rebuilding coils

[AndriaD]

I use regular tweezers. Well, they are huge medical tweezers if it's on an rba I just heat then squeeze. Or I squeeze then torch. Kanthal is easily manipulated so you may not need ceramic tweezers.

I've tried tweezers, hemostats, and needle nose pliers... I can get the wraps *close* but not touching, they just won't stay together. So I just ordered some ceramic tip tweezers, great price at vapordna - $14.99. Holding it together *while* I fire is the only way I'm gonna get those suckers to stay together!

Andria

 

[organikness]

I've tried tweezers, hemostats, and needle nose pliers... I can get the wraps *close* but not touching, they just won't stay together. So I just ordered some ceramic tip tweezers, great price at vapordna - $14.99. Holding it together *while* I fire is the only way I'm gonna get those suckers to stay together!

Andria

What tank/device is this for?

 

[AndriaD]

What tank/device is this for?

Well really, any that you would build coils for. At the moment, that's my beloved Kayfun, though I started out building coils for my T3S collection and a couple of protanks. Eventually I expect I'll be good enough at building coils that I can build 2 just alike for my Caterpillar, though I'm just using a single coil in it at the moment. Don't use it much, really just for tasting new stuff I get.

Andria

 

[pufZeppelin]

I've tried tweezers, hemostats, and needle nose pliers... I can get the wraps *close* but not touching, they just won't stay together.
So I just ordered some ceramic tip tweezers, great price at VaporDNA - $14.99. Holding it together *while* I fire is the only way I'm gonna get those suckers to stay together!

Andria

just curious if you're heating wire BEFORE you wrap ?

seems to make it easier

 

[JQside]

I never really see the point of going that low, especially when you have a battery with variable voltage. And 2-2.5 ohms is just right for non VVs. What have I been missing? I mean how much heat do you need for a device that requires only a minimum amount to heat a liquid designed to vaporize with very low heat?

 

[AndriaD]

just curious if you're heating wire BEFORE you wrap ?

seems to make it easier

Naturally.

Andria

 

[epicdoom]

Actually my attempts at micro coils are done on either a 3/32 or 7/64 drill bit, so you can get lots of cotton inside very easily. Micro just means that the wraps are squashed together. I'm not quite there yet, gotta get some ceramic tipped tweezers, but I'm getting close.

Andria

actually micro is the diameter of the coil macro, micro, nano. there is a size limit that determines each. nano coils are fairly hard to wick the hole to feed the cotton in is very tiny, I usually wrap those size coils and use them in a stovepipe configuration or vertical as some call it. micro can be a bit of a pain to wick, but starting with a nice pointed cotton end and twisting both ends opposite directions as you pull It through helps a bunch.

 

[kanefer]

So can Micro be built for protanks or only on rba's?

 

[super_X_drifter]

Here's some very very easy ways to wrap perfect micro coils and you don't need to heat and squeeze anything things have evolved over the last several months making it much easier for anyone to WRAP perfect coils rather than to wrap a decent coil and try to squeeze it together afterwards


http://youtu.be/rua_l_IpBWk

http://youtu.be/bp8yqFojsEU

Here's how I mount them:

http://youtu.be/Z0NuH93KvtY

And here's how I wick them using KOH GEN DO Japanese organic cotton (no boiling required):
http://youtu.be/OQt8-EbWTZg

And here's a micro coil fact sheet - this ought help clear up what a micro coil is

 

[SuperMD101]

So is boiling cotton necessary? and do I have to get organic cotton?

I guess it just depends on your preference. Some people say sterile cotton, un-boiled organic cotton and boiled organic cotton all taste the same. But just to be on the "healthier" or safer side, I like to boil organic cotton. I think it has a better flavor and it's not as harsh. Experiment and see what works for you!
happy vaping

 

[kanefer]

Ok so I just got done rebuilding my first coil for my protank1.....I went and got some 32 guage kanthal from our local smoke shop (he gave me a foot for free lol) I also got some regular cotton balls from cvs.....didn't boil it at all. This wasn't a micro coil build it was a regular build with 5 wraps around a 1/16 drill bit. It came out to 1.7 ohms. I put it on my vision spinner at 3.3 volts.....I use the chart you get off the internet that tells you if your too cool or too hot. It works great. He also gave me a foot of 30 guage but I went with the first video I saw on youtube and built it this way....not hard at all.....I love it, at first it tasted harsh and I did saturate it before I put it together but after 3-4 hits it tastes great now.

 

[kanefer]

Quick question......I noticed my tank gets a little warmer now.......not like really hot but warmer, is this because of the rebuild or is it normal? It may have done this all along but I guess I just now noticed it....Im not sure. Everything works great, the battery doesn't feel hot just the area by the beauty ring. Using the 1.7 coil I just rebuilt for first time on a vision spinner set at 3.3 volts.(not a micro, just regular build)(where the wraps are not touching.....5 times around).

 

[kanefer]

I usually take big hits, like the whole 10 friggin seconds it gives me lol.

 

[kanefer]

and ill hit it about 3-4 times before I set it down for a few minutes.

 

[kanefer]

ok so I was told not to use it in a vision spinner cuz it cant handle it, I moved it to my mvp and it seems to not be getting warm anymore so I guess that's it?

 

[super_X_drifter]

^ I wish I could give you some feedback but I have no experience with those systems your using

 

[epicdoom]

yeah if your taking 10second hits your gonna warm a tank up pretty well. When I first started out vaping I as maxing my SVD out learned to do some coil builds and got my vape time down to 5-6 second hits, full lungs packed with vapor. Some builds just pour out vapor and some kinda just wisp it out. I'm running a duel stovetop rite now in an RDA at .19 Ohms that literally pours out vapor.

 

[thatirishguy]

yeah if your taking 10second hits your gonna warm a tank up pretty well. When I first started out vaping I as maxing my SVD out learned to do some coil builds and got my vape time down to 5-6 second hits, full lungs packed with vapor. Some builds just pour out vapor and some kinda just wisp it out. I'm running a duel stovetop rite now in an RDA at .19 Ohms that literally pours out vapor.

Havent tried a stove top build yet. Running a .18 dual parallel set up right now. How's the flavor production on the stove tops?

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[epicdoom]

Flavor is outstanding on the stovetop build. I have used the diamond coil in the past for great flavor IMO the stovetop blows the doors off the diamond coil for flavor and vapor.

 

[kanefer]

Well now with getting into rebuilding im hoping that it works better, I noticed I had to move up to a higher mg of nicotine for a better TH and with building my own coils and having better taste I think it will cut down on how long I take a puff. I tried building a secong coil last night and I tried doing a micro coil but when I was finished I noticed a lot of gurgling and too light of a hit, I think the coils must have separated and maybe I got too much cotton in it to create a less of a vacuum on my draw so I will try again......going to have to get more Kanthal tho lol