Alexander Mundy's Magic Twisted Ribbon

[SLIPPY_EEL]

got my rene 41 in the post today, its the first time i've had a tag end fire across the room and bounce of the wall after snipping it, i really was't expecting that! i hope i find it before a bare foot does

26g A1 kanthal is a lot softer!! on a snip test

 

[Aal_]

got my rene 41 in the post today, its the first time i've had a tag end fire across the room and bounce of the wall after snipping it, i really was't expecting that! i hope i find it before a bare foot does

26g A1 kanthal is a lot softer!! on a snip test

Bare feet are magnetically attracted to wire ends...

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[TheKiwi]

Bare feet are magnetically attracted to wire ends...

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In the latest report released by the Consumer Safety Report, wires are found to be second only to Lego blocks in terms of their affinity to get jammed into the most tender part of your sole.


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[Alexander Mundy]

R41 actually shears when you try to cut it. Hit a piece of it with a hammer and it will shatter instead of deform.

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

R41 actually shears when you try to cut it. Hit a piece of it with a hammer and it will shatter instead of deform.

yeah i was gonna say its almost like something brittle

nice vape though, cant taste any metal

 

[TheKiwi]

Oh my gosh. Finally tried it using the right dimensions for the ribbon wire. What a difference it makes. The triple wire is slightly thinner than my double using a 0.6 x 0.1. It's a big difference. The wires also twists together way nicer during the counter twisting part.

I wish I had a better camera for the close up. But it's gorgeous.


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[Alexander Mundy]

Looking good!

 

[SeaNap]

Lookin' great inofat! Next step is to dedicate an hour to just sit and twist up 10ft of MM which should last you a year These coils last forever, I changed the last one out after 2 months of service just because I was bored and wanted to recoil.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

I have a little still left of my first roll which has made a ton of coils through testing and use, but after testing was done I bought 500 ft that I haven't touched just in case of a .6 X .07 apocalypse since I have only found it from the one vendor.

 

[TheKiwi]

So. I'm sure I've nailed down the first twisting part. When it comes to the counter twisting part,

1) I find that I'm limited to making maybe 2 ft max at a time. Any longer, I get unequal counter twists (it's tighter nearer to the drill, and looser to my weight)

2) I still can't nail down how much I should be counter twisting. I happened to receive a 6 inch sample from someone who traded some Rene wires for some some MM (I think it was from seanap). From what I see, it's counter twisted such that all 3 strands are nicely and evenly wounded together, but the individual strand's folded over parts doesn't really open up. I've been counter twisting it slightly past that so that the individual wires opens up a tad. Not sure which is better though.


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[Alexander Mundy]

Sorry Slip, my day took a completely different path than I had planned so I didn't get by the supply house.

 

[SeaNap]

Yea that was me, I hope I've been making it right tbh I've only had the pics on this thread to compare I've never seen mr Mundys upclose.

Hey Alex what are your thoughts?


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[Alexander Mundy]

1) I hand counter twist anymore. You can get it very even that way.

2) This is how my last pieces came out:

But I have made them with a little more twist which opened them up a little more:

Don't think it made much difference.

 

[SeaNap]

Yep the top one looks exactly like mine, good to know there's no difference but I'll try to get them to open up next time

Thanks!

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[TheKiwi]

OOH ooh seanap's looked almost EXACTLY like that first picture! Mine ends up like the second picture


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[SeaNap]

Would you mind doing a comparison at some point, I would like to verify that my twists are up to par.


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[TheKiwi]

Would you mind doing a comparison at some point, I would like to verify that my twists are up to par.


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Oh I could send you some of mine if you want! Tbh I'm still completely new to MM so I wouldn't even consider mine worth comparing to hahahaha.

ETA: I actually counter twisted your wires a tad more and it looks exactly the same as mine

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[SeaNap]

Ha no need I will revisit twisting more. When they started to open up I got nervous that I was doing it wrong.


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[TheKiwi]

Unfortunately I have no means of taking a close up; don't really have access to hi res scanners and my camera's macro mode doesn't quite cut it


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[Alexander Mundy]

Didn't read the post well so I had a brain fart.
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