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That is all gentlemen and ladies.

Hello everyone, I'm wondering if there's any interest here in an open-source DIY vape kit?

Just to give a little background, I recently got into vaping cannabis and have been wondering why there's not a single product on the market (at least as far as I can tell) that heats a 510 cart based on temperature readings. The most customization you can get is to push a certain voltage to your cart for a certain amount of time. The problem with this heating methodology is that you will get inconsistent hits based on a HUGE number of factors, such as:

• the output voltage
• ambient temperature
• whether or not you preheat
• whether it's your 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. hit in a row (starting cart temp)
• how much oil is left in the cart
• the heating element in the cart
• the thickness of the oil in the cart
• circuit resistance
• how hard and long you breathe in

My plan to solve this is to use

• multiple thermistors for temperature
• a pressure sensor
• a humidity sensor
• an air quality sensor
• PWM 5v output with strict circuit timing
• a small 5v fan

using this combination of parts and sensors, my testing methodology would be to find and record the temperature at which a cart first vaporizes, discover if there is a measurable air quality difference between a good hit and a "burnt" one, and possibly use this data to find the max temperature of a good hit. Once I have the upper and lower bound temps of a good hit, we can start to play with heating curves. If this kit is easy enough to manufacture, the next step would be ask other people to test their own carts and create a community database of optimal heating curves for specific carts!

the long term plan would be to have a mobile app that can sync community heating profiles straight to your DIY vape, with the option to flip between profiles directly from the vape itself so the mobile app will be optional after the initial setup.

The bill of materials for all these sensors may be outside of the price range of your typical vaper, so there will be a 2nd build of the DIY vape that eliminates most of the sensors except for the thermistors. This build will mainly be targeted as being a much more portable end product, mainly using data already collected by the community.

I am also planning to take into account people that may be interested in the community data even if they don't plan on building their own vape. This data can be useful for people who own a vape battery with adjustable voltage who just picked up a new vape cart and have no idea what voltage to use.

The problem:

Other than my own time and the starting equipment costs, it will be a relatively inexpensive project (hopefully). However, hosting an online community database and publishing and app on the iOS app store are both costs that I am really only willing to pay if there's any amount of community interest in this project. So please, let me know in the comments if ANY part of this project seems interesting to you! Also, if you have any additional ideas to contribute, I plan to update this post with a github link if there's enough interest.

Got some stems coming out of the nodes where the single bract usually is.

7 grams decarbed trim 2c sugar 1c water 2T glycerine Vanilla to taste

I just ate a tablespoon of it, hope it works!

Is there any actual way to prevent or fix clogged carts. I buy 1 gram, make it halfway through and then it becomes unusable.

I've been trying for months with different batteries and carts. Does anyone else find this is significantly worse just smoking flower? I was hoping this would be a useful and portable method but for most it's been money down the drain.

It's like buying a bottle of liquor and watching half it evaporate.

Is it just the industry is a "Wild West" with no consistency standards?

I have a Compass Vessel.

**Thanks for advice all. I've had a little success with sealing the cart in a zip lock bag and letting it sit in warm water for a bit.

I keep getting made fun of by my smoking friend for how I hold them. It just feels more comfortable to hold them between your index and middle fingers like a cigarette rather than pinching it with your index and thumb. And it seems easier to control how much air reaches your mouth when you're drawing.

Lemmy doesn't have built-in polls, so sound off. How are you holding yours?

Puffing on some phat Bizzle's Own here in the Bizzle Zone. So I'm abusing my mod powers to ask what your favorite weed memory was, leave it in the comments

I had this cute piece for 4 years, I left it outside in the cold more than once and learned my lesson the hard way, "if you're cold they're cold bring them inside". I haven't had the energy to clean it up lol its been 3 weeks

Pack one for poor Claudia. My fingers were slippery with alcohol after I dipped her for cleaning, and now she’s gone. Several years of faithful service. She’ll be missed. :(

This strain was a colllab between a local grower, and a local artist (Stick Figure Dude)

You may have seen his art, which takes the form of graffiti, typically.

He is also one of the local cop's "Most Wanted Tagger"

Gonna enjoy rolling this one up tonight!

Paywall removed: https://archive.is/Wik0o

Only really ever used an erig or torch before, had a dr dabber evo and currently using a puffco peak pro but want to give an enail setup a try. I have a good glass collection so something compatible with them would be cool to find. The G pen hyer seems cool for that reason, but I think I'd like more control over temperature as I've enjoyed playing with the peak pros temp and time. The hyer is also battery powered and I'm fine with needing an outlet for it if need be. Feels like there are a lot of options advertised and all sold as the best solution and I have no idea what a reliable brand is in this area haha.

With Overlord Google, agegating this kind of content on YouTube, why are there not more strain reviews on peer tube?

No Google, I will not sign into an account and give you all of my personally identifiable information because I don't have an account on your service and I do not want an account, so how about you go and fuck right off?

source: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00614.htm

Finally got around to installing the AC and plumbing it, so now I can turn the lights on and start things off. Not entirely ready though.

Garbage can will be a water reservoir, that’s the next task.

Some questions for purely educational purposes:

1. What are some good sites to buy seeds from? Recommended strains?
2. what are some good guides on the topic? Anything for absolute beginners?
3. Whats the cost of equipment look like? What is the absolute bare minimum I would need to get started for indoors growing?

I got some really discounted rosin and I was looking to convert a gram or two of it into cartridges. I’ve been reading that most people use a glass syringe to fill them but I was reading another thread that you just go to your local pharmacy and get a normal plastic syringe. Anybody have any advice or experience?