sorry haven't been online to much, moving IRL, so my time online is lessened temporarily.
tips :
I have noticed that if you use a thicker wire, it will be hard to press in, you don't have to press the metal holder that goes around the ceramic cup/ceramic stem to making it flush, as long as it's snug, it looks funny as its not flush to the rim of the metal ring that holds the wire and ceramic cup, but still functions. I have tried other types of wires, namely A-1 kanthal types. So don't force it to be flush. For thicker wires, mines are almost near the half vs being totally flush to ceramic rim to metal ring rim. The supplied wire doesn't have this problem.
to get out the metal ring that holds the ceramic cup, you can use a minus screwdriver or a small pliers to loosening that metal ring that holds the ceramic up/wire.
you dont need alot of wire to even go underneath the stem, as long as the wire your using is snug to the side of the ceramic and the metal ring that holds the wire in place, I think its just bent underneath the stem as to use it as an anchor to help you keep the wire in place after you make it, the metal ring snug for the wire. I cut my wire where it just starts to bend underneath the stem with a nail clipper.
when I first got dry hits, I just added more filler, it lessened it. I'm using 50/50 blends.
