See the above post....I think this is what you are referring to correct?
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I guess I need to know what a non contact coil is also...meaning no contact with another coil(dual+) or the wick itself?
This would be a 'contact' coil. The loops are all together as tight as possible for a larger surface area..
A non contact coil just means the wraps have gaps in between them.
I can confirm that a too-small wick will pop like crazy. If it's not the looser wick though... :?
AH yes I remember now, my mind went out to left field on this one....had the spaced coil been mentioned I would have caught on
cotton is forgiving, but there's a delicate balance between a good vape and a fantastic vape. Enough cotton to feed juice quickly, not so much that you don't get a full layer of juice between the coil and wick, and probably even some pockets of juice in the wick. I haven't perfected it, it's a zen exercise, like golf.
This would be a 'contact' coil. The loops are all together as tight as possible for a larger surface area..
A non contact coil just means the wraps have gaps in between them.
That is a very clean build Monotremata. Nice work my friend
I think I don't have quite enough cotton in this one, it's not singing.
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When the wick is loose and not touching all the coils well, juice can pop and shoot from the coils that don't have good enough contact to the wick. Juice just hits those hot coils and zings!
Funny how as long as I been building coils I always heard how they had to be nice and tight coils. Now with temp control you have to make them nicely spaced........Jeeeeez!
I started with wrapping coils on a screw, so spaced; then switched to a nail, less spaced; then tightly wrapped micro coils; now micros but I don't put as much effort into getting them as tight and neat as possible, mostly because I'm lazy. That's over two years.
That is a very clean build Monotremata. Nice work my friend
Id love to take credit for it but I found it on Google haha. I think it was from Pinterest. It was one of the few I could find that wasnt some crazy clapton or twisted build. I have a Coil Master now so I can do the coils that clean, but no matter how hard I try I can NOT bend my legs that neatly to position coils in my Derringer or Samurai Bonsai. I usually end up seriously tweaking the first couple wraps when I try to bend them at 90 degree angles like that. I dont know how people do that without tweaking the crap out of the coil!
I could only find a couple pics of a spaced coil, but the only one that was really clear was from here and I couldnt get the image address, kept getting a proxy error from the forum hehe.
Coil leg bending made simple
| E-Cigarette ForumI don't go as in depth as he does in the vid, but I use some of the techniques and it helps.
Tweezers, my friend. Preferably two pair - one to keep the coil pinched down and the other to bend. I don't often centre my coils, but it does depend on the atty.
See Ive tried it by leaving it on the Coil Master post and using some pliers but it never 'sticks', I usually end up doing something to the first wrap and my coil looks like its got downs syndrome. Im using 26ga now (was using 29 before) and the last two builds I did in my RDAs came out pretty good. Not pretty like the ones in that pic but fairly close. The 26 is alot easier to get to stay in place once you bend it than my 29 or 32 gauge wire.. 32 is a pain in the .... to form and get to stay in place, its just way too springy. Ill have to give it a try with the dual tweezers next time. Its almost time for a coil change in the Bonsai anyways.
Watching Drifters video that Lessifer posted now too.. Ive learned alot from Drifter so maybe this will help too haha.
You are a scholar and a gentleman Monotremata
I mostly use 27 gauge Kanthal and I find I can't get them anywhere near that clean either. 24 gauge makes it easier, but I still don't get them like that. OTOH, other than for bragging rights, I doubt it makes much difference to the way they vape.
Going to have a look at Lessifer's link sometime to see what I'm missing and also try tweezers next time like Victor suggested. I can see how two tweezers could help. But I'm not going to sweat it
I don't bother with the leg bends every time, I only do it when I know that securing the legs is going to stretch the coil out more than I want it to. I don't have the nifty tweezers with the hole though, just pliers and regular tweezers. 28g, which I usually use, doesn't really like to stay put, 26g is nicer looking. Twisted 28g I don't even bother trying to get it pretty.
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