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HOW
TO MAKE A VAPOURISER
There are many different ways to make a vapouriser. Many are messy, blu-tac and ceiling
wax jobs with no real structure, functionality or style.
Remember the great words of Frank Lloyd Wright the well
respected American Architect. "form follows
function."
This is what is required. Good functionality before its form.
So what has to happen. You need to be able to heat your green
to a high enough temperature so that it does not burn it but
the THC (that's the sticky stuff on cannabis) within it boils
and vapourises right out.
The green stays the same structure and slowly turns to an ash
deposit, this is all the smoke you aren't inhaling! There is
NO smoke and the vapors need to be caught so that they can be
inhaled when wanted, so you need an enclosed space of some
sort.
The best home made job is using a soldering iron. You also
need one large jar; pickle size is good, got me, 1.5 litre or
more. You will also need some tubing and maybe rubber
grommets.
The idea is to drill a perfect size hole for the soldering
iron to fit snugly down into the jar without the need for any
glue or a grommet is ideal. This area may get hot later on so
you don't need the hassles of glue vapor. Yuck.
If you glue some lead to the bottom (outside) of the jar then
the cord end of the soldering iron should be able to stick
straight out of the top of the jar, without falling over. You
now need a small cage or a "mesh sandwich" for the
green which attaches to the end of the soldering point. The
green vapourises best when in contact with the hot metal.
Last, add two more holes for tubing through the jar so as to
suck the vapor out one tube and let air in the other.
So, this simple soldering iron within a large metal topped jar
works OK if you get it right.
If you get bored with making your own or just aren't happy
with the results, maybe you should take a look at our site.
Good luck, if done right they work well!
How To Build A Simple Yet Effective
Vapouriser
What is a vapouriser?. This page is designed to answer that
question. Not only is this page here to answer that question
but to tell you how they work and how to build them. They are
by far the best way I have smoked weed and are not hard to
make.
What Is A Vapouriser?
A vapouriser is a device for smoking marijuana. It uses a heat
source to heat the bud without burning it, rather vaporizing
it.
This produces a white cloud of THC
(Delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol -- the main psychoactive
chemical in weed), along with other canniboids (the 61
chemicals found only in the cannabis plants). Since the weed
is not burned it is much cooler than a joint and contains very
few tars.
How
Exactly Does It Work?
The vapouriser uses a heating element rather than burning. A
quick look at the THC MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET reveals that
THC boils at 392 degrees F.
Thus if it is heated to 400 F the THC boils and produces a
vapor. This is not hot enough for it to burn so it does not
produce the toxic products of burning.
What Are The Advantages Of
Vaporizing?
Well first of all the vapor is not as harsh on the throat
(though the taste can take some getting used to). Also THC
boils at 392 F but burning it is much hotter and the heat of
the burning destroys some of the THC (making it less potent).
I have personally seen 3 people get stoned off a small joints
worth of good weed in a vapouriser.
Not only that but a recent study found that water filtration
systems are worse for the lungs than joints! This is because
the increase the amount of tars in the smoke per unit of THC
(thus one must inhale more tars to get the same amount of THC).
This same study found that ONLY VAPOURISERS contain less tar
per amount THC than joints!
Simple Vapouriser Plans
These are plans on building a simple vapouriser out of a
soldering iron, some wood, and a plastic 2 litre bottle.
Of course not everyone has the skills, tools, or time to make
their own vapouriser. Fortunately it is possible to buy
vapourisers.
The Simple Yet Effective Vapouriser
First you will need the following materials:
-- A soldering iron
-- 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 centre 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 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 it is too loose then take it off and wrap a few
layers of tin foil around the threads and try again (this will
tighten it up).
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 Vapouriser
Pack the bowl with herb (pack it good) and put the bottle over
the soldering iron and place it in 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 min. Plug in the iron and
leave it on (uncovered and not packed) for a while before
first use (you will see why).
You may need to pack it 3 or 4 times for 1 joints worth but I
have seen 3 people get stoned off their asses with this little
bit (I could not stand after that).
If the bottle is deforming from the heat then it is too hot
(don't leave it on so long) Enjoy!
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