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lol that's why i am getting this thing... there is nothing that can go wrong. i am getting very sick of china quality control. no wires, solder, or buttons= a mod that will survive me
I have to say I'm more impressed than ever with the Stardust after watching those videos. That's one finely-engineered little beast.
Side question: can anyone identify the artist for the soundtrack in the second video? Sounds a bit like Eric Johnson but I'm not sure of it.
looks like price went up even more looking at his website, 225 for mini, 240 for standard. I can buy 100 ce2's in bulk for less almost half that price. rebuildable or not. still a bit too pricey. I wouldn't mind a rebuildable atty. but not tat that price.
I have it all taken apart! is there a special kind of wire I would use?
I have no idea about these sorts of things but taking it apart was pretty easy. i'm good at taking things apart, we'll see about the other way around
edit: missed the earlier post about the wire: .2 kanthal
I wonder if you could take the wick off of a ce2 and shove it in there?
I have no idea about these sorts of things but taking it apart was pretty easy. i'm good at taking things apart, we'll see about the other way around
edit: missed the earlier post about the wire: .2 kanthal
I wonder if you could take the wick off of a ce2 and shove it in there?
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Thanks for sharing! He makes it look so easy! May try taking the tank off for cleaning.... hrm...
Do you think you need to actually remove the center post to re-wick? It seems like you just need one wire going inside the silicon cylinder and one outside for positive/negative.
I had one Stardust that had truly died so thought to try out changing the wick per the Russian video and.... I did it! I changed a wick!
I used an old CE2 wick and repurposed the coil so its not the thick wick and the ohms are reading 3.1 but it works. Makes me more confident to do this in the future and prolong the life of a Stardust. The hardest part is getting the inner core out and when reassembling making sure one coil wire is inside the inner silicon ring and one outside. Still, worth it!
BTW, pulling the tank off is a lot easier than I thought.
I used an old CE2 wick and repurposed the coil so its not the thick wick and the ohms are reading 3.1 but it works. Makes me more confident to do this in the future and prolong the life of a Stardust. The hardest part is getting the inner core out and when reassembling making sure one coil wire is inside the inner silicon ring and one outside. Still, worth it!
BTW, pulling the tank off is a lot easier than I thought.
It's also kind of neat having longer wicks. I should mention the old wick was pretty charcoaly and crumbly and that's probably what will fail first. I think I'll get some extra wick and coil wire for GG's. That should work, no?
okay, so thats the point of taking out the inner part, you have to get one end in the center and one part on the outside in that tube. I played around with this today but couldn't get it to work, figured i might as well try something with the one dead stardust.
how exactly do you do this with the coil, I tried a few times and couldn't really get a neat coil wrap. I tried with the original wick and also with a piece of ce2 wick. I assume you can use ce2 coil, I have a lot of that from messed up ce2s. I was using my thin syringe needle and put the wick on that and then tried to wrap around but it wasn't pretty.
and I'm really not sure how you would get one end of the coil into the center.
how exactly do you do this with the coil, I tried a few times and couldn't really get a neat coil wrap. I tried with the original wick and also with a piece of ce2 wick. I assume you can use ce2 coil, I have a lot of that from messed up ce2s. I was using my thin syringe needle and put the wick on that and then tried to wrap around but it wasn't pretty.
and I'm really not sure how you would get one end of the coil into the center.
Sounds like you're doing it right. I used a thin needle, placed the cord on top of it, wrapped the coil around both, then pulled out the needle. It seemed pretty tight (but not as good as the ole Russian). The trickier part is getting one end of the coil inside the silicon cylinder and one outside, then sliding it into post. After that, you push in the core which should hopefully enter the silicon cylinder and connect with the coil there.
Yeah, I think so but not positive. It inserts into the silicon sleeve to connect with the inner coil. However, its not that hard to get out if you use a screwdriver or something and stick it in the opposite end and push it out. I have no idea how the Russian got his out with a pen knife but that didn't work for me!
i still havent watched the video but it sounds like it is constructed EXACTLY like the atty in a Vortex carto. when you rip it apart the coil wires just stick into the base between the silicone and metal. no solder and you can rewick and recoil them...
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