Coil rebuilding question...

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riseabovethestorm

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Okay, so I've been reading and watching a lot of stuff regarding rebuilding coils for my EVOD. I guess the question is applicable to any coil building, as the process of wrapping a coil and inserting a wick is pretty universal as I understand it.

Most of the people that post tutorials involve wrapping the coil directly around the wick. They say it can be slightly difficult because the lack of rigidity in the wick itself. I've also seen people that were building stainless wicks and dripping atomizers wrap the coil around a drill bit of the same diameter as the wick, inserting the coil into the atomizer, then inserting the cotton (or whatever wicking material).

I was planning on using a 2mm silica wick on my rebuild, and I should plausibly be able to wrap the coil around a 2mm drill bit and thread the wick through it, right?

This may seem like a dummy question, but I wanna make sure that I get the right coil spacing and size, thus reducing the trial-and-error phase. It just seems that it'd be bit of pain to get the right spacing, size and tension around a flaccid wick.
 

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For silica builds....
Insert a needle into the wick-bundle,
before you wrap your coil. Really helps.
Do one more coil at the start and the end than you need...
helps to get your actual wraps right... then unwrap the extra ones
once your done.
I leave the needle in the wick during assembly as well,
keeps it in place and stabilizes it.
Pull the needle after you are done.
 

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For silica builds....
Insert a needle into the wick-bundle,
before you wrap your coil. Really helps.
Do one more coil at the start and the end than you need...
helps to get your actual wraps right... then unwrap the extra ones
once your done.
I leave the needle in the wick during assembly as well,
keeps it in place and stabilizes it.
Pull the needle after you are done.

I was thinking about that. Anything that adds a bit of rigidity without compromising the tension of the coils is what I'm looking for, so that totally seems like usable solution to me.
 

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first hand... i will say that rebuilding coils with a silica wick is not as simple as it seems... i am definitely going to use a needle next time, and the next time i am going to do it when i have longer than 30 mins to get ready for work...

tried to start threading a needle and the silica started to unwind, so i just did it by hand, wasted 3 coils worth of material... it is not easy to wrap loose silica...
 

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I saw a fascinating video from the vape lady yesterday addressing this problem. All she did was insert a pin through the middle of the wick making it rigid. You can then wrap it and then pull the pin out. I've tried it. It takes a bit of practice but it works. (oops should have read all the previous comments first, looks like the pin or needle thing is already being discussed)
 

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i saw one where the guy put a small piece of tape at the end of the wick to keep it from falling aprat before he inserted the needle. thought that was rather ingenious of him. you cut that part off any ways so why not?

So I'm NOT the only one that thought of using tape... Good to know I'm not crazy.
 
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