Erupting Geyser with a Mini Smoke Unit

Return to Geyser Gulch! My original smoke-unit-from-vape-pen stopped working, so I'm replacing it with a more robust and deluxe version. Step by step as I test, install, and wire up the new unit and get it working on the layout.
Mini smoke units from Etsy Seller Wayne's Workshop: www.etsy.com/shop/WaynesWorks...
Thanks for watching, amigos!
Dave
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[@ThunderMesaStudio]

Mini smoke units from Etsy Seller Wayne's Workshop:

[@johnnyrotten665]

To avoid disappointment, always have coffee with your stroopwaffel.

[@vonyinzer]

Love the Firefly shirt!

[@koreanature]

Wow... !!! My best friend, Great Good... !!! I wish you every day of your development.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

That's a pretty cool device. The effect looks great!

[@pbyfr]

Nice improvement. We bought at my job the previous model, it was a cheap and easy way to test fumes extraction from an instrument.

[@jeffryan90359]

"... they press the button and it wouldn't work." Well, the geyser is called "Old Unfaithful", right? Nice to see the upgrade and how you did it.

[@vincenthuying98]

Very cool 😎 improvement Dave! Looks awesome when it just shoots a puff of vape smoke.

[@kai350firebird]

i love strupwaffles, now im hungry.

[@lynnmccurdythehdmmrc2561]

Dave, your Unboxing is a lot faster than someone we know. Not mentioning names (Human(c)ity Junction) ;)

[@loispadgett6306]

That was so cool to see how you did that and it looks like a great upgrade too. That test was smoking 😂😂

[@richardsweeney197]

There is a company in England, I think TRS, that is doing steam for locomotives that uses distilled water to produce steam.

[@w.rustylane5650]

Vape pens usually have replaceable heater coils. That's probably the reason it quit working. I used to vape. W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee

[@RickyB1948]

Dave have you ever thought of using a micro switch activated by the train passing by??

[@lasseystad3266]

Fun idea, but that waper will probably cause more issues then you want. I repair comuters and gamingconsoles, and the wape fluid is an olied based compond that sticks to everything and build up thick layers of dirt in the end. Fans inside computers simply stop working and the electronics bearly get cleaned in ultrasonic cleaner. So be carefull with the use of it on your layout. The old "pen" if you havent, take it apart and look inside it, I bet it´s jamed up of the oil clogging up inside the tubing. Stoped the motor from running and it burned out, just like inside a gamingconsole I just repaired for a client who use waping inside his gamingroom.

[@joelvale3887]

Maybe that wasn't a cookie .

[@randysrockandrollrailroad8207]

😊

[@lauraandedwardcannon8861]

Just found this. Nifty. Have you considered some sort of circuit that fires the smoke for a set amount of time for each push? There are several options, depending if you like to program or just connect wires.

[@MrWestburyiii]

I'm surprised they didn't send you a couple of extra coils.. (most common failure point in vapes)

[@markdeschane4467]

Dave, I'm looking for someone to install Sound Decoders in three of my On30 locomotives. I have had very bad luck doing this myself, so am looking for help!