Is it just me? I never see any advice (hardly ever anyway) related to attaching our coils to their screws. I am referring to nonRDAs, which are much more obvious, as in push it through the hole. I am am referring to the average RTA/RBA build with 2 screws. Yes my fingers are big, thats why its taken a while to be good at making coils. So, I'm not asking for advice on making the coils here. I was hoping to get any and all comments related to tricks we use to getting the darn things attached to the screws. Holding the coils and getting the wire under the screw and tightening is a b*tch for me. I damage many a coils trying to attach them. AM I the only one with this problem? Thanks fellow vapes for all the advice you have!
Attaching to the screws
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Long leads, 2-3 inches on coil, better to hold on to.
180 degrees clockwise around screw and if you need more holding power, do a 180 under the form.
Keeping the form in the coil, position it until satisfied. You're done.
Actually, that was the second one, the first one kind of went ........oops (didn't keep form in coil)
So to recap - long leads - 180 CW - keep form on until all done
Hope this helps
PS something to hold the base of the atty helps a lot, if you do use a DNA 40 device to hold it, when done with coil, unscrew it, press button for the "check atty" prompt, then screw back in. Reason being, if the device is watching you build the coil, it get's angry and doesn't work right without resetting it.
180 degrees clockwise around screw and if you need more holding power, do a 180 under the form.
Keeping the form in the coil, position it until satisfied. You're done.
Actually, that was the second one, the first one kind of went ........oops (didn't keep form in coil)
So to recap - long leads - 180 CW - keep form on until all done
Hope this helps
PS something to hold the base of the atty helps a lot, if you do use a DNA 40 device to hold it, when done with coil, unscrew it, press button for the "check atty" prompt, then screw back in. Reason being, if the device is watching you build the coil, it get's angry and doesn't work right without resetting it.
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Flog, thank you. So funny. Something as simple as long leads and I didn't even consider it. Seems so obvious that this will be helpful. I guess trying not to "waste" wire closed my mind to even considering unwinding more. I am sure your advice will help. Grateful I am!
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Here you answer.. Tweezers, and/or needle nosed pliers. or if the use of tools is beyond your level of evolution. Then leave the legs longer on your coils. Long legs make it so fat fingers don't have to get so close to the work area.. I'm sure you can afford to waste a pennies worth of wire when you rebuild.
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