Took a bit of trial and error, but finally came up with a way to rebuild nautilus atomizers that allow easy rewicking. The stock atomizers last a pretty good while with light colored juices, but I got hooked on a mint chocolate that has the color of espresso and was going thru atomizers like crazy. So here we go...
Didnt' take pics of the first step - tear down the atomizer (remove the positive pin and grommet from the bottom), then tear out the stock coil(s) and wicking material, including the material between the inner sleeve and outer shell. Next, take out the inner cup with sleeves
Good video for that here
Aspire Nautilus Complete Head Rebuild - YouTube
I use a 1/4" drill bit and a quick clamp
The problem with the remainder of the build in the above video is you have to do a tear down to rewick, and there isn't much room in the atomizer for the coil.
So I cut off the wings of the inner cup with a dremel
On a nautilus coil, you have 4 holes that juice flows thru into the standard wick. If you just drill out 2 of the holes so you can rewick, it will flood thru the other 2 holes. I tried using silicone tubing with notches cut out, but it still flooded.
So I got some 0-80 coarse thread screws and used them to plug two of the holes - I had to open up the stock holes a touch with an .055 drill bit so they would thread in.
You don't want to thread them in far - maybe 1 thread showing on the inside. You want to leave as much room inside as possible for your coil without worrying about shorts
Then dremel off the excess
Now is a good time to press the inner cup back in
Now that you have successfully plugged two holes, time to drill out the ones the wick goes thru - I use a 5/64 bit as that is what I'm wrapping my coils on
Build your coil (lots of tutorials on this on youtube) - I'm using 28 guage kanthal. I get about 1.7 ohm with the coils touching, and about 1.4 to 1.5 ohm with slightly spaced coils. The spaced coils don't gunk up as fast, but are a little trickier to get just right. They are also easier to prime (no icky taste at the beginning if you don't get it right with the touching coils))
Use your drill bit to hold the coil in place while you reassemble the coil (see above video), trim your leads, and test for shorts.
Add your wick - I use cotton from a cotton ball. Less is more when it comes to wicking this sucker.
Either put a couple drops on the coil, or take a few primer puffs, then enjoy.
Oh yeah, the other advantage of this build - you can dry burn the coil when you need to rewick [
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P.S. I tend to run lower power thru this, about 5.5 watts to avoid dry hits and burning cotton since I usually take 4-5 long pulls at a time.
Didnt' take pics of the first step - tear down the atomizer (remove the positive pin and grommet from the bottom), then tear out the stock coil(s) and wicking material, including the material between the inner sleeve and outer shell. Next, take out the inner cup with sleeves
Good video for that here
Aspire Nautilus Complete Head Rebuild - YouTube
I use a 1/4" drill bit and a quick clamp
The problem with the remainder of the build in the above video is you have to do a tear down to rewick, and there isn't much room in the atomizer for the coil.
So I cut off the wings of the inner cup with a dremel
On a nautilus coil, you have 4 holes that juice flows thru into the standard wick. If you just drill out 2 of the holes so you can rewick, it will flood thru the other 2 holes. I tried using silicone tubing with notches cut out, but it still flooded.
So I got some 0-80 coarse thread screws and used them to plug two of the holes - I had to open up the stock holes a touch with an .055 drill bit so they would thread in.
You don't want to thread them in far - maybe 1 thread showing on the inside. You want to leave as much room inside as possible for your coil without worrying about shorts
Then dremel off the excess
Now is a good time to press the inner cup back in
Now that you have successfully plugged two holes, time to drill out the ones the wick goes thru - I use a 5/64 bit as that is what I'm wrapping my coils on
Build your coil (lots of tutorials on this on youtube) - I'm using 28 guage kanthal. I get about 1.7 ohm with the coils touching, and about 1.4 to 1.5 ohm with slightly spaced coils. The spaced coils don't gunk up as fast, but are a little trickier to get just right. They are also easier to prime (no icky taste at the beginning if you don't get it right with the touching coils))
Use your drill bit to hold the coil in place while you reassemble the coil (see above video), trim your leads, and test for shorts.
Add your wick - I use cotton from a cotton ball. Less is more when it comes to wicking this sucker.
Either put a couple drops on the coil, or take a few primer puffs, then enjoy.
Oh yeah, the other advantage of this build - you can dry burn the coil when you need to rewick [
]P.S. I tend to run lower power thru this, about 5.5 watts to avoid dry hits and burning cotton since I usually take 4-5 long pulls at a time.
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