
replicates the Amber Leaf.

Nice ones though are HS Impulse from Vape Escape, some from
OK Smokey and some from Paradise Vape.