Retired mechanical engineering guy. Gave up analogs 2 years ago (for the millionth time); had a short "slip" with the cowboy killers this past summer, so I decided to give vaping a try. Bought a low cost starter kit and I was off. No cigs now since July. I feel a lot better doing this, as I've had some serious health issues the last couple of years. I swim 2/3 of a mile every weekday morning, and vaping doesn't seem to bother my breathing at all.
I discovered a whole new world when I took up this new hobby/addiction. Because of my background, all the geek stuff strongly appeals to me. I quickly graduated from the starter kit to sub-ohm vaping. I have three sub-ohm atomizers and one good 120W TC mod now. Today, I built my first coil on the RBA deck for my TFV4 Mini. And it works. Comes in @ .36 ohms too, so I'm happy with this first effort. I am ABSOLUTELY dead certain that I will be doing a LOT more building and fiddling. I've also collected a decent start on some basic lab gear (good .00 gram scale and some glassware, funnels, green, blue, and amber glass bottles in various sizes, etc.) and I have been brewing my own juice for a couple of months. I'm making 10mg all VG at this point with no flavoring at all. I like clouds and I found out right away that I'm a little allergic to PG (makes my throat itch). Anyway, I'm about to start experimenting with some flavorings soon; going to start ordering some that I'm interested in. The VG made my liquid very thick, so I've been playing with diluting with distilled water @ 10% total. It works really well for me and thins the VG right out.
Been married to Grandma forever (she is also retired from a career as a RN) and we have 2 adult children; a son and a daughter. Our daughter has 2 children, a boy and a girl, so I have the grandpa thing going. My granddaughter is a senior in high school, and will be starting an apprenticeship as a tattoo artist when she graduates this spring. My grandson doesn't know what he wants to do for yet, but he has played football the last 2 years. He is 14.
That's about it for now.
I discovered a whole new world when I took up this new hobby/addiction. Because of my background, all the geek stuff strongly appeals to me. I quickly graduated from the starter kit to sub-ohm vaping. I have three sub-ohm atomizers and one good 120W TC mod now. Today, I built my first coil on the RBA deck for my TFV4 Mini. And it works. Comes in @ .36 ohms too, so I'm happy with this first effort. I am ABSOLUTELY dead certain that I will be doing a LOT more building and fiddling. I've also collected a decent start on some basic lab gear (good .00 gram scale and some glassware, funnels, green, blue, and amber glass bottles in various sizes, etc.) and I have been brewing my own juice for a couple of months. I'm making 10mg all VG at this point with no flavoring at all. I like clouds and I found out right away that I'm a little allergic to PG (makes my throat itch). Anyway, I'm about to start experimenting with some flavorings soon; going to start ordering some that I'm interested in. The VG made my liquid very thick, so I've been playing with diluting with distilled water @ 10% total. It works really well for me and thins the VG right out.
Been married to Grandma forever (she is also retired from a career as a RN) and we have 2 adult children; a son and a daughter. Our daughter has 2 children, a boy and a girl, so I have the grandpa thing going. My granddaughter is a senior in high school, and will be starting an apprenticeship as a tattoo artist when she graduates this spring. My grandson doesn't know what he wants to do for yet, but he has played football the last 2 years. He is 14.
That's about it for now.
