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    @Fidola13, I just read that the Provari won't accommodate anything lower than 1.2 ohms, so you will need to adjust accordingly.

    Wow, even my in my mtl RTAs I'd struggle to build a 1.2 ohm coil ;) I just checked: ss316l 28 gauge, 2.5mm id, 13 wraps !!! would come out at 1.23 ohms - be easier with kanthal tho, that's only 7 wraps :thumb:

    I can just picture @Fidola13 's face reading your post :lol:
     

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    Got my new Purge Ultem and stabwood squonk. Good excuse to rock that new Ultem cap on my black Axial.
    Nice, also bonus points for the fallout wallpaper.
     

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    Wow, even my in my mtl RTAs I'd struggle to build a 1.2 ohm coil ;) I just checked: ss316l 28 gauge, 2.5mm id, 13 wraps !!! would come out at 1.23 ohms - be easier with kanthal tho, that's only 7 wraps :thumb:

    I can just picture @Fidola13 's face reading your post :lol:
    I know! I hope she doesn't regret the purchase. And, yeah, I bought kanthal along with stainless steel precisely so I could wrap higher-ohm coils.
     

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    I know! I hope she doesn't regret the purchase. And, yeah, I bought kanthal along with stainless steel precisely so I could wrap higher-ohm coils.

    Gonna have to do the same myself if I go for a non-regulated squonk mod ;)
     

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    Wow, even my in my mtl RTAs I'd struggle to build a 1.2 ohm coil ;) I just checked: ss316l 28 gauge, 2.5mm id, 13 wraps !!! would come out at 1.23 ohms - be easier with kanthal tho, that's only 7 wraps :thumb:

    I can just picture @Fidola13 's face reading your post :lol:

    I wish I’d taken a pic of my face when I just read that :shock: !!

    Welp, I’ll either keep it anyways for my vapocolypse stash or turn around and sell it. SMDH :sneaky: !! Who vapes over 1.2 ohms!!!!? Grrrrrrrrrr. Plus I ordered batteries lol!

    I should just stick to stabwood :lol: !!
     
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    I wish I’d taken a pic of my face when I just read that :shock: !!

    Welp, I’ll either keep it anyways for my vapopalyse stash or turn around and sell it. SMDH :sneaky: !!
    Desperate times may call for desperate measures. I'd hold on to it if I were you.

    Question about the Coily: So, the beauty of this tool is that it lets you cut your legs the perfect length, right? (I guess the main advantage of this is that you don't have to struggle to snip off excess wire and there's no risk of unnoticed bits causing a short?) But what about this business of leaving one leg longer than the other for easier installation? And if you have to wrap the legs around a screw, don't you need some length to work with?
     

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    Here's an old video explaining them. Phil Busardo looks so young in it!



    You can download a pdf of the manual here.

    It takes a button-top battery. @DPLongo22 recommended these to me, but I'm not sure they'd be right for you, 'cause you vape at higher watts/lower ohms than I (I think).


    Thanks these seem fine for me too. I think we must be sisters because I had just finished watching that very video and bookmarked the manual lol!!

    So wait, what this about it not taking anything under 1.2 ohms?? Is that for real :eek: !!!??? If so, it looks like I’ll be changing my vaping style at least when I’m on the porch chatting with the tootle puffers :lol: !!!!
     

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    Desperate times may call for desperate measures. I'd hold on to it if I were you.

    Question about the Coily: So, the beauty of this tool is that it lets you cut your legs the perfect length, right? (I guess the main advantage of this is that you don't have to struggle to snip off excess wire and there's no risk of unnoticed bits causing a short?) But what about this business of leaving one leg longer than the other for easier installation? And if you have to wrap the legs around a screw, don't you need some length to work with?

    Just angle the coil while your snipping so that one coil leg is longer or you could use the next size up for one of the legs. Mainly I use it for postless coil decks where the legs are the same size.
     

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    Desperate times may call for desperate measures. I'd hold on to it if I were you.

    Question about the Coily: So, the beauty of this tool is that it lets you cut your legs the perfect length, right? (I guess the main advantage of this is that you don't have to struggle to snip off excess wire and there's no risk of unnoticed bits causing a short?) But what about this business of leaving one leg longer than the other for easier installation? And if you have to wrap the legs around a screw, don't you need some length to work with?
    I like the version that comes with Mike's new recurve dual. Go to 10 min in and you will see it. It's more compact and the coily site length still applies.

     

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    I wanted that one. Didn't need it and couldn't afford it but I'm still mad at you for buying it.:grr:

    Not really :sneaky:

    It said it was purple but looked almost black to me. I have so much I’d like to say right now but I don’t want to get suspended :lol::lol::lol::lol:!!!!!!!
     
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    I like the version that comes with Mike's new recurve dual. Go to 10 min in and you will see it. It's more compact and the coily site length still applies.




    It looks unwieldy for my trembling hands lol! I like the full size original coily because there’s more to hold on to. But Mikes really is perfect for ease of use.
     

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    Desperate times may call for desperate measures. I'd hold on to it if I were you.

