@mike amos said:

Looks fascinating, I guess this is how the dinosaurs would have felt.

We are both dinosaurs mate

Not posted in a while. I hope you are all doing well.

I’m doing good, just don’t do a huge amount of sketchup work these days. Also don’t bother with Facebook any more.

I felt I had to share this. I bought an Oculus Quest WIRELESS VR headset a couple of weeks back.

All I can say is; game changer! You have to use one to believe it! Apart from the immersive gaming, the other applications are what really interest me. I can’t believe VR has come this far so quickly.

Google Tilt Brush and Gravity Sketch are amazing!

The videos below are not exaggerated; this is exactly what it looks like in VR!

Oculus Quest:

https://www.oculus.com/quest/?gclsrc=aw.ds&&utm_source=gg&utm_medium=a_ps&utm_term=oculus%20quest&utm_campaign=2018965407&utm_content=354279265406&utm_parent=quest&utm_ad=74385408874&utm_location=9046653&utm_location2=&utm_placement=kwd-529014529111&utm_adposition=1t1&utm_device=m&utm_matchtype=p&utm_feed=

Google Tilt Brush:

Gravity Sketch 3D:

HornOxx....I make the pizzas in my Roccbox oven, photograph them and then chedda renders them haha

I have a pizza obsession. Here are some of my babies.

Awesome mate.

I still can’t believe you actually did this!

FB is shit for real feedback. It's good if you just want to massage your ego by getting "likes".

It's also full of people making their own SU groups with the intention of simply using the members to further their own ambitions. They don't care about the art, it's just a case of trying to make money with the limited skills they have.

I didn't actually realise how many people in this industry are snakes. FB brings them all out!

I've also seen some really questionable practices from 3D artists on FB; people begging for money, conning friends and colleagues, people stealing work and claiming it's their own, people constantly messaging you for help, people lying about work they've done, people demanding resources, people asking for crack copies of software. Full of dick heads....I quickly distanced myself from them all and left all Sketchup groups apart from SCF.

Sketchucation is by far the best place for constructive criticism and always will be.

I've seen various members from sketchucation get angry about negative CONSTRUCTIVE criticism who then go exclusively on FB and totally regress as a 3D artist! It's great to watch the downfall with popcorn in hand! They simply can't bullshit people on sketchucation because we've seen it all before!

And like Rich once told me; never meet your heroes! Even if it's online!

Hello Michalis, hope you are well. Not spoken to you in ages!

Really great news on quitting tobacco, you must feel a whole lot better.

I'm still smoke free after 4 years now.

I'm on 3mg nicotine, still doing DIY liquid. I've been slowly cutting down the amount I vape too. I don't think I could ever smoke a cigarette ever again, it would feel totally alien.

I currently mix three main flavours.....Pinkman, Mangabeys and Veuve Red. I only buy larger bottles of flavouring now too (100ml+). Saves lots of money.

Veuve Red is from ExtraDIY Paris......one shot flavouring @ 15%.
Pinkman is from VapoursRUs UK.....one shot flavouring @ 15%.
Mangabeys is a mix of 5 flavours from Vapable website @ 17%.

Here is my Mangabeys recipe if anyone wants it. Tastes very complex, rounded and tropical. The dragonfruit rounds it off. Really tasty.

1% Flavour Apprentice Dragonfruit
5% Flavour Apprentice Mango
5% Flavour Apprentice Pineapple
4% Capella Sweet Guava
2% Capella Sweet Lychee

No sweetener necessary. Flavour Apprentice is also called Perfumer's Apprentice.

@solo said:

Olly, seen this?

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Yes, there seems to be more vapers than smokers over here now. There are vaping bars, lounges, cafes, coffeeshops, etc..

The TPD regulations came in but they haven't affected me at all because I make my own juice. I can still buy everything I need no problem and it's still just as cheap.

Tank sizes are now 2ml (give or take) and bottles are being sold in 10ml units now (lol).

lol that photo is great! they've totally had enough with you lol

nice berries dude

Some flavours cause more throat hit than others, especially citrus ones.

