This one was a hassle. The torch died after a few seconds, and it took forever to finish burning the wire and the coil, and the result was not satisfying.
I never torch my
coils. I wrap them tight and they stay together just well. Then I fire and pinch if I need to.
You're absolutely right nocigs. The proximity and intermittent contact of a
close contact wind one that didn't make it to coherence is nasty. It can resemble that of a loose post connection or bad termination. Hot, dry and acid. That's not a
microcoil.
A tensioned microcoil wind doesn't require torching or compression to maintain it's shape. Will stay stable and on res for a substantial amount of time as per here...
One can't help but enjoy a tensioned microcoil and ceramic wicking…for six months.
What so many seem to miss is that the whole purpose for
torching is to get the get the wind as tightly packed as possible. Even with squeezing and firing they're never as close together as can be. But you can't get any tighter than a tension wind in nature. No amount of torching can get you that. In fact, it can keep you from getting there.
There's another reason we torch and that's to oxidize which helps prevent overheating of wire by insulating it from shorts. The second part of that process
after torching is pulsing. Unfortunately the very carbonization that torching lays down can inhibit the formation of alumina oxide which is what serves to protect the wire from hot spots and shorting.
Lot of folks still relying on old school methods from when we started making micro's. Now we've come to understand the process of why it works and there is a better, faster way which by the way ends up putting more heat on the wick.
The most effective uniform transfer of energy to the wick is what we're after.
That's what delivers the vapor and flavor volume we're looking for.
Good luck all.
