Want to try building

Ok so you are ready to try building.

Most of the building kits are garbage.

What do you really need found in those kits.

There are only two items from those kits i recommend.

1. Ohm meter
2. Ceramic tweezers

You can get those two items singly on eBay, Amazon, etc.

What else do you need.

Screw drivers
A way to cut the wire
The wire
Scissors to cut the wicks
A pocket sized tackle box to hold coils O rings, spare screws,

Everyone has drawers of screw drivers.

I wrap coils around the shaft of screwdrivers.

If you have an RTA. 2, and 2.4 mm are about the only sized coils worth using.

If you Use RDAs or 24-25 mm RTAs; then yes getting a coil jig would be worth while, to me it sounds pointless to get a coil jig with 6 rods just to use the same two rods day in and day out.

I use 26 and 28 gauge wire. I use fingernail clippers to snip THR wire, and tgey cut the wire just as close as the side cut clippers.

I went to the fabric department of a store snd bought a pair of folding scissors. They work great.

The pocket sized tackle box in the sporting section of stores gives you more compartments for O rings, spare screws, spare coils, etc.

I usually have 8-10 prewrapped coils ready to install ib a moments notice should i need to install onr

If you don't already have screwdrivers; the little blue screwdriver that comes with most attys has a diameter of 1.95-2 mm. That was mg coil jig for a year. Later i got a set of jewelry screwdrivers, and I scarfed the screwdriver with a 2.4 mm Shaft for building coils for tge Orchid V3, Goblin Mini, and silverplay nano.

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Good job there Bear. I think the Stanley screwdrivers(yellow case) in most hardware stores work great for wrapping coils. There's about 6-8 in the set and less than $10.
 
After being gifted a building kit I think this is pretty spot on, but one other item from it that does get a lot of my use is the pointy curved tweezers. Great for tucking wick tails.
 
Rain Song. I use a kayfun Lite Plus. I dont have to tuck tails.

I have another blog dealunv with wicking the KFL+ its as easy as falling off a log.
 

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