. Oh well, that's what the classies are for right? I may fiddle with it some though just so I can get the Tshirt. Round wire has been off the chain for me, but, like any hobby, I always try to push the envelope. Dang. I already ordered some too
I still see myself lacerating the hell out if my fingers working with what looks like razor wire - any reports on that yet?
Dang. I already ordered some too
I still see myself lacerating the hell out if my fingers working with what looks like razor wire - any reports on that yet?
. I've also noticed that short legs on the wicks will give ya limited vapes per squonk, like having an oil burning lamp with the wick out of the oil.....flame goes out, shake the bottle, relight wick. Like I've already mentioned the RM2 is a godsend, give a really big squonk the cotton absorbs the juice quickly and the excess juice flows right back in the bottle. Clyde, this maybe a limitation on ss mesh unless oxidizing first so as to make a long wick and hopefully nut shorting out (btw, how long does a ss mesh last?).
First off about fears of the wire cutting you. I've put it in between my thumb and finger and squeezed all I got and barely noticed it. I also tried running it against my arm as fast and hard as the wire would allow and same result. I can see you lassoing a runaway dog and it may cause damage but building a coil will have no problems.
I'd be really interested in seeing Scotts build with the ribbon wire. I found that larger diameters (using 1/8" i.d. here, I consider small) and big gaps between wraps will nut give you and outstanding vape. My wraps look like their touching but under magnification actually there are separated by small little gaps. Never went smaller than 1/8" diameters so hopefully Russ can explore this more. I know Scott likes silica wicks, tried that on larger coils (doubled up the silica) and it saturates slower than cotton balls and mutes the taste for me. Tried different sourced silica but it hasn't come close to cotton imho. Really wanted it to work for me because it lasts so much longer than cotton.
The only problems I've had with cotton is that it has a short lifespan although I'm a very heavy chain vaper so YMMV. I must go through about 8-10ml of juice a day. The vape being so flavorful I can immediately recognize when its time to rewick. I will try and build a coil about 2.0 ohms and see if the cotton lasts longer but for now I'm getting only a day of really good vaping when using it. Through your experimentation Russ, it seems higher resistance lowers coil temps, which may prolong cotton wick life. Oh almost forgot a big no no. Too tight of a wrap around the cotton will effectively strangle the cottons ability to absorb juice. You'll get weak vapor and poor flavor
My ribbon is 0.6mm x 0.1mm so surface contact over round wire is greater and being only 0.1mm thick I think helps heat the wire faster when hitting the button. Russ, the wire you ordered is 0.07mm thick so gonna be watching this closely. Like I said earlier, the more resistive wire may lower temps hopefully extending cotton life. Dunno how it'll affect the juice I use as that may also be a factor in all of this. The wire I use is pretty darn close to 30 gage Kanthal resistance wise but because its flat and having more surface contact the effect I believe is like using a heavier gage round wire with equivalent surface contact, perhaps in my case (guessing here) like using 24-26 gage round wire.
That's it guys about as much as I've found out about ribbon wire. I'll post updates as they become available.
. If the wire doesn't work out for ya.....give me first dibs on buying it
You're welcome superXrated
I'm thinking that mosquito fog be a better option to inhale
. Clyde you up for some step by step instructions? Soak in VG then burn about 4 times is all I know. Do I need to cool (how long) in between those 4 flameouts??
I've tried only two types of ribbon, both are 0.1mm thick so couldn't answer about holding its shape. I know that mine does so, extremely well. Another I don't know is it about being a good thing. Like I said in my prior post a higher resistance may produce cooler coil temps reducing burning/charring of the cotton wick leading to longer life. So far i haven't fussed with anything higher than 1.5 ohms with the ribbon wire but the wire you ordered I think would werk better when going higher. One of your posts mentioned that at the higher range there is less sizzle when vaping. I think this is because of lower coil wire temps. The sizzling imho is the juice being "over vaporized" if there is such a thing, so you're getting good vapor production, maybe throat hit but flavor will nut be maximized. I don't necessarily mind the sizzle, it informs me that the juice is available to the coil wire but keep wondering if less would boost flavor.
Its a game of give and takes, you gotta run with whats important to you without sacrificing too much of the rest of it. A perfect vape may nut be possible but thats nut to say that we can't improve upon our present vape. Who knows one day a wick may become available that has the properties of cotton balls, fire ......ant and safe to vape. I can dream can't I??
Got my #500 mesh a few minutes ago but no time to do any testing before going to my house inspection. I want to try an extra long piece to hold plenty of juice. It has to be oxidized first because the legs be touching the posts and floor walls of the atty. I haven't done this before but plan to use a multimeter to make sure that the mesh is "short proof" before using. If I'm able to do this it just might be the holy grail I've been searching for. Nut everyone's end all but for me it just might be. Maybe doing a wire mesh Bar-B-Que tonight, luckily my Weber has a propane fire starter to light the charcoal
