Vape tools

[Ndizzle07]

I was just wondering what tools everyone is using for building coils and just vaping in general

Here are mine
Wiha precision screwdriver set Phillips and slotted
Ceramic tweezers

Wiha round nose pliers
Wiha bent nose pliers

Wiha long nose pliers
Wire cutters

Random little screwdrivers for placing coils

Bonjour torch

 

[Ndizzle07]

Micropuck coil jig

Ohm reader and volt meter

And of course kanthal 24g 26g and 28g

 

[nukleusx]

Nice post/checklist!

I have most of those tools strewn about here in my room, personal vehicle, and work vehicle as well!

Various mini screwdrivers- check
Crescent mid-nose pliers and snips- check
Tweezers (not ceramic)- check
Torch- I think my plumbing torch is waaaaay too overkill for this application
Ohm reader- check
Various Kanthal- check

Guess I could benefit from obtaining a volt meter and maybe a baby torch too. Heh.

 

[Baditude]

I use these tools:

• Ohm reader
  
  
• Stanley precision screw driver set
  
  
• stainless steel tweezers
  
  
• mini butane torch
  
  
• Scissors, wire cutter, or nail clipper to cut wire and wicks.

 

[Auntie Mame]

I have small screwdriver, a multi-meter, tweezers, a mini needle nose pliers, kanthal, cotton, some nail clippers and a small wire cutter, a few round toothpicks and for fire I use the flame on my gas stove!

 

[six]

I have a few multimeters - a couple of higher end Greenlees and a couple of lower end Flukes. 2.75mm half-threaded random machine screw I found on my desk - or 2mm shaft from an old electric motor to wrap coils on. Any one of a number of small wire cutters. Husky HD-74501 screw driver using the 5/64 phillips bit (I bought 20 of those Phillips/Standard multi-bit combos and 12 HD-74502 multi-bit torx drivers at home depot a few years ago - they suit many of my needs very well). As of today, I will use a .035 allen key for some screws I replaced. For wick cutting and trimming, I use my benchmade 710 pocket knife

Nothing fancy - nothing expensive (with the exception of the knife - it's worth a small fortune) - and nothing gimmicky.

The most important tools I use to rebuild with are my reading glasses and my maratac AAA flashlight so I can actually see what I'm doing... - The rest of it is all just stuff I can find on any flat surface on my workbenches in the shop or laying around on my desk or maybe in the bottom of my pocket at any given time.

 

[K_Tech]

Well, besides about two dozen of those cheap blue, red, and green-handled screwdrivers (I should sell those on Craigslist, lol):

Four-in-one precision screwdriver
Atomizer stands
Magnifying glasses with an LED light
Xcelite shear cutters and precision needle nose pliers
Micropuck (I prefer this one over the Qvapes Coiler because I can use any size drill bit with it in addition to the included rods)
Microtorch
Metal and ceramic sharp and flat-tipped tweezers
Dental pick
Atomizer ohm tester (checked against a calibrated DMM)
And a bin full of wire and wick.

 

[slyphex]

A screwdriver and a nail clipper. A butane torch if it's handy.

 

[ilmostro99]

Only 1 other person has mentioned the round toothpicks. So far, they are the best thing I've found for tucking in the wicks.

 

[awsum140]

Let's see if I can expand that list -

Capacitive Discharge (flash) wire welder with volt and ohm meters (home brewed)
Temperature controlled soldering station
2 precision flush cutters
Stainless angle tweezers
Stainless straight tweezers
Stainless round nose tweezers
Ceramic tweezers and replacement tips
Blunt needle set 12 gauge through 21 gauge set up to wind coils
Precision mini screwdriver set, Phillips and flat blade
Precision Torx screwdriver set, T1 through T8
Precision fine needle nose pliers
Needle nose pliers
Fractional hex key set
Metric hex key set
Round tooth picks
Dental picks
Q-Tips
Pipe cleaners
Digital multi meter, high impedance
Analog multi meter, low impedance
510/Ego ohm meter
Miniature yarn scissors for trimming cellulose (rayon) wicks
Mini butane torch
Binocular jewelers loupe
Magnifying fluorescent desk light
Syringes, 1ml to 20ml
Gram scale, used for DIY mixing
Ultrasonic cleaner, for parts cleaning and speed steeping
Kanthal, all gauges 26 through 34 gauge
Silica wick, 1mm through 3mm
500' box of Cellucotton
Single edge razor blades
P-Touch label maker
Various thread adapters
Various home brewed test adapters
And a partridge in a pear tree!

A lot of this stuff gets used for things other than vaping, but I do use all of it, at one time or another, for re-building/building and DIY liquids. It's amazing how much stuff seems to accumulate over time!

 

[Avid]

uh oh! Been gathering supplies to make my first coils... forgot tweezers! duh

 

[Lurch]

My wife's jewelry making tools! If she doesn't have it, I probably don't need it


Plus an Ohms meter.