If you want something smooth I recommend a blend of 70/30 VG/PG as opposed to 50/50 VG/PG.

It's the PG that can catch your throat, not the VG.

PG carries flavour well and VG creates good clouds.

And yeah, play round with your device settings.....start low and increase to where you like it. If it tastes bad, go backwards haha

loving this new stuff

Got a nice new device. I don't normally agree with buying clone devices, but in the case of the Billet Box I take exception. It's almost impossible to buy a genuine Billet Box. You have to login to a website at a certain time on a certain day of the month. Then you have to battle with literally thousands of people clicking refresh to see the inventory. Also $250 for a vape is just nonsense. I've always wanted a Billet Box though.

Anyway, a company called SXK saw the opportunity to make a clone and it's amazing! I got one in black and one in silver for my brother. Beautiful quality! Here is the shop link.

BLACK: https://www.provapes.co.uk/products/billet-box-v4-style-black

SILVER: https://www.provapes.co.uk/products/billet-box-v4-style-silver

The device is tiny. I can't see how it's possible to have a smaller box mod. It has a large liquid capacity (maybe 6 or 7ml). Everything is enclosed within the box itself. Construction is solid aluminium with anodised finish. BY placing the chip and tank to the side of the battery, you get an ultra compact design. Ultra stealthy and discrete.

You can use aftermarket coils including Kanger and Aspire, or use the enclosed rebuildable deck. All the bridging components for the aftermarket coils come included.

Probably the best quality device I've used since a Provari (and it's a clone) 10/10. Just can't see how this can be improved upon.

Pictured below is with a Kanger 0.5 OCC coil which you can buy from pretty much anywhere (same as Toptank and Subtank). Standard 18650 battery. To fill the tank, you just slide down the borosilicate glass and squirt your juice in! Happy days!

Best of luck Mike, are you getting a vape to ease the transition or cold turkey? I can't tell you how much better you'll feel.

With regards to taxing liquids; just make your own juice. 4 ingredients, 5 minutes. I've been doing it for 4 years. Cheap as chips.

I've never understood how/why people buy 30ml bottles of liquid for £15. It's almost as expensive as smoking if you do that haha! "Luxury" and "Premium" liquids are total bollocks believe me. Find one you like and just make a clone.

With regards to the implemented TPD regulations...as a consumer I've not noticed anything too drastic. You can't buy very large bottles of e liquid and you can't buy a tank over 2ml. You can still get hold of them though, they are just sold for "use without nicotine". I'm also kinda glad they regulated the liquids to some degree, it pretty much stopped all bedroom brewers producing nasty e liquid for sale. People were filling bathtubs and mixing in those! You also won't be able to buy the 72mg nicotine, but you can through a company account. So not all doom and gloom, vaping is very much here to stay and the cat is out the bag.

Oli

nice one cheds

very nice

Not that sort of throat hit Rich!

I've also cut down my vaping a bit but not ready to totally quit yet.

@joe wood said:

but, the Vuse gave me a big hit at the back of the throat, and made me cough after each hit, something regular cigs don't do.
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It's also because of the liquid. If you use a liquid with higher VG ratio then it will be silky smooth.

Something like a 70/30 VG/PG will be just perfect for you. It's the PG that gives the throat hit. You are probably vaping a 50/50 mixture.

PG gives throat hit and helps carry flavour. VG creates the clouds and has some sweetness, but produces almost no throat hit. So; more VG= more clouds. More PG = more throat hit.

Some flavours also produce more throat hit; pineapple, menthol and citrus liquids are always a bit harsher on the throat. Just choose what you personally enjoy. I like some throat hit whereas some people don't.

Well done guys!

Got this thing recently, but not had much chance to use as the stock coil just keeps spurting in my mouth! The actual build quality feels great though, just need to sort out the weird coil. It's called an Ego Aio.

I like really compact devices where the tank is adjacent to the battery. I had a Kanger Nebox but the quality is terrible. The Billet Box V4 looks cool too.

Lovely work Simon

Can taste the coffee and blueberry vape

I have no idea what is going on!!