drill bit coils
- Thread starter mapo
- Start date
- th_trl_thread_readers 0
- Status
That depends on your personal wick and coil preparation style - everybody has their favorite method. For me, making a coil and then slipping the wick in never worked as well as wrapping the coil on the wick once it is in place. Some folks like to use the method you described so they can slip the wick out now and then for cleaning. I find it easier to just re-coil the wick. That's the fun of rebuldables - they are so versatile, you're not chained to one method....
I tried it with a screw. I had hell trying to get the wick through the coil. I wound up damaging my wick.
I build all my coils this way, using a 2mm shaft from a small phillips screwdriver. Then slip the wick in. I make my wicks a little thinner at the bottom and then let it get to the 2mm diameter up where the coil is located.
I have tried both methods and both worked but I find that wrapping the coil around wick works best for me,. 
Personally, if you're using a drill bit, you may as well pick up a machine screw and use that, perfect coils every time.
I also find that part of the enjoyment in rebuildables is mastering the art of the coil wrap.... All by hand!
some claim that coils should be slightly loose on the wick and too tight can cause shorts and or burnt flavor. have a knock off did and have that working well just hard to fill (wholes to small to let the air out) and wicks slow. should be getting the real deal soon and looking for ideas thanks.
Wow I'm dumb, why didn't I think of that. I've been using a drill bit shaft to do mine with really no problem, but that would be even easier
Yep. When I read about it I was awestruck at the simplicity and effectiveness of it. Vapers come up with the most novel solutions all the time.Wow I'm dumb, why didn't I think of that. I've been using a drill bit shaft to do mine with really no problem, but that would be even easier
anyone ever try using a tight fitting drill bit in the wick hole for wrapping coils and slipping your ss wick threw after dry firing to set coils. came across this on a video and seems to be a good idea.
What's the video? I'd like to view it.
I've built my last two coils this way. It works, but the top coil almost always gives me fits no matter which method I use. Seems that the tightening nuts just seem to stretch that last coil too tight - almost always a short that I have to fiddle with.
I seem to always get a hot spot at the top of my coil when I wrap it on the bit instead of the wick.
Sent from a cheap imported tablet.
Sent from a cheap imported tablet.
More novel solutions for that which I've read (unfortunately I can't give credit, I don't recall original user):
Top coil hot spots: Try using a small glass bead between top post and coil. Yep, a small glass bead, like for jewellery. Has to be glass though. It helps act as an insulator and keeps the wick spaced from post. I haven't actually done this yet, due to lack of beads, so don't know how effective it is from personal use.
Top coil hot spots: Try using a small glass bead between top post and coil. Yep, a small glass bead, like for jewellery. Has to be glass though. It helps act as an insulator and keeps the wick spaced from post. I haven't actually done this yet, due to lack of beads, so don't know how effective it is from personal use.
have seen videos that say just making contact with post nut is all you want and not to over tighten that creates a hot spot their. no mention about ground screw.
stumbled on to it snooping around in youtube looking for coil wrapping ideas tried to go back and find with no luck. sorry
I found a pen refill that just fit into the wick hole, and wound the coil on that. Rolled the SS mesh tightly enough that it had plenty of clearance. Slipped right in. I did have to fiddle a bit with the coils, to make sure they were not too far away from wick (that gave me the hot spots), and not scraping against the wick (which would give shorts).
Also, I had read about 'cotton' for wicks, so I reached into my stash and pulled out a ball of crochet cotton. Also had a 'yarn needle', and found it was nearly a perfect fit into the wick hole of my mini-did-clone. That's what I used for winding my next coil, and it worked perfectly for me. Wound another one to put in my Phoenix clone, and used the piece of the SS that I trimmed away on the mini-did-clone, and now have a vertical SS wick in that too!
Yarn needle and crochet cotton are available in the 'yarn' section of Walmart, Hobby Lobby, AC Moore, Michaels etc. Yarn needle is also good for fixing pulls in sweaters.
Edit: Glass beads may also be available there too, called "seed beads", about the size of a sesame seed
Also, I had read about 'cotton' for wicks, so I reached into my stash and pulled out a ball of crochet cotton. Also had a 'yarn needle', and found it was nearly a perfect fit into the wick hole of my mini-did-clone. That's what I used for winding my next coil, and it worked perfectly for me. Wound another one to put in my Phoenix clone, and used the piece of the SS that I trimmed away on the mini-did-clone, and now have a vertical SS wick in that too!
Yarn needle and crochet cotton are available in the 'yarn' section of Walmart, Hobby Lobby, AC Moore, Michaels etc. Yarn needle is also good for fixing pulls in sweaters.
Edit: Glass beads may also be available there too, called "seed beads", about the size of a sesame seed
Last edited:
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
