Micro Coil for the RBA on your REO

[Norman Clature]

Thanks for the advice. I think in your tuturial you are using gauze? Is that still what you use and does it matter that much if you use cotton balls instead? Is it all about how you roll the wicks and how easily (not much resistance) they slide into the coil build?

Like Octa; I think I may have been making my wicks too "thick" and burning them out too quickly.

Thanks again,

Norman

 

[JC Okie]

I use cotton ball cotton all the time, and yes, it needs to slide through pretty easily. It'll expand a LOT when it's wet...and it needs to have room to expand or it'll choke and not wick nearly as well as it should. I twist mine between two fingers to a thread about the size of 1mm silica....or (my reference) a string of crochet thread. I twist one end to a point, pull it through, and when I feel resistance I stop and clip it there. You want the cotton to touch all the coils, but not be wedged in there. Just touching. When it swells with juice, it'll be perfect.

 

[super_X_drifter]

Norman, exactly what Jan ^ said. What I use, rolled cotton, is very similar to a cotton ball. Just slight resistance when you pull it thru. HA

 

[Norman Clature]

Thanks to both of you. I'm sure I've been making my wicks too thick. With the "normal" 3 or 4 wrap "sidewinder" coils for our non-VV Grands Octa and I use this stuff for wicks and highly recommend it (but it's way too thick for micros):

Simply Cotton Organic Worsted Yarn - 100% organic cotton Worsted/Hvy Worsted Knitting Yarn, Crochet Yarn and Roving

But we've got a ton of cotton we've boiled including gauze and balls

Thanks again,

Norman

 

[new kid]

So, how do you guys get the wraps on the coil so close? I have tried a couple of times and they are always spread out (not touching). I think i have wrapped too many "standard" coils.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

So, how do you guys get the wraps on the coil so close? I have tried a couple of times and they are always spread out (not touching). I think i have wrapped too many "standard" coils.

I had issues with this too at first. Using a lighter on the wire before coiling really does help. It takes some of the "spring" out of the wire. And make sure your mold is solid. Some use 1/16 screw drivers, but I'm cheap and use round wooden toothpicks (same diameter).

 

[Statistic]

So, how do you guys get the wraps on the coil so close? I have tried a couple of times and they are always spread out (not touching). I think i have wrapped too many "standard" coils.

I use a 1/16" drill bit. I start the wrap then after I have 1 or two wraps on the bit I start really wrapping it tight, almost like I'm trying to overlap the coils, almost. I wrap several more times than I need then unwrap from each side until I have the desired number of wraps.

For this 12 wrap I actually wrapped it about 16 times, then unwrapped from each end until my coil was made of the 12 best looking (contiguous) wraps of the bunch

 

[Crazy Canuck]

That's a beautiful coil Statistic!

 

[Statistic]

Thanks CC!

 

[Crazy Canuck]

And now because of you, I'll never be able to post another pic of any of mine... hehe

They just do not compare

 

[pdib]

Did you get toolZdisgrace yet Pedro?

I'm sittin' by the front door, Supe. Waiting. Any minute. (Nice to see your ugly mug again)

 

[Statistic]

And now because of you, I'll never be able to post another pic of any of mine... hehe

They just do not compare

Oh don't be silly! I'm just a noob, an OCD afflicted noob

 

[new kid]

Anyone try using flat Kanthal? I have some on the way to try with my Genny tanks.

 

[Statistic]

I've played with some .8mm. It's fun to play with but a lot more finicky than round wire. It likes to short out on itself, in my experience.

*edit- not sure if you meant specifically with the REO/RM2, if that's the case then my answer is "nope, not yet"

 

[pdib]

Well, so its here! AND . . . . . I'm having one of those family nights that they don't put in the "have a family" advertisements. Not bad, just annoying. I got a chance to enjoy unwrapping it ; but I think that's all I get tonight . Anyway, I've got my work cut out for me with this poor, adopted, kicked-around REO. I'll give it some cocoa and a warm bed tonight, and get busy with it in the coming days.









(after all the formal documentation, refutation, and steamification; I'm thinkin' this black wrinkle would do nicely with an aged copper or brass door and a teardrop squonk-hole . . . . . . but all that comes after "phase 1")

 

[super_X_drifter]

Anyone try using flat Kanthal? I have some on the way to try with my Genny tanks.

I tried it, it vaped about the same as the round Kanthal. I prefer the round for ease of wrapping tight coils, but I think there may be some merit for it in other applications where a larger bore coil is desired

 

[super_X_drifter]

Here's one of the two coils I did with it and some Nextel

 

[Treebeard]

Well, so its here! AND . . . . . I'm having one of those family nights that they don't put in the "have a family" advertisements. Not bad, just annoying. I got a chance to enjoy unwrapping it ; but I think that's all I get tonight . Anyway, I've got my work cut out for me with this poor, adopted, kicked-around REO. I'll give it some cocoa and a warm bed tonight, and get busy with it in the coming days.









(after all the formal documentation, refutation, and steamification; I'm thinkin' this black wrinkle would do nicely with an aged copper or brass door and a teardrop squonk-hole . . . . . . but all that comes after "phase 1")

Did you get Newman's throw-away reo?

 

[pdib]

Yes sir. I call it "Tom'z Disgrace".




clouds

 

[new kid]

Wow, 6 coil attempts and all spaced Got them a bit closer but it seam like once i let go of the wire it "spreads". *sigh*. Enough for tonight.