MacTechVpr, care to share a pic of your wick configuration? You mentioned it in an XC-116 thread.
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The first pic, you found, is actually .5x.1 ribbon. Same principle. There are several hand holds. You have to see what works for you. But this hold permits the most pressure, I found. Straight wire permits a more relaxed grip. The second pic is the result of a typical torsioned wind for 29/30 AWG. That's exactly the finish of the wind...before any further tensioning or "de-winding", a method of taking off and tightening surplus turns in a coil, which I do routinely. I'll try to take some pics of that sequence and the particular method I use which I've demonstrated to a number of vendors with some pretty amazing reactions. Not only to the process but the resulting performance. I hope the latter pic helps to validate what I've said, that these coils come out with a rather perfect symmetry from the outset. It minimizes the work needed to finish an assembly quite a bit, and time.
The process I described above to pistoffo, and here are some pics of the output round that time
Sorry, lol, once I hit the target I was in too much of a rush to vape it to take more pics than the dry fire. But the process got simpler as I stopped playing with hand winding and went to tension and the single
threaded strand of XC I described on the other thread. Exits at top by 3/8" and you'd need a forceps to clasp both ends of that wick through the hole prior to screwing down the topcap. Ekowool or XC-116. Lasts builds were
>1.5Ω before these last very tight tension winds and efforts to absolutely abolish any slack in the build. The pic of the eVic 1.4 result you must have seen on the blue Immo. So I feel I'm pretty close at 2 mm 6/7 I describe to lowest min for that wrap at .5mmx.1mm. But we'll see! Point being the elasticity of the tensioned coil makes threading possible as its a lot easier trying to bring that coil back together into a contact state with the structure aided by metal memory. That's what I'm trying to key on here. Save time, effort and save that for the damned fiddly screws.
The method I have been and am using as alternative is as per these two snaps
...First not to stray too far from the topic; an example of what can be done with an RDA
a ribbon figure-eight on an [real] Immortalizer. The following, a shot of the figure-eight wind fix I mentioned that I had dreamed about. You will note that the wick is affixed to a darner's needle at the two loose ends. This fixes the cross-section allowing it to be shaped (rounded), made taught by stretching and absolutely rigid. This permits a very close precise wind of ribbon on the wick. And it makes a difference! I can't lay claim to this. For all I know I saw it on another forum from around the world in my voluminous exploration of this industry.
and describe as above, mostly for my own edification as to what's possible to do on an Immo. Predictably with resistance values over 1.6Ω for the wrap number I wanted, i.e. as much surface presentation as possible. Which I'm still trying to achieve without keeping resistance high.
For what it's worth spaceman. Looking for that efficiency and balance between vapor and flavor.
Good luck!
