New to rebuilding

[MulishaMan187]

I start my mech mod journey tomorrow when I get home. I got the following:

• hcigar Nemesis Clone with Magnets for switch
• Igo-W
• kayfun Lite Clone
• Silica & Ekowool wick
• 32 & 28ga kanthal
• Have a multimeter but still got an atomizer ohm meter.
• an Evolv Kick
• 2 Sony VTC4 18650 30A
• Nitecore I2 charger

I think I have most everything I could possibly need as a beginner. I'm comfortable with ohm's law(2 years top of my class electronic engineering at a vocational school in highschool), using a multimeter, and have been watching a lot of coil building videos & reading everything I can find about mech mod/battery safety. I know I do still need a few common tools like some good needlenose tweezers/pliers, a drill bit set for my cordless drill(any certain type of drill bits?), and a butane torch, I'll grab all this at Lowe's or home depot tomorrow, but is there anything else that would be handy to get? Any tips, tricks, or handy gear/tool suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

So, you're, like, the poster boy for how to get into rebuildables. You know that, right?

Very good gear selection you've got there - I love me a kayfun on a nemi, and good to see finally see someone going for the 30A batts straight away.

I would suggest that you investigate microcoils with cotton wicking - plenty of vids on YT about this as well as lots of info in this forum. It's a great wicking material, plus it's the go-to way to stuff a micro.

You've got a kick in the mix, so using that pretty much means coils >1 ohm (a good thing, IMHO), and you can't beat a good 28 gauge micro for vapor and flavour. If going subohm (and not using the kick), I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you're good with safety knowledge.

 

[MulishaMan187]

So, you're, like, the poster boy for how to get into rebuildables. You know that, right?

Very good gear selection you've got there - I love me a kayfun on a nemi, and good to see finally see someone going for the 30A batts straight away.

I would suggest that you investigate microcoils with cotton wicking - plenty of vids on YT about this as well as lots of info in this forum. It's a great wicking material, plus it's the go-to way to stuff a micro.

You've got a kick in the mix, so using that pretty much means coils >1 ohm (a good thing, IMHO), and you can't beat a good 28 gauge micro for vapor and flavour. If going subohm (and not using the kick), I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you're good with safety knowledge.

Glad to hear I'm on a good path so far. When I started researching mech mods and RBAs the first thing I read about was cloud chasing and needing to know a good plastic surgeon. This frightened me to the point of almost avoiding mech mods all together, but I want the best vape I can get and this seems to be the way to do it so I read for hours every day until I found a general consensus on good gear to start with. I've watched a ton of videos, including a bunch of Rip Tripper's(took me a while to tolerate his shtick) coil guides so I'm getting familiar with microcoils. Now all that's left is to get home(truck driver so this has been a long week knowing all my new gear is at home) and start building. Thinking about starting with the Igo-W so I can do several builds and change them easily without having a full Kayfun tank. Once I get a few successful builds on that then I'll move on to the KFL.

 

[super_X_drifter]

Here's some stuff I recommend:
CVS sterile rolled cotton
29 ga Kanthal A1

Here's a chart:

Here's a fact sheet:

Here's some vids (no torch required and you'll get THE tightest micro coil

Part 1 wrapping without heat:
http://youtu.be/bp8yqFojsEU

Part 2 mounting, positioning for TH preference and checking resistance:
http://youtu.be/Sd-ZiJel-jA

Part 3 wicking and vaping:
http://youtu.be/BP_iwf_gTew

There it is from right from the source

Good luck FMX brother

 

[sludgeheart]

Though not the OP on this I'd like to say thanks to super_X_drifter. His YT vids are great but I love the chart & fact sheet. The reference "mold/jig/mandrel" leads me to infer that they're his personal handiwork. Where can the originals be found, and are they 'stickied'?
TIA

 

[super_X_drifter]

Though not the OP on this I'd like to say thanks to super_X_drifter. His YT vids are great but I love the chart & fact sheet. The reference "mold/jig/mandrel" leads me to infer that they're his personal handiwork. Where can the originals be found, and are they 'stickied'?
TIA

Thanks
Yeah I used to just call it a mold but I adapted it to include terminology others were using. The original chart I made was also noted by others that there were some discrepancies between needle ga an the conversion in mm. That's why I made the new chart

Here's a link to the thread that gave birth to the micro coil. We've come along way in a year

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=389074

 

[Cr0tchF4i]

Here's some stuff I recommend:
CVS sterile rolled cotton
29 ga Kanthal A1

There it is from right from the source

Good luck FMX brother

This NEEDS to be a sticky and should be a banner and a mandatory terms of services signed agreement for anyone on ECF. Awesome job as usual.

 

[cantstopwontstop]

Great job man, really good choices on everything you purchased! And I can honestly say this because I have pretty much all that gear lol. You're probably like an hour away from becoming hooked on vaping gear though. Next thing you know you'll have 10 mods and 20 atomizers and a half gallon of juice

 

[sludgeheart]

Thanks for the link. I know I'll refer to it often.