First non-standard coil in a loong time.

[Darkly spectr]

So I was in the US for a month so I pretty much only build standard micro coils since I didn't have any tools.

Been home for a week and half now and just got beter from plane flu so I finally started building again.

I am definitely not a pro coil builder or even good at it I just .... around with some kanthal.

A build I made before I went to the US was like this 30 gaugeish kanthal with ribbon wrapped around it.

It was pretty good. nothing special.

so I got home and I got like 26 gauge kanthal now so I started screwing around with twisting and such.

so I decided to do this build which is essentially 26gauge kanthal twisted with ribbon wire instead of wrapping it.

7 wraps on a 2 mm drill bit dual coiled on a billow.

came out at .43 and jesus christ. I am surprised at the flavor. I never really understood the whole "ribbon wire gives better flavor than rounded kanthal" thing but I am kinda stunned. I wrapped the billow with the same everything just without the ribbon before and the flavor wasn't as good.

This thing is power hungry though. my 40 watts from my DNA40 are definitely all used up now

my phone's camera is kinda horrible at close up so can't really zoom into the coil too closely but I am a happy camper with this.

 

[Rat2chat2]

to you. That is awesome. I don't really know what all I am looking at. . . but I love looking at it. Thanks you for posting and I think pics are nice. Of course when I learn to do those, I will have to go for professional shots at a studio.

 

[Dissonance]

Nice looking coils! Tiger wire is definitely good, if you get a chance for that kayfun try twisting a single strand of ribbon wire so it's kinda spiky then wrap with that. Not a whole lot of vapor, but some of the best flavor you'll experience

Oh, and the clapton you made (30g with ribbon wrapped around it) would work a lot better with a lower gauge core wire. In a clapton, the inner wire provides 99% of the heat, and the outer wire acts as heat fins... So you want a lower gauge inner wire that'll produce a lot of heat. The wire on the outside has an insane amount of resistance (I think when 36g kanthal is used it's around 200Ω? Obviously it'd be less with ribbon, but compared to the core wire it's still significantly higher) so very little current passes through it. Not trying to discourage you, just wanted to give you a few tips ^_^

 

[Darkly spectr]

Nice looking coils! Tiger wire is definitely good, if you get a chance for that Kayfun try twisting a single strand of ribbon wire so it's kinda spiky then wrap with that. Not a whole lot of vapor, but some of the best flavor you'll experience

Oh, and the clapton you made (30g with ribbon wrapped around it) would work a lot better with a lower gauge core wire. In a clapton, the inner wire provides 99% of the heat, and the outer wire acts as heat fins... So you want a lower gauge inner wire that'll produce a lot of heat. The wire on the outside has an insane amount of resistance (I think when 36g kanthal is used it's around 200Ω? Obviously it'd be less with ribbon, but compared to the core wire it's still significantly higher) so very little current passes through it. Not trying to discourage you, just wanted to give you a few tips ^_^

mmm. maybe il try that next time. I really need to buy more different gauges of kanthal.

the clapton I made was like forever ago. didn't have anything lower than 30 at that time

 

[Siochanai]

I haven't made a clapton in quite a while might need to make one again soon too busy tinkering with twisted chains. When I was building claptons I found 2 - 3 peices of 24 or 26 ga. nichrome for the core worked great wrapped with either 30 ga Kanthal or ribbon wire. Doubt that will fit in a RTA and most drippers would need to be drilled out but gives a amazing vape. The reason ribbon wire gives such great flavor btw is because of surface area. You get tons of extra surface area to evenly distribute the heat and gives better liquid flow through the wicking material. Very similar to a skillet vs a grill kinda probably a bad analogy.