Hello, I'm slm.
Good kit. Mandrel's good as i mentioned. Clamp the wire in a vise and pull to strain straight or multi wire. And the new ceramic tweezers I'll have to try. Some I've seen are round rather than flat-faced. PV, tweezers, coiled wire a good Phillips/flat and Ω-meter are indispensible. Forceps, vise crips and miniature clamps as in my pic earlier can make you feel like you have four hands.
TLCP — twisted lead center-post
Is the term I coined to describe the tension-wound adaption of the three-lead twisted center-post micro duals by @MattyB1503 . A really unique concept originally introduced on @super_X_drifter's original microcoil thread…Micro Coils to increase Vapor, flavor & TH | E-Cigarette Forum… which inspired my tensioned contact adaptation. The purpose was as with the original t.m.c. to induce adhesion and full oxidation as seen here…
Sorry bout the acronyms, lol. Did mix it up. SLM's another poster.
Good luck.
I couldn't resist and tried a twisted Ti coil just to get a feel for the differences before I switch to a RTA (I have my eye on the EHPro Bachelor).
I almost forgot to take a pic though, I hope it still shows enough:
Twisted 28g titanium, 8 and a bit wraps with a 2,5mm ID, measures in @ 0,35 on my cheap ohm meter and 0,33 on my Evic VT.
I still feel this coil is over the max size for the RBA, I had to make a lot of adjustments to get it to fit without the legs touching the coil itself. The little ohm meter was a great help in keeping an eye on making no falls contact while I was doing that by the way.
I put so much cotton in there that it could barely slide around in the coil this time. It might just be a little too much but I'm just trying things out.
So far I really like it. Vapor production and taste went up significantly at the same temps as I was using the single strand coil. Not sure if it's the twisted coil or the tighter wick though, but I still have coil number 3 in one of my other RBAs so I'll wick it in a similar way and try it out to see how it changes that one's performance in a day or two.
Which version of the RBA do you guys prefer by the way?
I have the Plus and the Plus V2 with the larger juice holes here and I have a hard time to get the Plus V2 wicked so it won't leak. The holes are just too big imo.
The holes in the Plus version are on the small side though, I feel the perfect size would be somewhere in between the two. I might take the dremel out to fix that in a little bit.
Just curious as the above's a nice lookin' build if you've got around to straining Ti on the step-mandrel yet? And what are your impressions?
Good luck.
Yeah, I keep trying but it just works so & so. I only tried Kanthal once but that kept shape a lot better.
The Ti remains very springy & coils turn out around 0,2 or 0,3mm or so larger then the size I wrap them to so I don't think they technically qualify as a tension coils.
But they do work more then satisfying so I'm not complaining, & TC is just so awesome imo so I'm just gonna stick with it.
I should look up some threads about ti coils specifically one of these days though, I must admit I haven't looked in to them a whole lot. All these shinny mods & tanks keep distracting me, haha.
My Bachelor should arrive tomorrow by the way, and I just found out I won a Bachelor Nano too here on the forum! So we may have to find a different thread to hang out in soon
Sorry, I only have time for a quickie right now but I'll get back to your other post tomorrow!
HeyJust curious where you might have picked up that build @Tapa. What's the device and batt you got? Mebe you need to verify your resistance and don't put that on a mech please. By my reconin' you're pushing a respectable 13.4A. I'd be guessin' but regulation failure can happen. Good luck.
Hey
The build is similar to a couple builds I've done on my drippers, wanted to try something new with the tank and see what kind of result I could get, the vape so far is awesome and no dry hits or over saturation so looks to be a success thus far.
The tank is a first gen kangertech subtank mini with the new gen rebuild deck and the batt is a Eleaf 50w which I think is rated for max 15amp and has temp protection etc so is usually pretty safe. I tried a 0.1ohm way back on the Eleaf and it must of been to much because it switched itself off and wouldn't restart till I put the micro usb in it kinda like a reset I guess or protection lock, anyway since then tried to build at 0.3ohm and up as that's what it seems comfortable with.
Looking to upgrade my batt soon and maybe get the new avocado 24 coz it's peaked my interest.
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Erm, I thought I had posted here yesterday, but I guess I forgot to press 'post reply'...
The forum software was nice enough to remember what I had typed though, but I decided to delete it anyway . It was mostly a rant about what a piece of crap the Bachelor I got was anyways, nothing I need to bother you guys with.
But on a positive note; I'll be sticking to the Toptank at least a little while longer if not forever since I can't find another RTA I like enough to try right now.
Forgot to take a pic but I realized I still hadn't tried a simple single coil with a proper wick yet so I made me one of those today. 8 and a bit wraps of 28g Ti with about an 2,8mm ID came in at 0,57 ohm. I think it's the highest resistance I've vaped with since I got the Toptank, lol
The single wire seemed even more springy than the twisted wire though, but the twisted one retained a lot of heat (it kept sizzling for 3 or 4 seconds after I released the fire button) so I'm assuming it uses a lot of power to get up to temp as well. I'm gonna wait until I get some thinner wire before getting back to those.
I'm also considering getting one of those coil jigs to see if I can make more consisted coils that way, but I'll have to look in to how well those work with Ti first.
Anyway, the single one doesn't vape too bad but I'm still waiting for my wick to come to full flavor before I can judge it.
I'm getting a little bored with having to wait a ml or two for flavor every time I put in a new wick by the way. I might have to give rayon a try after all one of these days, but frankly the stuff scares me a little...
Were you talking about using Kanthal in TC mode in post 644 by the way @MacTechVpr , or did I misunderstood?
Nice build by the way @Tapa, love the cloud-pic too
Nopes. Not KA1 on TC. No workee. No verts on the ST either but Tapa's cross-post is dandy, single or twisted. For your plain Jane, go stick some KA1 wire in your vise, tension it on your step mandrel and in a few sec's you're going to see the wire get "sticky". A few low voltage pulses on that t.m.c. and you'll see what that does to the wire. Refine that to taste as soon as you see how well they stew from 2.5-3.2mm, 18-45W reg on ST's. I am so spoiled. Hope you see why. Month or more in manhandled through a dozen dry burns and re-wicking they'll still look like this…
Difficult to strain non-res wire, agreed. You've already got the best jig with that mandrel short of a pin vise. A "Gizmo" for thicker gauge (or trapping in a vise as you know). I make not much more than 50% favorable on every coiler I've tried. It's either a perfect spaced or contact coil first try. Fallin' short of that sorta like pissin' outside the bowl. Sorry.
My best rec for you is to always PRIME with straight VG. Cotton or synth, it really works for SubT's and everything else. VG will let you see what max vape production looks like for your build on that device. And after, how your juice performs. Low some low volts and started to go jelly on that wick…dry it out and re-prime. Have at it, new life. Over-dripped, a few short blows into air holes on atty's will help dry out a slogging RDA too, short of pullin' the cap. Good to go. So get the ST started on a few solid fires blowin' down into the RDA and assembled, through the slot/s. You'll be in biz and get your juice from the first pull.
Good luck.
Nickel build on the Mini, I am really liking this build deck.
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