    Question about the Coily: So, the beauty of this tool is that it lets you cut your legs the perfect length, right? (I guess the main advantage of this is that you don't have to struggle to snip off excess wire and there's no risk of unnoticed bits causing a short?) But what about this business of leaving one leg longer than the other for easier installation? And if you have to wrap the legs around a screw, don't you need some length to work with?
    You don't need the coil tool for that type of deck
    Cutting to correct length will make it much harder to do. Fidola is dead on, just particularly useful for postless or very tight decks.
     

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    It said it was purple but looked almost black to me. I have so much I’d like to say right now but I don’t want to get suspended :lol::lol::lol::lol:!!!!!!!
    Come the vapocalypse, when possession of a Provari will be required to gain entry into the secret clubhouses, you'll be glad to have it.
    You don't need the coil tool for that type of deck
    Cutting to correct length will make it much harder to do. Fidola is dead on, just particularly useful for postless or very tight decks.
    I guess I'll just sock it away in the vape drawer till I get that kind of RBA, then. At least it won't take up much space. It's getting cramped in there.
     

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    Desperate times may call for desperate measures. I'd hold on to it if I were you.

    Question about the Coily: So, the beauty of this tool is that it lets you cut your legs the perfect length, right? (I guess the main advantage of this is that you don't have to struggle to snip off excess wire and there's no risk of unnoticed bits causing a short?) But what about this business of leaving one leg longer than the other for easier installation? And if you have to wrap the legs around a screw, don't you need some length to work with?

    Yeah @Letitia 's right. Forgot what RTAs you were talking about.

    For the doggy, I cut a bit of wire about 8 inches, wrap the coil in the middle, and slap the coil in with legs still really long - about 2 inches each. It helps having the long legs as you can wrap them around the opposite screw to give you support, when tightening up the post screw.

    Once installed, chop the legs off as close as you can to the screw, and your done :thumb:
     

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    Wow, even my in my mtl RTAs I'd struggle to build a 1.2 ohm coil ;) I just checked: ss316l 28 gauge, 2.5mm id, 13 wraps !!! would come out at 1.23 ohms - be easier with kanthal tho, that's only 7 wraps :thumb:

    I can just picture @Fidola13 's face reading your post :lol:


    Ok so I’ve been playing w Steam Engine - if I use kanthal (I must have some somewhere in my stash oh wait the coil master kit came with some.

    Anyhow- 26g kanthal with 3mm id single coil with 8 wraps should get me to 1.2 ohms.

    God only knows what kind of vape that be though lol!!

    Does anyone around here vape at around those ohms? If so is the vape cool or warm? Thanks.

    I love buying “expensive” things with no idea what they do to how they do it lol! Oh well.
     

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    Yeah @Letitia 's right. Forgot what RTAs you were talking about.

    For the doggy, I cut a bit of wire about 8 inches, wrap the coil in the middle, and slap the coil in with legs still really long - about 2 inches each. It helps having the long legs as you can wrap them around the opposite screw to give you support, when tightening up the post screw.

    Once installed, chop the legs off as close as you can to the screw, and your done :thumb:

    That works for some of my decks, but not all. The bunker, for instance, the cap is pretty close, and my side cut can’t get in close enough. I use the coily, and hold the coil on the jig to install.
     

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    Ok so I’ve been playing w Steam Engine - if I use kanthal (I must have some somewhere in my stash oh wait the coil master kit came with some.

    Anyhow- 26g kanthal with 3mm id single coil with 8 wraps should get me to 1.2 ohms.

    God only knows what kind of vape that be though lol!!

    Does anyone around here vape at around those ohms? If so is the vape cool or warm? Thanks.

    I love buying “expensive” things with no idea what they do to how they do it lol! Oh well.

    My vape tool app puts it at 23 watts for a cooler vape and 45 watts for warm vape
     

    DeloresRose

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    Ok so I’ve been playing w Steam Engine - if I use kanthal (I must have some somewhere in my stash oh wait the coil master kit came with some.

    Anyhow- 26g kanthal with 3mm id single coil with 8 wraps should get me to 1.2 ohms.

    God only knows what kind of vape that be though lol!!

    Does anyone around here vape at around those ohms? If so is the vape cool or warm? Thanks.

    I love buying “expensive” things with no idea what they do to how they do it lol! Oh well.

    Cooler. The higher the ohms, the lower the watts, the cooler the vape.
     

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    Ok so I’ve been playing w Steam Engine - if I use kanthal (I must have some somewhere in my stash oh wait the coil master kit came with some.

    Anyhow- 26g kanthal with 3mm id single coil with 8 wraps should get me to 1.2 ohms.

    God only knows what kind of vape that be though lol!!

    Does anyone around here vape at around those ohms? If so is the vape cool or warm? Thanks.

    I love buying “expensive” things with no idea what they do to how they do it lol! Oh well.

    My coils come out around 1.3 ohms. 28 kanthal, 3 mm, 6 wraps. I use 3.8 or 4 V on a Provari, 10W on a reg mod. The Provari starts flashing when the battery gets down to 3.5 or 3.6. I assume it would run the battery a bit lower if the coil was higher resistance.

    It's the way I like it. I don't know where it falls on the cool / warm scale.
     

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