This is only to show a tiny bit of what's being developed on the german ERF board,
The G120 has a long time fanbase here. credits go to the whole ERF whose community is really something special. none of the ideas were mine, i only build it after the explanations on ERF.
Where to begin ? a used G120 Carto:
Rip it apart with small pliers, so we have access to the atomizer jar. and use a 1.5mm drill
to widen the small holes where the original wire went through and drop wire ferrules into them (1.5mm)
After that we fold the blank wires inside the brown plug part of the G120,
to have a bit more diameter wire for the crimping, and put shrinking tube over it ( mine are a bit to large, but i had no time to get smaller ones ).
Now we have to insert the wires into the ferrules and crimp them ( some may like to solder instead ).
Now we slide the shrinking tubes over the ferrules and use a hair dryer to shrink them.
The tricky part now is to bend the ferrules in so they need not much space, i failed on this one, still its usable, but the cart should be cut 2mm in height or the coil gets too close to the filler and may burn it.
The atomizer jar should have gone deeper than on this picture, space for improvement, but i just wanted to show the basics
Next we need to make a coil and wick, and get both together.
8 cm oven door rope, 4cm 0.16mm nichrome wire ( 3cm effective 2 Ohm is used after all) and ~1mm ferrules.
The oven fibre should be rinsed at least in hot water, some put them into an oven at 250°C for 20 minutes before use. before assembling i would make them wet with water, this really helps.
I didn't know how to describe this procedure, other than folding the rope halfway and starting to wrap the nichrome wire around it.
From here on everyone will have to find his own way to make the perfect coil, because
everyone has other needs for the coil. the 2ohm G120 is a very weak version, most people tend to 15-1.7 ohm.
The coil should not be wrapped around the fibre to tight, and not to loose. this is really a whole new playfield to get best results. before use, fill the old cart and put a few drops of liquid directly on the fibres.
Assembling the unit, we have to make sure the fibres don't block the airchannel of the cart.
I hope this little post helps some to build their own plug'nplay atomizer,
you can drop it back in the old brownish shell or into an aluminium tube like its build in germany ( its called Nubsi btw ). there are dozen ways to replace the plastic tubing, but that would go to far for now.
Happy vaping
PS: i don't know where in the us you may get the coil and oven fibre, but i think i read about it here already somewhere. maybe someone can help out with that.
PPS: i am sure i got a few words wrong, don't throw stones, please
last PS: thanx to AlexTM for some spellchecking
The G120 has a long time fanbase here. credits go to the whole ERF whose community is really something special. none of the ideas were mine, i only build it after the explanations on ERF.
Where to begin ? a used G120 Carto:
Rip it apart with small pliers, so we have access to the atomizer jar. and use a 1.5mm drill
to widen the small holes where the original wire went through and drop wire ferrules into them (1.5mm)
After that we fold the blank wires inside the brown plug part of the G120,
to have a bit more diameter wire for the crimping, and put shrinking tube over it ( mine are a bit to large, but i had no time to get smaller ones ).
Now we have to insert the wires into the ferrules and crimp them ( some may like to solder instead ).
Now we slide the shrinking tubes over the ferrules and use a hair dryer to shrink them.
The tricky part now is to bend the ferrules in so they need not much space, i failed on this one, still its usable, but the cart should be cut 2mm in height or the coil gets too close to the filler and may burn it.
The atomizer jar should have gone deeper than on this picture, space for improvement, but i just wanted to show the basics
Next we need to make a coil and wick, and get both together.
8 cm oven door rope, 4cm 0.16mm nichrome wire ( 3cm effective 2 Ohm is used after all) and ~1mm ferrules.
The oven fibre should be rinsed at least in hot water, some put them into an oven at 250°C for 20 minutes before use. before assembling i would make them wet with water, this really helps.
I didn't know how to describe this procedure, other than folding the rope halfway and starting to wrap the nichrome wire around it.
From here on everyone will have to find his own way to make the perfect coil, because
everyone has other needs for the coil. the 2ohm G120 is a very weak version, most people tend to 15-1.7 ohm.
The coil should not be wrapped around the fibre to tight, and not to loose. this is really a whole new playfield to get best results. before use, fill the old cart and put a few drops of liquid directly on the fibres.
Assembling the unit, we have to make sure the fibres don't block the airchannel of the cart.
I hope this little post helps some to build their own plug'nplay atomizer,
you can drop it back in the old brownish shell or into an aluminium tube like its build in germany ( its called Nubsi btw ). there are dozen ways to replace the plastic tubing, but that would go to far for now.
Happy vaping
PS: i don't know where in the us you may get the coil and oven fibre, but i think i read about it here already somewhere. maybe someone can help out with that.
PPS: i am sure i got a few words wrong, don't throw stones, please
last PS: thanx to AlexTM for some spellchecking
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