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- Subject: Vaporizer Plans Version 1 (VP.1)
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 10:28:39 -0400
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- ** Vaporizer Principles 101 -by The BonJ **
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-
- Re: This file details the construction and operation of a vaporizer. A
- vaporizer (for our purposes) is a device which raises the temperature
- of mj high enough to cause the active ingredient (THC) to vaporize, but
- not enough to induce combustion. The benefits include higher healthier
- highs and a major increase in the buzzed/buck ratio!
- The vaporizer detailed here, based on a thread in alt.drugs (thanks for
- all the great ideas!), is low priced and easy to construct. My design
- criteria where as follows:
- (1) Simple to operate,
- (2) Stability and ruggedness,
- (3) Compatibility (easy to get replacement parts).
- The plans are based on the first vaporizer I built and any suggestions
- for modifications and/or improvements would be greatly appreciated for
- subsequent revisions of this file.
-
- Latest Revision: 9/19/94
- Inception: 9/19/94
-
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- Introduction:
-
- The format followed is for the mechanically impaired (i.e. me), so if
- this seems obnoxiously simple and detailed, it's probably because it is.
- Deviate/modify or mutilate the design however you want-but please
- let us know of any ass kickin' ideas that hit you.
-
- Here are the 3 rules I found most helpful in building stuff (remnants from
- my model rocketry days)
-
- (1) Collect/buy/steal ALL the necessary parts or reasonable facsimiles
- of them before starting the actual construction.
-
- (2) Buy/borrow/steal ALL the necessary tools. Try not to skimp here.
- Having the right tool for the right job is a MUST (I learned this
- the hard way :() Many schools/colleges have woodshops! Take advan-
- tage!
-
- (3) Most importantly...PATIENCE. Don't underestimate this! It can make
- make or break this most precious educational device. That is:
- (i) Take your time buying the parts (unless you have lots of
- $$$), you might find stuff on sale, in trash piles, or from
- friends.
- (ii) Apply (i) to the tools as well.
- (iii) Before cutting, drilling, gluing, or whatever, recheck (and
- rethink) what you're about to do. Does it make sense? Is
- this the right side? Etc. It sucks to get halfway done,
- screw up and have to start over, which brings us to...
- (iv) Read/reread/reread/... the instructions until you are 100%
- (not 99%) sure you know what to do. If you're unsure ask
- someone! It's amazing how helpful people can be! (Just tell
- them you're building a tornado chamber for a school project,
- model rocket, cloud chamber :) , or something equally bogus)
-
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- Phase I: The Parts
-
- Part # Comments Est. Cost
- ---- --- --------- ---------
- a) 33W Solder Element 1 Radio Shack(RS) (64-2082) $9.00
- b) Solder handle 1 RS (64-2080) $7.00
- c) Wood (8x8x3/4) 1 Dimensions are given for a guide <$1.00
- d) Wooden dowel (24x1/2") 1 Check out indoor clothes racks :) <$1.00
- e) Extension cord 1 Optional <$2.00
- f) 2 liter soda bottle 1 Make sure it has black base <$2.00
- g) Small brass bowl 1 From Head shop or Plumbing supplies <$2.00
- h) Rubber Grommet 1 Auto supply (wheels, etc) <$2.00
- i) Aluminum foil Just need a little Free
- j) Wood screws 3 About 1/2" is fine <$1.00
- k) Clear Silicone 1(Tube) Any hardware store $4.00
- m) Small Block of wood 1 About 2x2x3/4 is fine Free
- n) Rubber band 1 Should fit snuggly around the bottle Free
- ---------
- Total Cost ~ $31.00
- (This is an UPPER
- bound for sure!!)
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- Phase II: The Tools
-
- Tool Comments
- ---- --------
- A) Screwdriver For wood screws
- B) Exacto knife To cut plastic
- C) Saw Obviously for the wood :)
- D) Hacksaw (optional) Cuts dowel nicely
- E) Drill w/1",1 1/8",1/16", [*] bits Try to get kind of close on the bits.
- F) Ruler Very handy!
- G) Pencil ditto!
- H) C-clamp ditto!
- I) Sandpaper (optional) We wouldn't want any splinters :)
- J) Protractor (optional) For fun with trigonometry!
-
- [*] You'll also need a bit the same width as your dowel (1/2")
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- Phase III: Construction
-
- Step 1: Base
-
- (1) Trace out an equilateral triangle on wood (c).
- (2) Cut out triangle from wood, see fig 1.
- (3) Sand down all sides and edges.
- ________________
- | /\ |
- | / \ |
- | / 60 \ |<- Part (c)
- | / \ |
- | /<-Saw ->\ |
- | / \ |
- |/ 60 60 \|
- /_____________ \
- |< ~ 8" >|
-
- Fig. 1
-
- Hints:
- (1) Use ruler and exacto to create a "guiding" groove (v-shaped)
- for the saw.
- (2) An equilateral triangle has equal sides with 60 deg angles,
- so a protractor might be nice.
-
- Step 2: Mount
-
- (1) Label one side as T (top) and the other B (bottom).
- (2) Draw (on BOTH sides) three lines as follows:
- Bisect each side of the triangle and mark it. With the ruler draw
- a line (label l) from the bisector to the opposing vertex.
- The result is three lines intersecting in the center of the
- triangle (label it IP).
- (3) On the top side, drill (1 1/8" bit) about 1/8" at IP. This is the
- resting bed for the solder handle.
