Inputs for a newbie at building coils?

[Cf11]

Hey all, hope everyone is having a great time vaping and love it as much as i do.

So I'm at that point in vaping where I'm intrigued by people building coils and using RDAs and RDTAs(also rba heads).

And i wanna get my hands dirty too.
So i have ordered kanthal a1 24 and 26gauge and ss316 wire and an rba head for my baby beast. After having watched countless videos and read countless articles on forums and websites it seems so easy almost too easy, i know it might be very difficult to do it myself and i might fail pretty hard when I'm actually doing it... So i just thought i should ask you guys if you guys have any tips or tricks for building. Or any last minute advice that you can think of.

Also i didn't order any kits of any sorts because i don't really feel the need to... I mean it's just screwdrivers cutters and tweezers in there mostly all of which can anyway be found in most of the households.
So do you guys think i should get one of those kits? Or am i good without them too?
Thanks for the inputs in advance guys.
Happy vaping.


Edit - If i should get a kit... Could you give some recommendations for a good and reasonably priced kit from fasttech?

 

[Bonskibon]

I didn't buy a kit myself, but did purchase an ohm reader. Pretty cheap on eBay. Everything else needed I already had. Have fun building.

 

[DingerCPA]

Hey all, hope everyone is having a great time vaping and love it as much as i do.

So I'm at that point in vaping where I'm intrigued by people building coils and using RDAs and RDTAs(also rba heads).

And i wanna get my hands dirty too.
So i have ordered kanthal a1 24 and 26gauge and an rba head for my baby beast. After having watched countless videos and read countless articles on forums and websites it seems so easy almost too easy, i know it might be very difficult to do it myself and i might fail pretty hard when I'm actually doing it... So i just thought i should ask you guys if you guys have any tips or tricks for building. Or any last minute advice that you can think of.

Also i didn't order any kits of any sorts because i don't really feel the need to... I mean it's just screwdrivers cutters and tweezers in there mostly all of which can anyway be found in most of the households.
So do you guys think i should get one of those kits? Or am i good without them too?
Thanks for the inputs in advance guys.
Happy vaping.

I'm with @Bonskibon - get yourself a dedicated ohmmeter. I also use drill bits, nail clippers, and tweezers most of the time. I have a mandrel that came with one of my tanks a LOOOOOOONG time ago that has 2.0/2.5/3.0/3.5mm diameters. That sees regular use

I try to keep the coil on whatever mandrel to help hold while I'm setting it on whatever deck I'm building. If you have actual screws that trap the leads, wrap the wire clockwise so when you tighten the screw, it will help trap the wire. IIRC, the Baby Beast RBA has a "velocity-style" deck where you catch the wires with grub screws. That's actually a bit easier (for me, at least) 24awg is pretty stiff stuff, but workable.

If you're building dual coils - make sure each single coil is the same resistance (should be same number of wraps and spacing - you'll be pretty spot-on between the two coils.)

Good Luck, and Have Fun!

 

[Cf11]

I didn't buy a kit myself, but did purchase an ohm reader. Pretty cheap on eBay. Everything else needed I already had. Have fun building.

Don't the kits come with the ohm meters? Wouldn't it be better to just buy a kit then?

 

[Cf11]

I'm with @Bonskibon - get yourself a dedicated ohmmeter. I also use drill bits, nail clippers, and tweezers most of the time. I have a mandrel that came with one of my tanks a LOOOOOOONG time ago that has 2.0/2.5/3.0/3.5mm diameters. That sees regular use

I try to keep the coil on whatever mandrel to help hold while I'm setting it on whatever deck I'm building. If you have actual screws that trap the leads, wrap the wire clockwise so when you tighten the screw, it will help trap the wire. IIRC, the Baby Beast RBA has a "velocity-style" deck where you catch the wires with grub screws. That's actually a bit easier (for me, at least) 24awg is pretty stiff stuff, but workable.

If you're building dual coils - make sure each single coil is the same resistance (should be same number of wraps and spacing - you'll be pretty spot-on between the two coils.)

Good Luck, and Have Fun!

So the 26awg wire would be better to start with?
Or ss316?

 

[Vapemesilly]

Get familiar with coil building calculators. There is one here: Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators

 

[Kprthevapr]

So the 26awg wire would be better to start with?
Or ss316?

Start with kanthal first
Learn the ins and outs with it. Then move to ss. You may like one better than the other. I haven't tried ss yet lol, I've been vaping almost four years

 

[Bonskibon]

Don't the kits come with the ohm meters? Wouldn't it be better to just buy a kit then?

I probably would have if I already didn't have all the stuff except an ohm reader. Just didn't make sense to me.

 

[Kprthevapr]

A decent regulated mod can serve as an ohm reader, if you don't wanna buy one. Just a thought

 

[Cf11]

Start with kanthal first
Learn the ins and outs with it. Then move to ss. You may like one better than the other. I haven't tried ss yet lol, I've been vaping almost four years

Lol, do you not feel the urge to try new things? I'm so impatient that I'll probably start making twisted coils with a mix of kanthal and ss as soon as they're delivered

Will start with kanthal 26awg then. Thanks

 

[Cf11]

I probably would have if I already didn't have all the stuff except an ohm reader. Just didn't make sense to me.

Makes sense. Thanks for the input.

 

[Cf11]

A decent regulated mod can serve as an ohm reader, if you don't wanna buy one. Just a thought

Agreed but i think having to put back and remove the atomizer every time i touch the coil to refresh the ohm reading might damage the 510 threads.
Don't you think so?

 

[Kprthevapr]

Leave it on the mod til you're done, just be careful not to hit the fire button

 

[Cf11]

Leave it on the mod til you're done

But how will it refresh the ohm reading then?
Don't I always need to unscrew and screw again to have that new coil/old coil selection screen pop up?

 

[Cf11]

just be careful not to hit the fire button

what would happen if i did that?
A short?
I'd think it'll just display no coil or short atomizer or something... no?

 

[Kprthevapr]

It won't fire, it will read, check atomizer or short

 

[sketchness]

I have found a pair of ceramic tweezers to be a great investment, as are a pair of pointed flat wire cutters. you can do without these but on tighter decks it is so much easier.

my lone recommendation would be to start out on an RDA. More room, easier to retry builds, less juice to fiddle with. But if you get the hang of an RBA first everything else is pretty simple.

 

[Kprthevapr]

But how will it refresh the ohm reading then?
Don't I always need to unscrew and screw again to have that new coil/old coil selection screen pop up?

Depends on the mod, most will auto detect the change.

 

[Cf11]

Depends on the mod, most will auto detect the change.

Mine didn't even detect when i changed one of the factory coils with the other
Ohm meter seems like a good investment then.
Any recommendations from fasttech?

 

[Kprthevapr]

Mine didn't even detect when i changed one of the factory coils with the other
Ohm meter seems like a good investment then.
Any recommendations from fasttech?

Lemme look