Rayon wick, better flow, flavor, saturation and Nic Hit!

[SlickWilly]

I use large sewing needles like those meant for sewing leather to wind my coils on and I use them to tweak coils. Letting the taper of the needle do the work you'll open the spacing only where needed and won't be moving the whole length of coil like you will if you try to push. Once I have my coil mounted and after it's been dry fired I look at the coil and see if spots needs to be moved and in which direction. I choose the angle to enter and how deep the needle needs to be toward the center of the coil. Slide the needle in between the coils and let the taper of the needle do the work to open up the spacing. I open up those that need the least amount first then move towards the tighter coils, sometimes I may have to go to over it twice and sometimes once more after it's wicked to get a really nice coil.

If you have to tweak after it's wicked, slide just the edge of the needle between the coils, again let the taper of the needle push them apart. You never want to push the needle through the wick to fix a bend, it will make a mess of the wick if you do. Just get it the best you can and call it good.

You can really manipulate each coil and at any spot be it at the bottom, top or sides. A little practice and you'll quickly pick up how to tweak each kind of bend, soon you'll be making damn nice coil's from a twisted mess.

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

If I want spaced coils, I use a small machine screw and wind into the threads.

Yep, my coils are screwed.

 

[IML8]

If I want spaced coils, I use a small machine screw and wind into the threads.

Yep, my coils are screwed.

My method as well. Funny, at first, I thought it was a stroke of pure genius then I discovered lots of people that thought of it years before I did. It produces perfect spaced coils, but wicking them can easily deform them. This is particularly true with rayon as it needs to be tighter than usual initially. I know the long time rayon users always say there is a density tipping point where you can get too much wick packed in there, but I've yet to find it. All the problems I've had, so far, have come from having too little density.

This can be especially problematic with thinner gauge wire and nickel, so I'm working on a tool that will allow me to grip the coil from the outside, without distorting it, and hold the wraps firmly in place as I wick it. It involves a small 4 inch crescent wrench with silicone sleeves over the jaws that have notches in them for the coil to fit in. For now, it will only work for coils that require both the legs pointing in the same direction (so it can accommodate coils of different lengths). I'll post more about it if I can get the bugs worked out.

 

[JeremyR]

Couple of questions:

A) Is that ribbon wire you're using?
B) How in the 10 hells are you getting your wraps even?? I'm still trying to get one down without the random hot spot!


-Kingboomer

28g hand wrapped that's it.

You should have seen my parallel 32 builds. Lol don't have any issue wicking 32g with rayon either.. Guess its just a technique.. Most all of my videos are 32g except for the last one I made.

Never used a screw before. Not needed

To get an even coil, wind it on the mandrel. Just space the windings fairly even and a little further apart than you might want in the final product. After it's wound, compress it while it's still on the mandrel. Result, nice, even spacing that can be easily restored after stuffing with rayon wick.

 

[JeremyR]

Thanks man! See, I was over thinking it again

I use large sewing needles like those meant for sewing leather to wind my coils on and I use them to tweak coils. Letting the taper of the needle do the work you'll open the spacing only where needed and won't be moving the whole length of coil like you will if you try to push.
You can really manipulate each coil and at any spot be it at the bottom, top or sides. A little practice and you'll quickly pick up how to tweak each kind of bend, soon you'll be making damn nice coil's from a twisted mess.

If needed I will also use a needle to evenly space any that were thrown off.

The one picture there though was untouched. It just takes finesse. Or the twist method works great to keep it from pulling your coil too.

 

[Kingboomer]

yup, I just wrapped up one and nailed it! 30 gauge kanthal, 7 wraps around a 1.8mm precision screwdriver, stretched then pressed. got to about 1.6 istick ohms, spaced beautifully!


-Kingboomer


P.S. AND I WICKED IT WITH RAYON DAMMIT!!!

 

[cindycated]

haha I'm so spoiled with 27g wire now that when I tried to wrap with 30/32g the other day it just got totally mangled during the finessing part.
I've lost my touch with thin wire - I used to build 30 Evod heads at a time with 32g wire all the time!

 

[tchavei]

Just got delivery attempt for slavkov's DM Balls, yupiiiii

Going to pick them up tomorrow morning and do a rewick with them and report back.



Regards
Tony

Sent from my keyboard through my phone or something like that.

 

[JeremyR]

Tony, your getting as bad as me! How many different kinds do we have now, lol.

 

[tchavei]

O.b, Sally, tidi and tomorrow DM.

Always trying to find the best right?

Regards
Tony

Sent from my keyboard through my phone or something like that.

 

[Thayamax]

It's so nice to have a couple of willing guinea pigs to try things out for the rest of us.

 

[PaulBHC]

I clicked on the facebook ad for free sample of KU. Flashbacks of my daughter's slumber parties.

Here is the link to the free sample page

https://www.ubykotex.com/get-a-sample

 

[JeremyR]

It's so nice to have a couple of willing guinea pigs to try things out for the rest of us.

It was, however, an educated choice.
I knew it had to be high grade pharmaceutical or medical rayon.. Appears to be pharmaceutical.

 

[JeremyR]

I clicked on the facebook ad for free sample of KU. Flashbacks of my daughter's slumber parties.

Here is the link to the free sample page

https://www.ubykotex.com/get-a-sample

Oh and next it will be.. - due to high demand they will have to discontinue the free sample.. As they scratch thier heads and wonder.. Lol

Anyone wants to try rayon for free, there it is. Lol

 

[cindycated]

Oh and next it will be.. - due to high demand they will have to discontinue the free sample.. As they scratch thier heads and wonder.. Lol

Anyone wants to try rayon for free, there it is. Lol

High demand from MEN!

 

[Kingboomer]

Here's a wick and wire sub forum fun fact:

Replies: 12,454
Views: 622,427


With the rest barely in the double digits


-Kingboomer


ETA: That's the rayon thread

 

[mudram99]

I could do a fried chicken flavored vape, bacon too.
Sriracha... now that would be wicked!

Bacon, bacon, bacon I smell bacon! You wouldn't be able to spend the money fast as you make it selling that!

 

[awsum140]

I clicked on the facebook ad for free sample of KU. Flashbacks of my daughter's slumber parties.

Here is the link to the free sample page

https://www.ubykotex.com/get-a-sample

Not having bought any of these products in a while, like about 30 years and they weren't for me(!), which one is the one we're talking about? If it's free, it's for me. If there's more than one I'll take two. What is it?

 

[mudram99]

Oh and next it will be.. - due to high demand they will have to discontinue the free sample.. As they scratch thier heads and wonder.. Lol

Anyone wants to try rayon for free, there it is. Lol

And a bunch of request from some really manly named women wanting to try it, Like KingBommer

 

[cobalt327]

Bacon, bacon, bacon I smell bacon! You wouldn't be able to spend the money fast as you make it selling that!

I have bacon DIY flavoring from Capella. Came in a sample pack. Utterly dreadful.

Not having bought any of these products in a while, like about 30 years and they weren't for me(!), which one is the one we're talking about? If it's free, it's for me. If there's more than one I'll take two. What is it?

Order the first one, "Sleek®".

You guys must've missed it, the freebie tampon link was posted two weeks ago... 'course never hurts to put it out there again- is there a lot of pages to this thread or what? lol