I cannot build anything

[gel drops]

Dollar general special for $1.

 

[Keeferes]

please don't tell me it requires another tool..

Lol. Not really. A set of calibers is nice to have, but certainly not required. I honestly don't think I know anyone who actually measures. We all just eyeball our placement. It's like everything else... Pretty subjective.

 

[gel drops]

over the last week or so keeferes I'm just now figuring that part out.

 

[gel drops]

Keep at it. You'll get it. You might be better served though, just learning for one. Instead of jumping around trying to build for multiple devices, maybe just stick with one of them. Once you get that down, then move into other ones. As you know, each one is a little different, but the principals are the same.

For example, I can build the same coil for an APO, kayfun, and a Kanger head. All of them can be built identical, however, all have different reading do to placement, configuration, and leg length. The kanger heads are always higher because the leg length is the longest. The Kayfun is then a bit lower because the legs are a touch shorter. Then with the APO it's again just a touch off due to leg length depending on how I place it, or can be halved by utilizing dual coils. yep going back to just a single build.

Even though I built all identical coils, same wraps, same ID, same awg wire, variance will happen across devices. Because of these subtle variances, it can become frustrating getting things to work how you want.

yep I think I got a head of myself I'm going back to just a single build.

 

[gel drops]

not real sure about this one its not reading on my ohms meter 1....I put it on a 18650 tube mod it fires,stuck it on my 30 watt mod showing 2.2 ohms,bad ohms meter? it's not the meter i just a aerotank mega on the ohms meter and its reading it ok.Must be the build.

 

[regal55]

Keep at it. You'll get it. You might be better served though, just learning for one. Instead of jumping around trying to build for multiple devices, maybe just stick with one of them. Once you get that down, then move into other ones. As you know, each one is a little different, but the principals are the same.

For example, I can build the same coil for an APO, Kayfun, and a Kanger head. All of them can be built identical, however, all have different reading do to placement, configuration, and leg length. The kanger heads are always higher because the leg length is the longest. The Kayfun is then a bit lower because the legs are a touch shorter. Then with the APO it's again just a touch off due to leg length depending on how I place it, or can be halved by utilizing dual coils.

Even though I built all identical coils, same wraps, same ID, same awg wire, variance will happen across devices. Because of these subtle variances, it can become frustrating getting things to work how you want.

Sounds like the ohm meter acting up to me.

 

[Keeferes]

Sounds like the ohm meter acting up to me.

That was my original thought, but all read the same on ohm meter, multi meter, and, 2 other devices with resistance checkers built in. Never full ohm off or anything like that, just subtle point 1 to point 3 off. I determined it to be the leg length. Rational how I came to that was by removing the coil from kanger heads, and placing in rda. Shortened legs brought me where I wanted to be. Longer legs increased the numbers ever so slightly.

 

[gel drops]

that definitely frustrated me this morning I could not understand why it fired on two other devices,yet the ohms meter was not recognizing the build at all..seems like I'm learning something new everyday!

 

[gel drops]

not the greatest looking build but I did get close 2 my target which was 2.0 ohms.

 

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patriot not too bad!

 

[Keeferes]

looks pretty good. Keep trying to get that coil perfectly placed centered over the air hole though. Looks to be still a tad close to the post's.

 

[gel drops]

magma build not patriot no wonder it took me a few minutes to figure out how to put the top on lol. it hits great I'm not really into the big clouds but the th taste are awesome,however it produces a lot of vapor.

 

[Keeferes]

I really need to pick up a Magma. And some wide bore drip tips. And another box mod higher than 20 watts. And some more VTC5's so I can phase out my Efest completely. And a new Ohmmeter. And a few more KFL+'s. My poor list keeps growing and growing, but for now it's time to focus on my bike again for a while. She has been neglected and hasn't gotten anything new for almost 5 months now. I think she wants a new supercharger. lol. What I REALLY need, is to start picking up cheaper hobbies. LOL.

 

[gel drops]

I got a 30 and a 50 watt that's really too much for me,comes a point when it becomes overkill in my opinion.

 

[Keeferes]

At your point now, yeah it might be. At my point however, I could really make use of a 50 Watt mod. 6 months ago I never went past 8 watts, and thought that was super high for me. Now I am rarely under 18 watts. Lol.

 

[gel drops]

there is a major difference between my 2 mods,the 50 is just flat out amazing,30 is no slouch either I will not be purchasing anymore mods in the near future that's for sure lol

 

[gel drops]

Two weeks of a lot of practice,youtube videos,and great advice from everybody on this thread especially Keeferes..today I'm going to attempt a dual coil build with the magma clone!

 

[gel drops]

1 ohm was my target! Now the easy part.

 

[jaxgator]

1 ohm was my target! Now the easy part.

Easy part? Wicking? Ha! That is typically the most difficult (and most important imo) part for me although it has gotten easier using rayon rather than cotton.

 

[gel drops]

yes I'm using organic cotton that part seems easy to me,the wrapping of the coils is definitely a work in progress for me and I have a long way to go lol. I first started vaping with two white batteries that actually had the red tips on them that lit up when you took a draw and cartomizers that were not even refillable I thought I was the king of the block and a PV master,kinda funny looking back.