Exactly this... The way I vape is totally tootle territory... but I enjoy the coil-building aspect, though it seems that a lot of tootlers are also "blister packers". So I hang in here too, for chatter about vaping methods that go far beyond anything I can actually vape myself, just because it's interesting.
I got into coil building for 1) self-sufficiency -- no more waiting around on that sluggardly mailman to BRING ME MAH coils! and 2) economy -- much cheaper to buy wick and wire and do it myself, though I also bought a nice 3" vise to hold the base in place so I don't have to chase it all over the countertop when trying to mount a coil.But 7 wraps 29ga around 3/32 gives me a nice tootling 1.7-ish ohms = totally tootle territory.
And I don't even care if cloud chasers laugh at me; it keeps me off cigarettes.
Andria
What I usually do is just mount the base on a mod like my Snow wolf or IPV4 and build the coil on that. A small vise is a good idea tho.