Homemade Coil Wrapping Tool

[JCT55]

it is a BRILLIANT tool. Easy enough to make & super effective. THEN...??? THEN???? HE BLOWS it by waaay overwrapping his coil, then having to "adjust" / "remove" coils.... BUT, it is just technique, the product is fine. Most of us could LIVE on the lenght's he scraps out if this is the way he does all his coil builds..... sorry, just hate to see such a good idea shown off so badly...??? or am I just grumpy???

 

[Don Robertson]

it is a BRILLIANT tool. Easy enough to make & super effective. THEN...??? THEN???? HE BLOWS it by waaay overwrapping his coil, then having to "adjust" / "remove" coils.... BUT, it is just technique, the product is fine. Most of us could LIVE on the lenght's he scraps out if this is the way he does all his coil builds..... sorry, just hate to see such a good idea shown off so badly...??? or am I just grumpy???

I think he did that to be sure to be able to match a second coil. Not positive - but I believe that's it; I hope! I had that thought too .... wasted too much wire in the process. I can waste enough already. I do like the 'jig' from a small block of wood - or metal - whichever is handy.

FOR THE WICK: My hands shake - so I take a short piece of WICK ...... cut the end on a slight angle ....... apply a TINY drop of "Elmer's Glue" to the tip and let it harden. When ready to make up a few coils I thread it through and the hardened glue makes it pass easily. Trim is necessary anyways - so no extra material lost when I trim away the "glued end". Not necessary for some folks - but with shaky hands I have to make it easier. Works for ME and that's all that matters. NOW these jigs ...... solved another problem.

I find all THESE ideas ...... AFTER discovering the entire assembly can be bought on "fasttech" for less than $3.00! Not to the liking of some folks - but, for ME i think when they arrive in the mail and test OK ....... I'll quit winding my own. Old coots don't need to waste time! there isn't that much left to enjoy.

GREAT JIGS .......... GREAT PEOPLE ........ now I just need to STOP spending so much time on ECF and get back to chasin' nurses!

Senile Old Man Don ......... time for a NAP!

 

[propofokgov]

I can honestly say (IMO) that this has got to be the best setup I've seen so far! It's exactly what I've been doing, but instead of this handy jig I've been putting a nail in a drill and turning it on :? Thanks for the idea, I hope you don't mind if I make one of my own!

Here's another 20131023_000425.mp4 - YouTube

 

[Slackitude]

Here's another 20131023_000425.mp4 - YouTube

This looks great. Simple, functional. What material is good for wrapping around? Aluminum, steel? Time for a Home Depot trip.

 

[propofokgov]

I figure a coat hanger and a screw with a few nuts and we've got it! I was gonna shorten up the handle to make it a bit more compact.

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[gchirki]

Hey guys here is version 2.0 Taken a few ideas from you guys. I attached a 510 to ego adapter so i could use it as a stand for building coils. It still isnt pretty but it is just a prototype. All i could do with only a chisel and a drill. 3 different sizes for wrapping. Thanks everyone for all the good tips and pics. I totally stole dark zero's design

 

[turbocad6]

it is a BRILLIANT tool. Easy enough to make & super effective. THEN...??? THEN???? HE BLOWS it by waaay overwrapping his coil, then having to "adjust" / "remove" coils.... BUT, it is just technique, the product is fine. Most of us could LIVE on the lenght's he scraps out if this is the way he does all his coil builds..... sorry, just hate to see such a good idea shown off so badly...??? or am I just grumpy???

Ha, sorry man I know I was fiddly but yeah I was trying to exactly match a coil that was already built so I could use them as duals and yeah, I'm not the most polished youtube poster I guess that and my eyesight is not what it used to be so most time was just trying to match them wrap for wrap. that was my first and only take, shared just for the sake of sharing, the actual coil only takes a few seconds to wrap

also just as an fyi, I don't use the screw and nut anymore for these jigs, I just now make the jig with a small loop, stick the wire through and bend it over and then good to twist

 

[JCT55]

Now THERE you go! Perfect! I felt kinda bad after I posted that and I actually tried to delete it, but couldn't figure out how. Second looks indeed showed more versilatility in that you can use it to unwind/straighten the wire too for precision. I LOVE the design and simplicity. Even better now without the screw/nut, which I did like for hanging the tail on, but the new way is fine too. It DO make a fine looking coil too! Looks like a spring don't it. Coat hanger wire is sort of bend resistant, wish it were harder, but would be harder to "bend" the right way. I like to anneal the kanthal wire 1st myself before, it makes bending/adjusting a lot easier.

 

[turbocad6]

I never anneal anything, even rene 41 wire which is almost spring wire works well for me with this without annealing but it does spring back a bit so rene I'll wrap at 1.4mm and it springs back to ~1.5mm but still perfect uniform tight wrap

 

[propofokgov]

I can honestly say (IMO) that this has got to be the best setup I've seen so far! It's exactly what I've been doing, but instead of this handy jig I've been putting a nail in a drill and turning it on :? Thanks for the idea, I hope you don't mind if I make one of my own!

