The Quest For Wood

[Rob Fisher]

As some of you may of guessed I just love Wood! Especially when they are crafted into REO Woodvil's! But they are so damn scarce and I'm not really a patient man so I have been researching on the internet looking for Wooden Vaping devices.

I have found two such devices both of which are bottom fed (Squonking) that use a bottom fed Reomiser or Cyclone/Chalice type atty and is made from exotic woods!

I really want more Woodvil's (#4 below) but have ordered a RedSkyMod Cruiser (#3 Below) and a PDIB Mod (#6)... and when I say ordered I mean put my name on the list... at least now I know I will get them eventually and can check periodically as to how close I'm getting to the top of the list.

Unfortunately with the REO Woodvil you don't know when the next run will be made available and then it's a damn free for all on trying to get onto the web site and place an order and that kind of chaos drives me insane! Why he doesn't simply take pre-orders in a respectable way is beyond me.

 

[devdev]

That's a lot of nice looking wood....

Seems someone has been polishing a lot of wood

 

[Mike]

I'm pretty sure you'd be able to commission someone locally to make one. With those SX350 things and a couple of other goodies, I'd guess there's someone that's able to cad up something and send it off to be CNC'd without costing too much. I had an old mate do a couple of parts for me ages ago (don't have the contact anymore sadly) and it cost me R100 for the work.

Come on locals, lets do this!

 

[Alex]

I can suggest a few good sites for moar wood ??

 

[Rob Fisher]

I may have found a carpenter... I just need to find the metal bits and pieces and a fire button!

 

[devdev]

Ok, I displayed the maturity of a pre-teen schoolboy in my last post.

Seriously though Rob, I didn't ever really get the allure of wooden mods, until I saw that one on the furthest right. That is simply beautiful, and makes me want

 

[Rob Fisher]

Ok, I displayed the maturity of a pre-teen schoolboy in my last post.

Seriously though Rob, I didn't ever really get the allure of wooden mods, until I saw that one on the furthest right. That is simply beautiful, and makes me want

Funny I find that one the least appealing... the one I really really really want is the Woodvil dead centre (#4)!

 

[Rob Fisher]

Funny I find that one the least appealing... the one I really really really want is the Woodvil dead centre (#4)!

This was a lie... the one on the far left is the least appealing!

 

[Mike]

http://za.rs-online.com/web/home.html has millions of switches

Not sure about the threaded bits at all though...


Let me know how things go.. I'd love a wooden 26650 mod And I'm relatively decent with cad.

 

[devdev]

Funny I find that one the least appealing... the one I really really really want is the Woodvil dead centre (#4)!

That woovdville is a beaut as well.

Maybe, as a long time connoisseur of wood you have a better eye for it. As an inexperienced wood viewer I can't detect really good wood from not so good wood.

Ok. Promise I will not make any more wood jokes in this thread

 

[Rob Fisher]

http://za.rs-online.com/web/home.html has millions of switches

Not sure about the threaded bits at all though...


Let me know how things go.. I'd love a wooden 26650 mod

That's way above my pay grade... much more @johan's division.

I'll keep you posted in this thread!

 

[devdev]

This was a lie... the one on the far left is the least appealing!

i strongly agree with this statement. It looks like the bastard spawn of a hippy and a carpenter

 

[johan]

To get those switches; locally available at Rs components. The 510 connectors & battery springs need to be imported from guys like fatddadys etc. The big problem is getting someone to do a cad drawing of the wood to be CNC'ed.

Tapatalk

 

[Mike]

Well I spent 3 years studying architecture and a year studying engineering. I'm a bit rusty with my cad skills but I'm willing to give it a bash if someone can find a place to CNC?

 

[Rob Fisher]

To get those switches; locally available at Rs components. The 510 connectors & battery springs need to be imported from guys like fatddadys etc. The big problem is getting someone to do a cad drawing of the wood to be CNC'ed.

Thanks Johan! I wondered if they were all CNC'ed. Also I have realised that finding wood is also a bit of an issue because it need to be stabilized wood.

 

[johan]

Plenty of CNC guys around Jozi & PTA

Tapatalk

 

[Rob Fisher]

Well I spent 3 years studying architecture and a year studying engineering. I'm a bit rusty with my cad skills but I'm willing to give it a bash if someone can find a place to CNC?

CNC is absolutely no problem at all! I have a mate who sells CNC machines and has one or two in his workshop and has access to fancy CNC machines he has sold.

 

[Mike]

@Rob Fisher I doubt it needs to be stabilised. Properly finished yes. The pieces of wood are so small, they're pretty damn strong.

Doesn't happen to be a guy named Henry right?

I just need to chat to the CNC guy to find out the format etc, but I'd be keen to give it a bash! Might also be able to organise pro-level finishing on the cheap, and I'm good with a soldering iron.

 

[johan]

Fitting all the wiring and hardware are easy peasy

Tapatalk

 

[Rob Fisher]

@Rob Fisher I doubt it needs to be stabilised. Properly finished yes. The pieces of wood are so small, they're pretty damn strong.

Doesn't happen to be a guy named Henry right?

His name is Shane.

On the stabilised wood story... I'm no technical expert on wood but with my research today the stabilised wood came up a few times.

 

[devdev]

Hehehehehehe.

Stabilised....

 

[Rob Fisher]

Fitting all the wiring and hardware are easy peasy

OK let's code name this project "QWood" short for Quest for Wood!

 

[Mike]

Hahaha.

I dunno mate, I've built a couple of guitars and sealing them is FAR more important in terms of strength and stabilisation than anything. I'm pretty sure there's more stresses in a guitar (60+kg of tension in the strings) than a little mod. I'll do some research though.

 

[Xhale]

I love all those wood boxes..just recently found out about the puzzlebox and the wife loves the look of it!

Fatdaddy's connector:

If you look at the middle pic, the first brass section near the top is the middle pin. It does seem as if you can put a hole through the middle, but dont have a clue how you would attach the bottle. If he can make some where that pin is twice the length we are laughing

 

[johan]

M3 cheese head bolt (brass or s/s) with 1mm hole would suffice.

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