Help! Wire won't stay under the screws

[chandco]

So, like the title said, first build and I can't get the wire to stay under the screws on the posts. I really don't know what I'm getting wrong. I've tried pulling it around the screw like a au or a v shape with the wire, letting it be a little looser (falls out), tightening it more (pops out). Figured it might be the wire size, so tried going from 24 to 26g. What am I doing wrong?

If it's useful I'm on a 528 Custom (kayfun) Monster v2. The screws seem really small, but there's got to be some way to build it.

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

Wrap the wire around the screw in the same direction the screw tightens.

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[chandco]

Wrap the wire around the screw in the same direction the screw tightens.

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That was one of the things I tried, I think. Do you mean a sharp bend in the wire, or actually wrapping it around a full loop? Cause that might work.

 

[whiteowl84]

Double the wire over by folding the last bit of the leg in half.

 

[Foggy Road]

That's the trouble with screws. Wrap it around in the direction the screw turns and the screw wants to pull it and deform your coil. Wrap around the other way and the screw wants to spit it out.

The screw CAN be conquered but it takes patience, perseverance, ingenuity and nerves of steel!

 

[chandco]

Does it work to form a full loop all the way around the screw? That's the only thing I've been able to make work, but I don't want to finish it if there's something wrong with doing it that way.

I can't tell for sure if that's what you're saying whiteowl. If it's not, then I think I tried that, too.

 

[chandco]

If it helps, Here's a picture of the deck. It's a clone of the 528 customs Monster v2, which is basically an adapted kayfun clone. I'm using SS 316L, 24 or 26 gauge.

 

[zoiDman]

So, like the title said, first build and I can't get the wire to stay under the screws on the posts. I really don't know what I'm getting wrong. I've tried pulling it around the screw like a au or a v shape with the wire, letting it be a little looser (falls out), tightening it more (pops out). Figured it might be the wire size, so tried going from 24 to 26g. What am I doing wrong?

If it's useful I'm on a 528 Custom (kayfun) Monster v2. The screws seem really small, but there's got to be some way to build it.

If the Underside of the Screw Head is not Flat and Perpendicular to the thread axis, it can be a to trap a wire sometimes. Because as you Tighten the screw, it just pushes the wire Away from the screw.

Not sure this is what is Happening. But I got an RDA one time and that was the case. Replaced the Screws and the Problem Disappeared.

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

Yes. Full wrap around the screw. Leave the mandrel in the coil to prevent distortion and to tweak after tightening.

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[chandco]

Perfect, thanks!

 

[Flavored]

That's pretty big wire for those itty bitty screws. Back in the day when I used the KF/Russian type tanks, I was using 29g wire and had to wrap around the screw and be careful when trying to trap it. The genuine KF's used to come with a bit of wire that was no larger than 30g, IIRC.

 

[chandco]

Good to know, I really just thought I was doing something wrong somehow. I think that was with the 24 gauge, I ended up trying again with 26 (those were the only two I had) and wrapping it around, and did manage to get it to stay.

 

[chandco]

And I don't have pictures of it looking all pretty* and built, but I'll make sure to take some next time, which may be quite soon, as I think my wicking wasn't done well enough.

*not actually pretty, it was pretty sad. But functional, and the wire heated up center first and the coils were evenly spaced, so I figured it was safe, at least.