The Double Toothpick Oval Coil.
So I saw this technique posted by BJ43 in a Vivi Nova rebuild thread. I was bored tonight so I tried it on one of my Chinese clones.
Wrap an oval coil around 2 toothpicks. I use 30g Kanthal. A 4/5 wrap yielded a 2Ω coil. No, I didn't wrap it 'in place'. I wrapped it on the toothpicks, took it off, then installed the coil. I just placed the toothpicks into the coil for the picture.
Yikes! You could use this coil as a mini space heater when da cold weather arrives.
It took about 8-10 strands of my bamboo yarn to fill the coil. It's still a loose fit, with a few strands hanging down into the catch area at the bottom of the atty. I primed the wick and gave it a test fire. Yeah! It works.
Didn't take long to get a nic buzz. Only vaped it about 10-15 minutes and NLV's Bounty Hunter was already accumulating/carmelizing under the coil.
With the heavy Kanthal wire, it takes some power to heat up the coil. I found I had to press the power button, listen for the juice start to crackle then start my inhale. If anything, it really runs warm, so much so after just a few chain vapes the drip tip was getting uncomfortable on my lips. Not a setup for chain vaping. The flavor was really good though, I didn't even have to wait for the coil/wick to break in.
So I saw this technique posted by BJ43 in a Vivi Nova rebuild thread. I was bored tonight so I tried it on one of my Chinese clones.
Wrap an oval coil around 2 toothpicks. I use 30g Kanthal. A 4/5 wrap yielded a 2Ω coil. No, I didn't wrap it 'in place'. I wrapped it on the toothpicks, took it off, then installed the coil. I just placed the toothpicks into the coil for the picture.
Yikes! You could use this coil as a mini space heater when da cold weather arrives.
It took about 8-10 strands of my bamboo yarn to fill the coil. It's still a loose fit, with a few strands hanging down into the catch area at the bottom of the atty. I primed the wick and gave it a test fire. Yeah! It works.
Didn't take long to get a nic buzz. Only vaped it about 10-15 minutes and NLV's Bounty Hunter was already accumulating/carmelizing under the coil.
With the heavy Kanthal wire, it takes some power to heat up the coil. I found I had to press the power button, listen for the juice start to crackle then start my inhale. If anything, it really runs warm, so much so after just a few chain vapes the drip tip was getting uncomfortable on my lips. Not a setup for chain vaping. The flavor was really good though, I didn't even have to wait for the coil/wick to break in.
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