30 for me. I don't even heat it up to make it more subtle/soft for wrapping. I like to hear it crackle at 1.0ohms on my non-VV Grands.
Norman
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It just dawned on me what my handicap is making coils. Picture in a few minutes after it uploads to Photobucket from phone. It's my left thumbnail!!!!! My nails grown at an amazing speed and are very strong and I use them as tools. I use human guillotine nail cutter with razor edge to cut them every few days. Gonna have to cut left thumb down more to get rid of the handicap. Out of focus so taking another pic. Back in a few. Gonna have to relearn how to do some things that I depend on nail for, maybe even find some real tools to replace "nail tool."
Feisty Alice
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Coil making handicap. ('cuse dirt under nail, please)
Guillotine to the rescue.
Issue fixed. Blonde, ADHD, and Drain Bamage are the first handicap (and nearly impossible to overcome).
Guillotine to the rescue.
Issue fixed. Blonde, ADHD, and Drain Bamage are the first handicap (and nearly impossible to overcome).
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You go outside to cut your nails?? I'm impressed - not that i am going to show HRH that - "how come you just do yours on the edge of the bed Trunky?"
My rebuilding tools are simple - magnifying glass, safety pin(to space coils) and scissors.
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My rebuilding tools are simple - magnifying glass, safety pin(to space coils) and scissors.
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I thought you were going to go "all the way" with that tool and remove the thumb completely for "coil-winding" sake!
HA!
HA!
Actually in the summer and not too cold days I go outside to do my toenails. My nails have always been super strong and tough. Nails, hair, and skin have always grown at lightening speed. Hair used to grow 3" a month or more. When I break one, rare, it's usually into the quick. When cutting toenails, even after soaking in spa, I have to use super strong, long handled clippers and cutters, for leverage, and then toenails still go flying. Good to have safety glasses on. It's not that they are any thicker than normal and they are rarely brittle; just strong and grow way too fast for my preference. The Guillotine clippers do collect most of the nails into a little bin but they are only for fingernails. I've tried to find the Guillotine clippers but cannot locate them anywhere on internet. They are really great for doing babies and children's nails, too, as it is nearly impossible to cut too close.
As far as wrapping coils my thumbnail was definitely making the process much more difficult. Tape a fake nail to your holding thumb nail and see how hard it is to get the coil wrapped even using a small object. In the picture.... that's about as long as I can let my nails get without them getting in the way of all kinds of micro work with fingers. I have never understood how people, mostly women, can function with those long nails. A certain length is an asset for many uses but really long........... NO WAY!!!
I know, who would complain of fast growing hair, skin, and nails???? It really is a hassle in most ways. A week after having my toenails painted they have to be touched up as almost half the length has grown out. Hassle I say!!!!!!
Flamenco guitarists can only dream of such an asset. (DH played for years.)
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I did try to "amputate" that thumb once, demonstrating to my nieces why not to cut towards yourself with a knife. We were at our cabin and had made sand candles across the river. You make holes in the sand and pour wax into the holes (campfire) and go back next day to dig them up. I was using the gas stove to heat the knife to trim the bottom of one candle. OOPS!!!!!!! Took forever to get everyone cleaned up to go into town. Enough time for it to start hurting.
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Meh. My field rebuilding kit involves a cotton ball tucked inside a Grand, and a Spyderco or SOG in my pocket. I generally keep my knives sharp enough to cut wicks without disturbing the coils, so it works pretty well
thanks,tryin it, these tutorials are awesome, and so are all the folks on here willing ta help us idjits get a grip on things.
update, smok tech rba, 32 ga kanthal a-1 wire , 2.1 ohms cotton wick using this tutorial......
HOUSTON WE GOTS VAPE!!!
HOUSTON WE GOTS VAPE!!!
Not only can, but should. The regular cotton balls I get at Meijer have some sort of perfume in them. Tastes funky for a few minutes. Organic cotton balls (stolen from the wife, no idea where she got them), don't have the perfumey taste, and seem to wick better. The better wicking might be just wishful thinking on my part though.
All cotton wicks very well. But the faster it wicks, the thinner you can make your coil, and still chain vape.
But they are ruined after a day of it, so i'm going for the ceramic wick next - but it's not cheap! Wife gave me a black eye for messing with her cotton balls!
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Dark juices demolish my wick and coils not sure what to do in order to not have to rebuild every 3-4 days. With cotton you can replace it easy enough but my coils looks like they played in the mud after a few days...
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HRH - coffee/chocolate (of course) flavours! My fingers are sore from making wicks all the time! It's easy enough to rewick them using cotton balls - you did well getting 3-4 days from it - i cannot.
i have resigned myself to the fact that making 5 coils a week is normal, since she will not change her habits and i am stubborn enough not to either!
Now: imagine the case if you ruined 5 cartos a week? you'd be a little less tolerant i think.
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i have resigned myself to the fact that making 5 coils a week is normal, since she will not change her habits and i am stubborn enough not to either!
Now: imagine the case if you ruined 5 cartos a week? you'd be a little less tolerant i think.
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Yeah at 8 bucks for 100 feet of wire it's not a big deal I just hate making a brand new coil and dropping my coppers creek house blend on it. A hour later it looks like hell 
I take pride in my work darnit, I want it to look good forever.
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I take pride in my work darnit, I want it to look good forever.
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Thank you very much for this post. Had no idea exactly what a rba was 24 hours ago and since seeing this thread I ordered a Reo and a reomizer. Can't wait till it comes in but had a question.
I really like your 14 gauge luer idea to pull the wick thru. I ordered extra 2.5mm silica wick from Rob and was wondering if I could do the same using the luer or should I get a smaller/larger gauge or just go buy cotton wick all together?
I really like your 14 gauge luer idea to pull the wick thru. I ordered extra 2.5mm silica wick from Rob and was wondering if I could do the same using the luer or should I get a smaller/larger gauge or just go buy cotton wick all together?
Hi Nopology and thank you. A similar post is what got me started too
. I have never used silica so I can't offer any help there. What I can tell you is the rolled cotton is so easy, it's all I've used since you have the silica coming you could also get the cotton while waiting for the RM2 to ship, that way, if you can't thread the silica thru, you can easily thread the cotton thru and you'll be vaping like a rock star - Status
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