Some time's it's a dragged out YouTube video helping with ideas your looking for.
Here is a simple picture show.
Note: This coil build was not so easy using the ribbon wire. This was my second go at it.
The smok TFV8 coil cleaned up. This one was 0.4 ohm single coil. In the back is the Nichrome Ribbon wire I'm going to use.
From fasttech. $3.69 Nichrome 80 Ribbon Heating Wire for RBA Atomizers - 0.2mm*1.0mm / 15 feet at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
The coil jig I'll be using. ( Door Hinge Pin )
Getting an idea of the height I'll want the coil to finish up at. The cotton needed to be trimmed a bit thinner. ( To wide and it closes up on the top and bottom of the coil, restricting air flow, and the making for a crappy coil build.)
I know,,, it don't look so good at this point. The ribbon wire, even after heating the length, is a bit difficult to work with. I bent the Positive & Negative ends of the coil with a needle nose plyers into what I thought would be right for the finished lead positions. Patience will be needed here holding the coil tight and wrapping with cotton. NOTE: I shortened the wraps to (4).
Using tweezers to help guide the coil & cotton into the coil head.
With the hinge pin in the above position, I used a short piece of 22ga. wire to set the cotton down around the sides of the coil.
I found positioning the rubber insulator in place before bending the leads worked best. NOTE: Before setting the positive pin in place, I clipped the negative lead while I could get a better cut than with the pin in place.
I pulled the positive pin out to cut the negative lead as it was way to close to shorting out. Carefully set the positive pin in place. NOTE: On my first try, the coil was reading (low ohms). Problem was negative side of coil lead (inside the coil head) needed to be pushed up toward the top of coil head. The positive pin was contacting both leads. ( This was a quick fix.)
What the coil (top view), looked like after 20 minutes into the project.
I couldn't get any more photo's on this post, (it said 10 was the limit).
The final photo was the coil on my istick TC60 reading 0.41 ohm build.
FINAL NOTE:
Set at 40 watts, the re-build took 10 hits to settle in with good flavor & cloud production. Air flow was great!!!! The Nichrome Ribbon wire (0.2*1.0) gives a cooler / smoother vape than the stock Smok coil.
If you attempt this build, be patient. Especially if the first try is a throw away.
Here is a simple picture show.
Note: This coil build was not so easy using the ribbon wire. This was my second go at it.
The smok TFV8 coil cleaned up. This one was 0.4 ohm single coil. In the back is the Nichrome Ribbon wire I'm going to use.
From fasttech. $3.69 Nichrome 80 Ribbon Heating Wire for RBA Atomizers - 0.2mm*1.0mm / 15 feet at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
The coil jig I'll be using. ( Door Hinge Pin )
Getting an idea of the height I'll want the coil to finish up at. The cotton needed to be trimmed a bit thinner. ( To wide and it closes up on the top and bottom of the coil, restricting air flow, and the making for a crappy coil build.)
I know,,, it don't look so good at this point. The ribbon wire, even after heating the length, is a bit difficult to work with. I bent the Positive & Negative ends of the coil with a needle nose plyers into what I thought would be right for the finished lead positions. Patience will be needed here holding the coil tight and wrapping with cotton. NOTE: I shortened the wraps to (4).
Using tweezers to help guide the coil & cotton into the coil head.
With the hinge pin in the above position, I used a short piece of 22ga. wire to set the cotton down around the sides of the coil.
I found positioning the rubber insulator in place before bending the leads worked best. NOTE: Before setting the positive pin in place, I clipped the negative lead while I could get a better cut than with the pin in place.
I pulled the positive pin out to cut the negative lead as it was way to close to shorting out. Carefully set the positive pin in place. NOTE: On my first try, the coil was reading (low ohms). Problem was negative side of coil lead (inside the coil head) needed to be pushed up toward the top of coil head. The positive pin was contacting both leads. ( This was a quick fix.)
What the coil (top view), looked like after 20 minutes into the project.
I couldn't get any more photo's on this post, (it said 10 was the limit).
The final photo was the coil on my istick TC60 reading 0.41 ohm build.
FINAL NOTE:
Set at 40 watts, the re-build took 10 hits to settle in with good flavor & cloud production. Air flow was great!!!! The Nichrome Ribbon wire (0.2*1.0) gives a cooler / smoother vape than the stock Smok coil.
If you attempt this build, be patient. Especially if the first try is a throw away.
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