I did it

[Hughvines]

made my first coil. Twisted wire with ball point pen old vape drop in coil with inside taken out. Attached other end to door knob. Turned wire on nail found in garage. Tinned with grill lighter

 

[Eskie]

Looks good to me. Congrats!

Now the hard part. Wicking it.

 

[Hughvines]

Any suggestions going in Mjölnir rda

 

[Susaz]

Any suggestions going in Mjölnir rda

Have you checked vaping with vic's video?

 

[Hughvines]

No I’ll check it out thanks

 

[Fidola13]

Looks perfect!! I did the same but by dangling a spinning coffee mug. Unfortunately, I got so much spit back that I’ve never used them again lol!!

 

[Hughvines]

Not much spitback. Mostly just playing around. I’ll have to work up slowly to drill and all that stuff. Just a hobby. I don’t own a drill yet.

 

[uthinkofsomething]

Not much spitback. Mostly just playing around. I’ll have to work up slowly to drill and all that stuff. Just a hobby. I don’t own a drill yet.

I don't have a drill either I prefer this over a pen. The heavier the weight the tighter you can twist more complicated combinations of wire without kinking. Occasionally pulling down on the weight between spins (cup or whatever) helps too.
Wick twisted builds tight to help prevent spitting and popping.
Sidenote: I try to avoid snapping the wire but you can twist it until it snaps off at one end or the other. Careful of your eyes.

 

[Eskie]

Wow. Now I feel lazy for just using a drill instead of the handmade ways.

 

[uthinkofsomething]

Wow. Now I feel lazy for just using a drill instead of the handmade ways.

That's ok. Sometimes I feel lazy for not buying a drill yet.

 

[bombastinator]

Gratz! This is actually a nice move forward. I was actually attracted to this thread because the title sort of invited me to choose the thing you finally succeeded at. My vision involved wildebeests, but this is actually better!

 

[stols001]

Nice! Some things I am never going to do, and that is one of them. Very nice looking coil.

Anna

 

[etma]

Not much spitback. Mostly just playing around. I’ll have to work up slowly to drill and all that stuff. Just a hobby. I don’t own a drill yet.

You can also try to flatten a wire no drill required.

 

[Don29palms]

You can also try to flatten a wire no drill required.

Noone should listen to anything Oen the conman says.

 

[etma]

The video is only about how to flatten a round wire. Is an option instead of buying flat wire... or he can also flatten the twist or do a braid. Just giving the op different options that don’t require a drill.

 

[uthinkofsomething]

Flattening round wire is an example of something people have done in the past. Flat wire is pretty readily available now. In fact I'm going to go buy some. Now. Going to look for rectangle wire also... Haven't tried that but want to mix it in to something.

 

[Don29palms]

Flattening round wire is an example of something people have done in the past. Flat wire is pretty readily available now. In fact I'm going to go buy some. Now. Going to look for rectangle wire also... Haven't tried that but want to mix it in to something.

I get my rectangle wire from http://kbeevapor.com

 

[uthinkofsomething]

I get my rectangle wire from http://kbeevapor.com

Know any source for Kanthal rectangle wire? Looking for something thicker than .1 x .8 ribbon wire.

 

[Don29palms]

Know any source for Kanthal rectangle wire? Looking for something thicker than .1 x .8 ribbon wire.

Sorry I don't. I use the nichrome 80. I have found with the rectangle wire I can get the same vapor production using lower wattage/voltage than with round wire. I'm definitely sold on rectangle wire. I clapton it with 36g 316L ss and IN MY OPINION it's the next best thing since sliced bread.