There was a used one on eBay for 30 bucks but the mandrel was touching the housing, I,m not sure I would trust that.
Need help from former MFS (MyFreedomSmokes) customers
Has any found a supplier or company that has tobacco e-juice like or very similar to MFS Turbosmog, Tall Paul, or Red Luck?
Force Meter/Spring Balance, Yellow, 5 kg: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
I know this can't be very good, but it is affordable for the great unwashed masses (me). My rig is not going to be nearly as accurate and repeatable as yours is so it kinda suites my style. I was thinking it may get me into the ball park at least. what do you think?
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has done any experimenting on wire tension?
I managed to break 28 Ga. kanthal at 14 lbs. on a less-than-adequate fish scale (didn't want to brake the trigger pull gauge).
At 2lbs.4 Oz. I get a beautiful coil but it unwraps 1/2 turn with 28 Ga. UN-annealed Kanthal. Anyone have any data?
Force Meter/Spring Balance, Yellow, 5 kg: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
I know this can't be very good, but it is affordable for the great unwashed masses (me). My rig is not going to be nearly as accurate and repeatable as yours is so it kinda suites my style. I was thinking it may get me into the ball park at least. what do you think?
Here is my favorite, an oldie but goodie, the dibi crack.
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1.6 mm 5 wraps each side with a 2 mm gap single wick on the deck in all three places.
one of the best.
Looks like its not touching the deck on the left but it is.
P.S. 1.2 ohm.
Its cheap, but do you really think 50Nm is realistic?

Oh, just thought of a name for this thing, how about the "Holmes"
Maybe not.

Actually I thought you where kidding, this Newton meter thing is making my head hurt again. I'm game, I can pick up 3 or 4 at that price and see how accurate they are to each other.50 Newtons is 11.25 pounds. Roughly the same as the one you listed, right?
Looking for some advice here... Set up my igo last night with this post straddling set up... Ohms out at 1.12.... Hits great. However.... See that right leg? Take too long a hot and it glows. I've since wrapped it in a small amount of cotton, but looking for a better fix. Anything I could change on the build to fix that got leg? I realize this is because of length differences with the legs... Short pulls have a nice coil glow inside out, it's just extended button pushes the make the leg light up. 1/16 micro blah blah... Lol
Edit: it's not touching the deck, I know because of the angle it looks like it is, but it's not.
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Others seem to have success with that build. I tried it and didn't like the long legs and bends in the wire. It seemed like a short waiting to happen so I scrapped it before I even wicked it.
I just hang right off the side of the posts like this
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I do believe "For precise measurements" is an over statement but just picked up 4 of the things.For precise measurements: Tubular Spring Scale - Grams/Newtons: 5000g 50N Yellow - Karter Scientific 219D1: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific. You think?
Not new. If you can find them, used ones can be obtained at a bargain....I've seen them. The really old ones are apparently collector items and about the price of new ones, or more. On the short list, but not immediate for me. If you do find something, let us know.
Just checked the prices on eBay for force meters, the cheapest is about 7 times the cost of this entire project. Anybody know of a better price?
