Fused claptons, did I do this right?

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This might be a little above my pay grade, but I want to try my hand a making my own fused wire. Trying out the wire wizard for the first time and just want to know if I am doing this right. This is going to be duel fused Clapton coils used on a unregulated series mod. Looking for .6 ohm's or as close as I can get.
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And after a frustration night of failing to wrap 34 gage around around two strands of 30 I might be thinking I am going about this wrong. Anyone have any suggestions on making small gage claptons. the 30 was to flimsy to turn in a drill. I even tried the swivels but it just twisted.

You need higher gauge wrap wire to make a 30 gauge fused work. The 34 gauge will probably be to strong and cause the 30 gauge to twist up on itself. I've done 30 gauged fused coils with 38 gauge outter wrap.

Under the steam engine options, next to where you select your wire, it gives you the option of round, twist, parallel, or ribbon. Use the twist/parallel option, and leave 0 as your pitch, and go from there. That should get you pretty close. With ni80 30 gauge cores, you'll need about 11-12 wraps around a 2.5 mm ID to get to .6 duals. 8/9 wraps for KA1 cores.
 

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And after a frustration night of failing to wrap 34 gage around around two strands of 30 I might be thinking I am going about this wrong. Anyone have any suggestions on making small gage claptons. the 30 was to flimsy to turn in a drill. I even tried the swivels but it just twisted.

When ive wrapped onto thin gauged cores i have to pinch the wrapping wire tight with my thumbnail and then the cores also rotate against your thumbnail, granted you get a lot of twist but you can spin that back out with the drill afterwards.

i did a fused clapton lastnight with 28g and 35g that came out really tidy after un-spinning the twists.
 
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This might be a little above my pay grade, but I want to try my hand a making my own fused wire. Trying out the wire wizard for the first time and just want to know if I am doing this right. This is going to be duel fused Clapton coils used on a unregulated series mod. Looking for .6 ohm's or as close as I can get.View attachment 534962
Text me 570-994-9677 and I'll explain, it's very easy, you don't even need that calculator
 
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