Guten Tag everyone!
I made a series of pictures to explain how I do my micro coils. This is not about the atomizer, or the wicking, just a possible way to create the coil itself.
I am using:
0.35mm Kanthal A (roughly 27 AWG)
A 1.5mm drill bit
A spring clamp I got very cheaply in a Home Depot like store. 4 of these cost roughly 3 dollars.
Before taking the pics I torched the wire twice to orange glow (use a blowtorch or a BIC lighter). I let it cool on the air (never quench).
This is what I used (Click enlarges pics, external link)
Holding the wire and the drill bit parallel...
... I catch both in the clamp, so that the wire is clamped down on the drill bit:
Then I create a 90 degree angle with the wire, as close as possible to the cheeks(?) of the clamp.
Then I start coiling, holding the wire quite tightly between two fingers, so that there is constant tension on the wire. I don't coil the wire around the drill bit, but I hold the wire and turn the clamp.
Turn the clamp and keep holding the wire. I am watching the spot where the wire meets the drill bit. I put a coil halfway on the last one, the coil will slide down onto the drill bit and will touch the last one.
This is how the result looks - I have not squeezed the coil yet, it is just naturally tight wound.
Without the clamp:
Ready made micro coil. This one has 0.6 to 0.8 ohms, depending on how long the legs will be.
I hope someone finds this useful.
Cheers,
Chris
I made a series of pictures to explain how I do my micro coils. This is not about the atomizer, or the wicking, just a possible way to create the coil itself.
I am using:
0.35mm Kanthal A (roughly 27 AWG)
A 1.5mm drill bit
A spring clamp I got very cheaply in a Home Depot like store. 4 of these cost roughly 3 dollars.
Before taking the pics I torched the wire twice to orange glow (use a blowtorch or a BIC lighter). I let it cool on the air (never quench).
This is what I used (Click enlarges pics, external link)
Holding the wire and the drill bit parallel...
... I catch both in the clamp, so that the wire is clamped down on the drill bit:
Then I create a 90 degree angle with the wire, as close as possible to the cheeks(?) of the clamp.
Then I start coiling, holding the wire quite tightly between two fingers, so that there is constant tension on the wire. I don't coil the wire around the drill bit, but I hold the wire and turn the clamp.
Turn the clamp and keep holding the wire. I am watching the spot where the wire meets the drill bit. I put a coil halfway on the last one, the coil will slide down onto the drill bit and will touch the last one.
This is how the result looks - I have not squeezed the coil yet, it is just naturally tight wound.
Without the clamp:
Ready made micro coil. This one has 0.6 to 0.8 ohms, depending on how long the legs will be.
I hope someone finds this useful.
Cheers,
Chris
I have a couple of boxes of Pyramid tea bags still. And they held tea I didn't even particularly like. Ha. And yeah, stickers. Forgot stickers. Back when (years ago) I was using eGo batteries, I would put little fingernail art stickers on my white eGo batteries. Go figure.