- (4) On the top side, drill (1" bit) about 1/2" at IP.
- (5) On the bottom side drill (1" bit) at IP to complete the hole. The
- reason for drilling on both sides is to prevent splintering on the
- surface.
- (6) Sand any roughness down.
-
- Step 3: Legs
-
- (1) Cut dowel (d) with hacksaw into three 8" pieces (These are the legs).
- (2) Since I didn't have a drill press, making the holes for the legs in
- the base was a little tricky. Here is how I did it:
- (a) On block of wood (m) drill a hole (with the bit of dowel width)
- at about 15 degrees off the normal all the way through.
- This is known as a jig (Fig. 2). Draw a reference line along
- the jig.
-
- ^ Normal
- ___|_____
- / | /|
- /----O---/ /
- / / /
- --------- /
- |________|/
-
- Fig. 2
-
- (b) Place the base bottom side up on your workbench. Then align the
- jig with a line (l) so that the jig hole is about 1 1/2" from the
- vertex. Clamp it all down and using the jig as your guide, drill
- through the base. Make sure that the tilt of the jig points
- outward. Repeat for the other two vertices. Now you should be
- able to slide the dowels in and voila, you have a stable table!
- It should look sorta like a landed UFO (bearing gifts for
- humanity)! I didn't glue the legs in, because I liked to take
- them out for traveling purposes :)
-
- Step 4: Chamber Base
-
- (1) Take 2 liter soda bottle (f) and cut out a circle of about 2" radius
- from the bottom with the exacto knife. Take care to cut so as not to
- destroy the little holes around the perimeter of the base. You should
- be able to detach the black base (label CB) from the bottle. Do it.
- Put the bottle aside for step 5.
- (2) Align CB onto the wood base (Top) so that it is facing up, centered,
- and the lines (l) can be seen through 3 of the "screw holes".
- (3) With the smallest bit you have, drill 1/4" into the 3 holes.
- (4) Put silicone (k) around the bottom of CB, realign it with the drill
- holes, apply pressure, and then screw in the 3 screws (j) into the
- drill holes. Now this is fixed! Add silicone liberally to make sure
- it's sealed up nice and tight...wouldn't want to loose anything.
-
- Step 5: Chamber
-
- Note: As you can see, placing the bottle into CB gives a nicely
- sealed chamber. Another bonus is, no matter where you are,
- finding a replacement chamber is exceedingly simple.
-
- (1) Cut a small hole towards the bottom of the bottle (but not low enough
- to be covered by CB) with the exacto knife.
- (2) Fit the grommet (h) into the hole. Shave with exacto if the hole
- isn't big enough. If you screw up...get another bottle :)
- (3) Save the cap to the bottle (this is the "mouthpiece cap")
- (4) Place a rubber band around the bottle and use it to hold a coin over
- the grommet.
-
- Step 6: Bowl Element
-
- Note: Since I couldn't find a bowl that would screw nicely onto the
- tip of the soldering element and I wanted a good contact
- without getting to fancy...
-
- (1) Take a thin strip of aluminum foil (~1/4"x1') and wrap it around the
- tip of the soldering element (where the solder tip would normally go)
- (2) GENTLY try and twist the bowl on. Remove foil (in small strips) if
- necessary.
- (3) Once the bowl is on, use the eraser end of the pencil to crimp it
- into place (look inside the bowl-push down on the foil sticking up
- over the soldering element tip).
-
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- Phase IV: Operation
-
- Putting It All together:
-
- (1) Place solder handle cord through hole in base, pull it through until
- the solder handle rests nicely in the bed you've made for it.
- (2) Screw the soldering element into the handle.
- (3) Load the bowl.....drum roll please! Note: Just a little, i.e,
- the bowl should contain less than 3/4 its capacity. Pack it with a
- pencil eraser or something similar.
- (4) Mount the bottle into CB.
- (5) Turn it on (plug it in - or better yet, connect it through a
- switch).
- (6) Wait until vapors appear (3.5-4 minutes) and turn it OFF. Otherwise
- it might start to burn :(
- (7) Remove coin, remove cap, HIT, have next person place finger on the
- grommet, replace cap, go to the end of the line.
- Comment: Taking the cap off gets to be a pain, so a resting cover
- will work nicer. I am going to try cutting off the
- threaded part of the cap...
- (8) You should be able to get 3 to 6 good hits (depending on the quality
- of your grass) out of this small amount!
- (9) Remove bottle, PUSH HANDLE OUT FROM BOTTOM. Tap bowl gently into
- ash-tray, replace handle. BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH ELEMENT!!!!!!
- (10) Replace coin on bottle, goto (3) and repeat until everyone is
- happily baked! And notice how little of your precious stash has
- been used!
-
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- Phase V: Transportation and Storage
-
- As an added bonus, vaporizers have great STEALTH potential, unlike
- pipes, bongs, etc. Break the whole thing down, put it in a box, add fluff
- and bango, you now have an art kit, or science project, or model
- railroading fog device, or whatever! By fluff, I mean chuck in some clay,
- paint brushes, paints, wires, model parts, etc into the box.
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- Miscellaneous:
-
- (1) I think that the solder handle can be replaced with the sockets used
- for christmas lights (like the candles).
- (2) I have found that the vapor is far less pungent than smoke (another
- stealthing bonus), but the bottle acquires a strong scent after a
- couple uses and may need to be replaced (cleaned?).
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