NOT sure I really am caring for the location of the top coil mount hole. Crazy long legs if I try to build the coil to stay in front of that air hole, and MAJOR hot leg problem, built thusly. Tips? Tricks?
Here's how I recommend building it:
1. Wrap your
coils with the leads going in opposite directions and 90 degrees apart (try x.75 wraps; x.5 wraps gives you leads that are parallel to each other in the same direction like you would do on a 3-post deck, x.75 wraps will give you leads 90 degrees apart).
2. Bend one lead upwards about 45-60 degrees using needle nose pliers or tweezers
3. Stick that bent lead
through the positive post block (P.S. I've found the lowest gauge wire you can use is 22g, 21g might work but 20g will not).
4. With the coil still on the screwdriver, stick the tip of the screwdriver into the divot at the bottom of the deck to position the coil.
5. Wrap the negative lead behind and around the negative screw and fasten it down.
You're current status: You now have the negative lead tightened down, the screwdriver mounted into the divot in the bottom of the deck and the positive lead is in the positive block but not tightened yet.
6. Take a really small flat head screwdriver (I like to use a 1.4mm but any small flat head should work) and push down on the top wrap of the coil a little. This will tighten that positive lead a little and move the coil down slightly. Then push from the bottom wrap of the coil upwards a little. You want the bottom of the coil aligned with the bottom of the air hole (not slightly above like you would on almost all side air flow atomizers). One more time, push the top wrap of the coil down to re-tighten the positive lead and while you are doing that, bend the excess positive lead that is
through the positive block to keep it in place.
7. Take your screwdriver out and tighten the positive block.
8. The last thing is to fiddle with the coil placement a little more; I like to get the coil to sit pretty much inside that hole. If you use a 3mm ID and your coil is as long as the air hole diameter, the coil should be able to fit slightly inside that hole without it shorting out. This can be a little tricky and you will most likely short out a coil or two in the process but once you get it, the flavor will be awesome.
I know this thing isn't the easiest to build the first few times you do it but trust me, it gets way easier. To put it in perspective, I've had my veritas for about 3 months longer than the ology; the veritas still takes me 25-30 minutes to put a dual vertical in it and the ology only takes me 15-20 minutes.
If anyone has any questions, please ask me; I've been with this thing for a while now and know most (if not all) of its quirks.