 

[Avid]

My wife's jewelry making tools! If she doesn't have it, I probably don't need it
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Plus an Ohms meter.

That's where the tools I've accumulated come from! Saves a lot of money to 'dual hobby'! Now if only I could find something I could use from the beer making stuff...

 

[Robino1]

Minimalist here

Paper clip
Small drill bit
Nail clippers
Scissors
Screwdrivers
Tweezers

Just added glasses recently.

My coils, as you can imagine, are not pretty. Now I see why some are works of art!

I don't build coils that are sub ohm or close to that. So I use my Pro-thingy to test them. As long as they don't show a short and are above 1.?? yet below 2.??, I'm good to go.

 

[Susan~S]

My wife's jewelry making tools! If she doesn't have it, I probably don't need it
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Plus an Ohms meter.

Maybe you could use all those tools to make some "coil jewelry" just like Kent Hill!

 

[eratikmind]

. . . And a bottle of 50/50 6mg common sense. Lol

 

[Ndizzle07]

I use these tools:

• Ohm reader
  
  
• Stanley precision screw driver set
  
  
• stainless steel tweezers
  
  
• mini butane torch
  
  
• Scissors, wire cutter, or nail clipper to cut wire and wicks.

at first i used that same torch from harbor frieght. cant beat the price but mine was so sketchy. wouldnt turn off right away or sometimes the flame would get crazy. maybe I got a bad one because I know thats a popular torch among coil builders.

 

[Wow1420]

pointy tweezers
nail clippers
scissors
mini needle nose pliers
set of precision screwdrivers -.the 1.8mm one for wrapping coils, large phillips for KFL fill plug, small phillips for attaching coils
Fluke meter with homemade 510 connector test jig
Sears DMM for checking battery voltage
in-line volt meter w/ 510 connectors
LED flashlight for peering into small dark things
various tiny allen keys and little blue screwdrivers

28, 30, 32 ga Kanthal
3lb box of rayon
Japanese cotton pads
Various chunks of silica wick I'll never use
34ga and ribbon kanthal I'm not likely to use again

Ceramic tweezers are the only thing I can think of that I don't have and still want to get.

 

[krukentip]

Wow! I must be really low tech. All my coil building tools are pretty simple. First of all, I have an itaste VTR that is also an ohms meter. I use the extension it came with and checking coils is super easy. Very accurate too. Tools are

Pair of toenail clippers
Finishing nails
Hemostats (1 bent, 1 straight)
1" 25gauge needles
Butane torch
Kanthal wire (various sizes, 28gauge preferred)
Wick materials (1mm preferred, works for wicks and flavor wick)

The toenail clippers double for clipping the Kanthal and for trimming the wick. Like I said, low tech, but it works for me. I thread the wicks after making them because I just find it easier. I have a 3" piece of Kanthal folded in half and pull the wick through, twist the Kanthal back and forth a couple of times to cut through. I don't worry about the cut edge because it gets trimmed later. And I don't waste wick material because it gets cut during wrapping.

Of course I'm building coils for my Protank 2, so these work perfectly for me. They were things I had around my house already. You don't have to spend money on fancy kits to rebuild coils so you can save money. Be creative and find everyday items you already have. Spend your money on other e-cig stuff you want. B-)

 

[havinfun1]

Let's see if I can expand that list -

Capacitive Discharge (flash) wire welder with volt and ohm meters (home brewed)
Temperature controlled soldering station
2 precision flush cutters
Stainless angle tweezers
Stainless straight tweezers
Stainless round nose tweezers
Ceramic tweezers and replacement tips
Blunt needle set 12 gauge through 21 gauge set up to wind coils
Precision mini screwdriver set, Phillips and flat blade
Precision Torx screwdriver set, T1 through T8
Precision fine needle nose pliers
Needle nose pliers
Fractional hex key set
Metric hex key set
Round tooth picks
Dental picks
Q-Tips
Pipe cleaners
Digital multi meter, high impedance
Analog multi meter, low impedance
510/Ego ohm meter
Miniature yarn scissors for trimming cellulose (rayon) wicks
Mini butane torch
Binocular jewelers loupe
Magnifying fluorescent desk light
Syringes, 1ml to 20ml
Gram scale, used for DIY mixing
Ultrasonic cleaner, for parts cleaning and speed steeping
Kanthal, all gauges 26 through 34 gauge
Silica wick, 1mm through 3mm
500' box of Cellucotton
Single edge razor blades
P-Touch label maker
Various thread adapters
Various home brewed test adapters
And a partridge in a pear tree!

A lot of this stuff gets used for things other than vaping, but I do use all of it, at one time or another, for re-building/building and DIY liquids. It's amazing how much stuff seems to accumulate over time!

You forgot the kitchen sink, it helps to wash parts before rebuilding.

Guess I missed the ultrasonic cleaner.....My Bad