Thanks! Yes, that's what I found out. I suppose the diamond bur was a dremmel bit? I was going to use a larger syringe needle but your idea would work better I think. Was that an XL ce2?
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It is, I cut down an xl to fit a custom size tank tube. I dont like the way all my regular size rev 5 ce2s had the air tube and positive connector as 2 pieces. I got like 40 of what I believe were rev 3 xl clearos in a trade and the tube and positive connector base were one piece.
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By one piece, do you mean molded as one?
Every CE2 I've had so far, the tubes were press fit into the positive contact.
bigbulli, lemme just say youre a genius. i read through this thread, took an old negative battery connector spring and straightened it out with some pliers. i used the diamond bit in my dremel and quickly widened the holes and cut the straightened spring to fit and made hooks like you showed. soldered them in using lead free solder. wrapped some 32ga kanthal grade a-1 wire on some of the iatty original wick, probably 5-6 winds. put the old crappy ce2 clearo tube back on just to test and BAM! so friggin easy and tastes awesome. tons of vapor. unreal how easy it is to make your own clearo in a matter of minutes, now its just a matter of changing out the wick and wire every so often. THANK YOU SIR! you really have your thinking cap on straight. props to bigbulli, serious serious props.
I mean the air tube was pressed into the middle part of the positive part of the atty connector on the smaller two piece ones and on the xl's I have this is all one piece.
Edit: Correction, the rev. 5 ones were just a lot looser and fell right out. The older bow tie style xl's were pressed in to the point it took two pairs of pliers to get them apart.
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Just curious, and apologize if I'm totally out in left field. Have the needles up to the cup as you have done. Then have some needle/tubing that would fit inside those needles. Solder small pieces of this smaller tubing to the coil ends and just insert these inside the larger needles? A sorta plug-n-play coil 
Just curious, and apologize if I'm totally out in left field. Have the needles up to the cup as you have done. Then have some needle/tubing that would fit inside those needles. Solder small pieces of this smaller tubing to the coil ends and just insert these inside the larger needles? A sorta plug-n-play coil
It is easier than that wrap the ends of the coil around the hooks pinching them betweem the outside wall of the cup and the hooks
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Ok I must say you are some kind of genius, I have never owned a ce2 but you have convinced me to buy some and make them repairable, I have some questions, do I need to get the xl ce2, I was also going to purchase a tank system as well so I assume you need to get the xl version for that, were do you get the wire, the wick and the mesh to repair them, and can you make the ohms different buy adding more coils or thicker coils. Thanks for any help.
Ok I must say you are some kind of genius, I have never owned a ce2 but you have convinced me to buy some and make them repairable, I have some questions, do I need to get the xl ce2, I was also going to purchase a tank system as well so I assume you need to get the xl version for that, were do you get the wire, the wick and the mesh to repair them, and can you make the ohms different buy adding more coils or thicker coils. Thanks for any help.
The resistance depends on what resistance wire you're using and the length. I recomend 32 gauge kanthal, this can be found on ebay for under $10 with shipping. For wick I prefer the wick sold by www.bulli-smoker.com The type of ce2 you want depends on whether you want a 2.5ml tank or 5ml tank. I prefer the smaller size and dont mind refilling once or twice a day. The mesh is an optional wick material, this is for more advanced users if interested research the genisis atomizer. It can be purchased from the mesh company #400 stainless steel mesh
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hey bulli, have you gotten a chance to mail those attys yet or did the hurricane hold you up?
I mailed them. but yes the huricane and buisness held me up a couple days. Lost the fence and shed saturday. If anyone wants their tracking number pm me the name you used for the shipping address.
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Got mine in today now to play with them over the weekend.
Thanks BigBulli. Nice work
Thanks BigBulli. Nice work
YEAH 
Mine arrived today. Looks great thanks so much for the nice work. I think I am really going to enjoy this and now that I actually have an example in my hand I may even try making one with the awsome instructions you have shared with everyone. Thanks so much.
Mine arrived today. Looks great thanks so much for the nice work. I think I am really going to enjoy this and now that I actually have an example in my hand I may even try making one with the awsome instructions you have shared with everyone. Thanks so much.
I DID IT
I totally made one of these great repairable CE2s. The instructions were great thanks so much BigBulli but what made me know I could do it was having one in my hand....I am sooooooooooo visual.
I even did a couple tweaks that made sense to my non-modding non-male brain. First I chose to use a metal CE2 rather than a clearo, mostly because I knew it fit my Torpedo tank well. When I was getting my safety pins ready I chose to leave the point on, I pushed this in hard between the metal base & metal tube in the area of the old neg. solder. It held great which helped when I soldered it.
The most difficult part was drilling the holes in the ceramic cup larger. I broke the first one but the second worked great.
Making/installing the new wick was super easy.
Now I just want to find some of the old CE2 style wick, the tiny kind. I vape 88% VG, the remaining 12% being distilled water & PG free flavor and I have found the tiny old style CE2 wick wicks best for me.
Again BigBulli I thankyou for sharing all your research and knowledge with us.
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I even did a couple tweaks that made sense to my non-modding non-male brain. First I chose to use a metal CE2 rather than a clearo, mostly because I knew it fit my Torpedo tank well. When I was getting my safety pins ready I chose to leave the point on, I pushed this in hard between the metal base & metal tube in the area of the old neg. solder. It held great which helped when I soldered it.
The most difficult part was drilling the holes in the ceramic cup larger. I broke the first one but the second worked great.
Making/installing the new wick was super easy.
Now I just want to find some of the old CE2 style wick, the tiny kind. I vape 88% VG, the remaining 12% being distilled water & PG free flavor and I have found the tiny old style CE2 wick wicks best for me.
Again BigBulli I thankyou for sharing all your research and knowledge with us.
Good job, yea the metal tubes are nice. All I had were clearomizers and a bunch if 510 battery tubes from madvapes they do fit tightly on the ce2 base you will need pliers to get them on though. I prefer the thin wick from bulli, I heard cov will have genuine ce2 wick for the iatty.
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