Ralikar's EASY noob-proof Vivi Cotton Re-wicking method! Monkey-easy!

[DarklyNoon]

That 2mm screw I ordered came in. Worked for me. Don't know what was so offensive in my previous posts, but whatever.

I might have to order one of those... Seems to be exactly what Ralikar is describing with a nice little post to hold onto. My only complaint is the 2mm (well, 4-40 was the closest thing my local Lowes carries) screw I've been failing with is only 1 1/4" long. Needless to say it's hard to get good wraps with something you can barely hold onto.

 

[Iffy]

Hey, just have this thread locked so that it will remain forever the testament everlasting!

Just folk trying to help other folk that can't find the 'Excalibur', aka 2mm bolt. Spam indeed... NOT!

 

[Ibrahim Prophet]

DarklyNoon: That bolt I linked and ordered worked just as the o/p described. In an effort to not offend the thread, I won't comment on the 4-40 screw only to say it's too big in diameter for this project. Just order the one I linked and you're ready to coil.

 

[donnah]

Yeah, update on the 2mm diameter deal. Like iKNOW said, the diameters are relative. I use cotton wick and I unbraid it so that i have loose stands. The diameter of the screw/nail/paperclip is relative to the thickness of my cotton strands. However, the threads on the screw help make for some beautiful looking coils when I'm done. Nice and even. I've rewicked all of my extra heads that came with my two 3.5mL tanks. I find my niChrome is easier to coil with than my Kanthal.

Thanks for the link! I order the screw.

 

[DarklyNoon]

Yeah, I need to get off me .... and order one of these excaliburs...

 

[sandybeach]

Thanks, Ral, very informative. I tried understand with your instructions only; I tend to not have patience for videos. I am watching the video now. For those of you that want to cut to the chase, the instructions start at about 2:00 in the video; the loud background music is kind of hard to tune out, though, maybe because I'm old

 

[Ralikar]

RALIKAR'S SUPER BONUS WICKING MOD (Cause I can't edit my post as it has been moved)

So I was about to toss away my used, burned wick/coil the other day and make another... When I thought: "I like my coil (had a nice 7 loop 3.0ohm one) it's just the wick anyway... Slid out the wick but kept the coil in tact... Took a new two strand wick and rolled one end tight and thin like cotton thread between my fingers... Just threaded a new one through... Been threading wicks here and there for days--no need to make new coils unless they bend too much on a rewick. May seem obvious to you, but I was replacing coils all over when all I had to do is slide a new wick through, maybe toss the coil in an alcohol bath to soak for a bit... That's why standardized coils/wicks are so cool... Harder to thread a 7 coil, easy to do a standard 4-5 coil... Wick is burned a bit... re-thread a new wick and leave coils in tact... easy...

 

[Ralikar]

There's some chart about kanthal and thickness and number of wraps in the modders section somewhere for those wanting to use 36 kanthal. Have to search for it... I just used 32 as it's common...

 

[DarklyNoon]

Should I be looking for something like this: DUB695 Threaded Couplers 2mm (2) | eBay

Got this little 2mm bad boy in the mail today... Used it to apply Ralikar's method and BAM, perfect coil!!!

Thanks to both of you guys the ViVi Nova has come out of the drawer and taken it's place at the front of my vaping arsenal. Can't wait for my 36ga kanthal to arrive (too many wraps needed with the 32) so I can build some nice 3ohm coils.

 

[darkmoondreamer]

So grateful for this information and tutorial...I was terrified to try it. Ralikar's method is perfection. Thanks

 

[donnah]

I have been using this little screw more now that I'm making my coils first and then threading the wick through. It works great! I was trying to remember where I ordered it from so I could link it to others.. thanks for bringing it back up!

 

[oplholik]

I got this partially threaded 2mm rod at my local hardware store.