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  1. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    Finally got a coil mounted. 1.21ohm
  2. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    The good news is, by tomorrow at this time I will have used all 100' of my Kanthal and I will be forced to stop the exercise in futility.
  3. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    This is my current attempt at mounting a horizontal coil. I keep wrecking them. This is the 6th one in the past hour.
  4. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    Just finished watching this. The more people talk about how easy this is, the more I want to kill myself. There is not one thing easy about it.
  5. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    I took it apart. Juice was literally dripping off the wick, yet I got no vapor and only a strong burnt taste.
  6. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    Just a tiny amount of vapor and burnt .... taste again
  7. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    Here is with the chimney on Going to assemble and fill
  8. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    red heart yarn from wal mart. No dyes.
  9. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    This is where I am at after 30 minutes of trying to set up the wick
  10. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    I have another coil built right now that fires fine and is at 1.4ohm. I have been trying to wick it for half an hour and can't get it. Silica or yarn doesn't matter. the ends won't stay on the shelf above the channels even after saturated with juice. I've probable wasted 2ml of juice just...
  11. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    I understand about the horizontal could. But Even on the pro tanks, I was unable to get the wick threaded through the coil. I just could not do it. I do not know why. It just never worked.
  12. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    I don't have the coordination or the third hand to hold the syringe or drill bit and tighten the screw
  13. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    That makes me feel great. I just tried to build a horizontal coil. I couldn't get it attached to the posts without wrecking it.
  14. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    I assembled the tank and filled with juice. Only get a burnt taste. Nastiest tasting .... I have ever had. Another failure Time to toss all this .... in the trash. I'm going out and but 2 cartons of cigs and smoke them all in rapid succession. I've had it.
  15. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    Wick in place: Firing with wick in place:
  16. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    Resistance with tank assembled: Now for the wicking
  17. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    Coil #27 actually firing!! I've gotten it to fire 10 times without an issue.
  18. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    Resistance on coil #27:
  19. Elendil

    Attempt # 26--My quest to build one working coil

    No idea where I went wrong