Sorry about your back Pokey...Hoping it's better already...
Is a scratch on a lawnmower worth a cuss fest??? Not in my book...
My friend with the pancreatic cancer isn't cured...Last scan shows tumors decreasing in size and no new tumors...She is on a very low dose of the alternative...The chemo drugs have many side effects...IMO the alternative has allowed her to overcome the side effects and lead a normal life and she remains very active daily...The scans prove something is working and the chemo drugs have a long track record of failure...Trust when I first heard the term "medical" associated with the plant I to scoffed at the idea...Hippie research opened my eyes...
My first move when building a micro coil is to "cherry" the strand of wire and remove memory of the spool...Just a flash over with the torch makes the wire glow...After wrapping 10 coils I pull the tails and tighten the coil as much as possible while still on the drill bit...I also push the coils as tight as possible during this step...Then I pull out the bit, light the torch and loosely hold the coils together with the hemostats and "cherry' the coil...I hold in the hemos until the coil has cooled a bit...Then back on the drill bit and under the magnified lamp to sort the tails and finalize the coil...Most times it looks good at this point and I leave the bit in to set the coil level and square on the KayFun deck...The bit serves two purposes here...Keeping the coils true and as a level and 90* gauge too the deck...I set it flush on the deck while performing this step...When satisfied it's centered over air hole and square with the deck I use the drill bit to raise the coil until the bottom loops are just a little under the level of the KF deck screws...Note I've already tightened the coil too the deck and setting the height in this manner tightens the coils even further...Then I eyeball the bit insuring it's still level and square too the deck...Results in a coil that glows quickly when fired...It's old hat too me and the torch also comes in handy for lots of other things...I already had one due too my automotive background and it's a Blazer butane micro torch...You can get by without it as Wharf explained but I feel removing the memory from the wire makes the initial wrap hold more true initially..The Blazer is likely the most expensive model and mine is well past 10 years old...There are cheaper alternatives that will get the job done nicely...
RO water and the boil...If not available and IDK if there is a commercial RO available just use distilled....Minerals in water will leave an off taste in the wick...Trust boiling the wick won't be something you'll be repeating often...I boiled in January and only 1/10th of the yarn...I still have enough for about 5 more years ready in a zip lock...I also boiled, rinsed and then boiled and rinsed again...I drink on average 5 gallons of RO water a week...Spike refuses anything that isn't RO...The dog knows...
Is a scratch on a lawnmower worth a cuss fest??? Not in my book...
My friend with the pancreatic cancer isn't cured...Last scan shows tumors decreasing in size and no new tumors...She is on a very low dose of the alternative...The chemo drugs have many side effects...IMO the alternative has allowed her to overcome the side effects and lead a normal life and she remains very active daily...The scans prove something is working and the chemo drugs have a long track record of failure...Trust when I first heard the term "medical" associated with the plant I to scoffed at the idea...Hippie research opened my eyes...
My first move when building a micro coil is to "cherry" the strand of wire and remove memory of the spool...Just a flash over with the torch makes the wire glow...After wrapping 10 coils I pull the tails and tighten the coil as much as possible while still on the drill bit...I also push the coils as tight as possible during this step...Then I pull out the bit, light the torch and loosely hold the coils together with the hemostats and "cherry' the coil...I hold in the hemos until the coil has cooled a bit...Then back on the drill bit and under the magnified lamp to sort the tails and finalize the coil...Most times it looks good at this point and I leave the bit in to set the coil level and square on the KayFun deck...The bit serves two purposes here...Keeping the coils true and as a level and 90* gauge too the deck...I set it flush on the deck while performing this step...When satisfied it's centered over air hole and square with the deck I use the drill bit to raise the coil until the bottom loops are just a little under the level of the KF deck screws...Note I've already tightened the coil too the deck and setting the height in this manner tightens the coils even further...Then I eyeball the bit insuring it's still level and square too the deck...Results in a coil that glows quickly when fired...It's old hat too me and the torch also comes in handy for lots of other things...I already had one due too my automotive background and it's a Blazer butane micro torch...You can get by without it as Wharf explained but I feel removing the memory from the wire makes the initial wrap hold more true initially..The Blazer is likely the most expensive model and mine is well past 10 years old...There are cheaper alternatives that will get the job done nicely...
RO water and the boil...If not available and IDK if there is a commercial RO available just use distilled....Minerals in water will leave an off taste in the wick...Trust boiling the wick won't be something you'll be repeating often...I boiled in January and only 1/10th of the yarn...I still have enough for about 5 more years ready in a zip lock...I also boiled, rinsed and then boiled and rinsed again...I drink on average 5 gallons of RO water a week...Spike refuses anything that isn't RO...The dog knows...
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