Here was my attempt at this jig. I made the handle short so it'll for into my kit.



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[Joe_Joe_]

Lookin good Prop, now I'm going to have to go make a jig, but I think I'll start with a block style for different sized coils. I'm thinking maybe an oversized hole for nails/drillbits with a thumbscrew out the side to tighten them down, and obviously another thumbscrew for holding my kanthal.

 

[clg2dc84]

Hey guys here is version 2.0 View attachment 296018 View attachment 296019 View attachment 296022 Taken a few ideas from you guys. I attached a 510 to ego adapter so i could use it as a stand for building coils. It still isnt pretty but it is just a prototype. All i could do with only a chisel and a drill. 3 different sizes for wrapping. Thanks everyone for all the good tips and pics. I totally stole dark zero's design

Now all you need to add is an ohm meter to the setup. You'll have a complete work station.

 

[turnippits]

solder 2 wires to your ego connector and put a pair of crocodile clips on and get a cheap multimeter and you are done might give it a go myself if i can find a ego connector

 

[clg2dc84]

I just made a nano coil jig but do not see the option to upload the picture on my phone.
I used a bolt with a tiny hole going through for securing the bolt with some kind of binding cable. Like how utility companies use a cable lock device on the meters, but smaller. I added 2 nuts to lock in the coil lead. In the hole I epoxied a tiny drill bit.
Can't wait to try it out.
Eventually I'll figure out how to upload pictures from my android.

 

[Harley0227]

I took a small hex driver I had for my R/C cars and made a winding jig...just drilled a hole for one end of the wire, and hold the other end and spin the driver in my hand...perfect coils every time

 

[MacTechVpr]

I took a small hex driver I had for my R/C cars and made a winding jig...just drilled a hole for one end of the wire, and hold the other end and spin the driver in my hand...perfect coils every time
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Excellent. Subject of my appeals to advancing users several months on the thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/clearomizers/486794-protank-microcoil-discussion.html.

I wrote about your great adaptation on the thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ncrease-vapor-flavor-th-912.html#post11978106. Although at first the response was skeptical some advanced builders have tried it and videos made. Winding on a hand held mandrel and spooling directly off a coil with tension make a very tight turns into coils, as tight as physics allows two things to be. These go directly into your atomizer for pulsing.

I've been pushing this alternative approach harley and building result tables on the above thread to provide some road signs so-to-speak for advancing builders. Please help if you can with your attempts and results. They would be appreciated by those coming up trying to find their way to the right temp for their vape.

Good luck harley.



p.s. Great tool. I'm looking for a larger hand grip as I tension twisted pair as well. If you have a source please post on the above thread. Thanks!

 

[Harley0227]

Excellent. Subject of my appeals to advancing users several months on the thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/clearomizers/486794-protank-microcoil-discussion.html.

I wrote about your great adaptation on the thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ncrease-vapor-flavor-th-912.html#post11978106. Although at first the response was skeptical some advanced builders have tried it and videos made. Winding on a hand held mandrel and spooling directly off a coil with tension make a very tight turns into coils, as tight as physics allows two things to be. These go directly into your atomizer for pulsing.

I've been pushing this alternative approach harley and building result tables on the above thread to provide some road signs so-to-speak for advancing builders. Please help if you can with your attempts and results. They would be appreciated by those coming up trying to find their way to the right temp for their vape.

Good luck harley.



p.s. Great tool. I'm looking for a larger hand grip as I tension twisted pair as well. If you have a source please post on the above thread. Thanks!

Thanks so much MacTech, I really appreciate it!!! I will definitely start posting my results on that thread. I only try to make things a little easier to work with. Work smarter, not harder

 

[MacTechVpr]

Thanks so much MacTech, I really appreciate it!!! I will definitely start posting my results on that thread. I only try to make things a little easier to work with. Work smarter, not harder

I hear ya. I'm a lazy muther harley, gotta tell ya. I hate to have to do somethin' twice!

And I appreciate your offer. But if you can help validate even one, say your favorite resistance target. Hopefully you hit within a couple'a hundredths Ω on that over-and-over as I do. That would be helpful. Don't forget what you wind on is most important, the Ø. Then post on your stat on http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/clearomizers/486794-protank-microcoil-discussion.html

Good luck.

 

[Harley0227]

I hear ya. I'm a lazy muther harley, gotta tell ya. I hate to have to do somethin' twice!

And I appreciate your offer. But if you can help validate even one, say your favorite resistance target. Hopefully you hit within a couple'a hundredths Ω on that over-and-over as I do. That would be helpful. Don't forget what you wind on is most important, the Ø. Then post on your stat on http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/clearomizers/486794-protank-microcoil-discussion.html

Good luck.

Will do!!!

 

[natewesselink]

man some of you guys put my jig to shame. i just glued a 5/64 drill bit into a chunk of wood and added a screw to keep the wire in place. so far i have yet to build a bad coil on it though so im not going to complain. its small and compact and best of all about $5 in materieals and 5 mins to build.