*GEM: A new RTA by MarkBugs
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@qorax how is the flavor produced by the yarn compared to Japanese cotton? If you remember the taste of cotton LoL Thanks
the phrase was used first by phil busardo nearly a year ago! just saying..
not impossible at all. innokin are developing just such a system which is scheduled for realease any time soon!
Yep, various methods of precision temperature control in heating elements are well known. The only issue is coming up with a cheap, reliable and compact application of those methods for vaping, which I'd say is mostly about having the money for building machines to mass product such a product. Otherwise, the end result probably isn't going to be technically all that different from a soldering iron with precision temperature control.
Oh wow, that was fast shipping on the gem, looks like I will get it today, happy new year to me. I'm excited to get my first build in there. I was gonna use .5 ti wire and organic cotton, any suggestions on how to do my build? I see on the reviews to trim my cotton right before the edge of the deck.
Looks like I will be staring out at the mail box all day waiting for it.
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Looks like I will be staring out at the mail box all day waiting for it.
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24g/0.5 probably wont work, The +ve screw will most likely short on the chimney bell. 26 is ok! The build space is very restricted in a number of different ways!!!
Thank you, I'll try it out and see if it does short out. I heard the titanium version of which I'm getting can use thicker wire. I hope it's right.
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ok! It was a prob with the ss but maybe MB fixed it in the Ti version. Let us know±
I'll let you guys know in a few hours hopefully once I get it, wash it and coil it.
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Ok I've got a 2.0 diameter coil of .5 ti (sweet spot) I don't even remember how many wraps, how ever many fit haha and coming in at 0.13 on my flask sx
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That's my new titanium gem #149 of 206 sorry for all the pics.
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Hey man, I'm not complaining and I've done the same thing. But you know you can tap and hold on a post in tapatalk and edit it right? It also allows you to add more than one photo at a time.
Just a heads up to avoid 5 or so posts I'm a row splitting content.
Congrats on the gem. Do you like it?
Fwiw I own a stainless and a ti and afaik the bui,d deck is identical in dimensions and the deck screws are the same size. So 24 is really not a possibility in either. 26 is pushing it and pretty unnecessary - with 26 gauge nickel and 4-5 wraps including lead in you're not going to get more than the .05 minimum most temp mods have.
I'd say start with 28 gauge and do a pretty standard build. 7 wraps at 2.5mm.
I've found that even though that's not my standard build in other devices it's what works best in the gem the way the wicking is handled and flavor builds. Too hot too fast isn't a friend in the gem.
Ymmv
@qorax is there any real benefit to yarn or was is more of a "why not" thing? You're pretty big on rayon- see yourself switching to yarn in general - or in the gem specifically any benefit?
You've tried everything but cotton bacon ! I'm telling you wicks like the best of rayon and cotton with virtually no flavor or break in.
I am really stuck on it.
*standard cotton bacon disclaimer*
Yes I know they rebrand something else for the vaping world before anyone starts in. If you can tell me what they're rebranding I'll happily stop buying the rebranded from them. Until I figure it out and given how small the wick in the gem is a bag of cotton bacon would last at least a year years wicking the gem twice or three times a week. So they can have my $6 a year
Just a heads up to avoid 5 or so posts I'm a row splitting content.
Congrats on the gem. Do you like it?
Fwiw I own a stainless and a ti and afaik the bui,d deck is identical in dimensions and the deck screws are the same size. So 24 is really not a possibility in either. 26 is pushing it and pretty unnecessary - with 26 gauge nickel and 4-5 wraps including lead in you're not going to get more than the .05 minimum most temp mods have.
I'd say start with 28 gauge and do a pretty standard build. 7 wraps at 2.5mm.
I've found that even though that's not my standard build in other devices it's what works best in the gem the way the wicking is handled and flavor builds. Too hot too fast isn't a friend in the gem.
Ymmv
@qorax is there any real benefit to yarn or was is more of a "why not" thing? You're pretty big on rayon- see yourself switching to yarn in general - or in the gem specifically any benefit?
You've tried everything but cotton bacon ! I'm telling you wicks like the best of rayon and cotton with virtually no flavor or break in.
I am really stuck on it. *standard cotton bacon disclaimer*
Yes I know they rebrand something else for the vaping world before anyone starts in. If you can tell me what they're rebranding I'll happily stop buying the rebranded from them. Until I figure it out and given how small the wick in the gem is a bag of cotton bacon would last at least a year years wicking the gem twice or three times a week. So they can have my $6 a year
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Question... The wick feed holes on the new Ti gem are larger than the original ss gem?
Does that improve wicking?
Would it be possible to drill out the feed holes in an original ss gem to 2mm?
Would that improve wicking?
Just a few thoughts maybe the experts here could answer....
Does that improve wicking?
Would it be possible to drill out the feed holes in an original ss gem to 2mm?
Would that improve wicking?
Just a few thoughts maybe the experts here could answer....
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