Wanted to share my TFV8 build, great flavor at last

[velocicracker]

Hi guys. So I got the smok TFV8 tank Thursday. I wasn't getting any flavor out of it or much vapor production for a couple of days after several builds. I'm not comfortable with super low ohms/high wattage, for instance what's required with the pre-installed clapton coils, so I improvised. I only have two kinds of round kanthal to work with, 26g and 32g. The 26g wasn't working for me, so I:

1. Cut 4 strands of 32g kanthal
2. Tied them to the handle of a coffee mug
3. Grabbed the other end of the wires with some pliers
4. Hung the coffee mug in the air and spun it around until the wires were very tightly twisted and the whole thing was perfectly straight
5. Heated it up with a lighter (I don't have a torch) to take out the springy-ness
6. Wrapped it around a 3mm rod 8 times and did all the usual fine-tuning once it was in the deck
7. Repeated that for the second coil, obviously
8. Installed the usual/proper amount of cotton (bacon)
9. This works out to ~ .65-.70ohm (my AL85 doesn't like to read the resistance the same way twice)
10. Running at 37w / 5.16v / 7.5 amps on my Smok AL85 with LG HG2 and HE2 batteries, with the airflow on the tank about 2/3 open.

And BLAM! Plenty of vapor. Plenty of flavor, on par with the Gemini I was using previously. No dry or burnt hits even after huffing and puffing repeatedly. PCB temperature doesn't get as high as I was getting with previous builds. Overall, it's great now. Spits at me just a tiny bit if it's been sitting for a while but only for the first puff.

So if you were having any problems with the TFV8 RBA, I hope this helps!

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

I don't think I could handle your method but the build sounds great...mmmm not sure how you 'hung' the coffee mug in the air....lol

 

[velocicracker]

I don't think I could handle your method but the build sounds great...mmmm not sure how you 'hung' the coffee mug in the air....lol

I tied one end of the wires to the coffee mug, grabbed the other end of the wires with my pliers, and held my pliers-holding-hand up in the air in front of me so that the coffee mug was hanging/dangling from the wires, and spun the mug around with my free hand.

 

[Don29palms]

I just use a drill personally

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

I tied one end of the wires to the coffee mug, grabbed the other end of the wires with my pliers, and held my pliers-holding-hand up in the air in front of me so that the coffee mug was hanging/dangling from the wires, and spun the mug around with my free hand.

Thank you, but I got that part. It was actually the heating of the coil as I envisioned still holding pliers in one hand, coffee cup in the other and wondering where my extra hand needed was. Please know, I am just in a silly mood and the picture of this caught my eye. I am not trying to pick on you, I hope that you can see the humor in it.
But like I said the build sounds great. I will just have to adjust the method.....

 

[velocicracker]

Thank you, but I got that part. It was actually the heating of the coil as I envisioned still holding pliers in one hand, coffee cup in the other and wondering where my extra hand needed was. Please know, I am just in a silly mood and the picture of this caught my eye. I am not trying to pick on you, I hope that you can see the humor in it.
But like I said the build sounds great. I will just have to adjust the method.....

Haha I get it now. Sorry, I guess I skipped the steps where I unclamped the pliers, cut off both ends of the wire so they were clean and tight all the way to each end, grabbed the wire with the pliers again, and heated it up.

As far as the drill, it was about 2am when I came up with this, and the coffee mug was the nearest tool at my disposal. Plus the two drills I have don't have much of a "slow" setting, the triggers are really sensitive and ramp up the speed pretty quick, and I didn't want to play with what would essentially be a weed-whacker at 2am. The coffee mug method made the twists in the wire all even and uniform, though.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Haha I get it now. Sorry, I guess I skipped the steps where I unclamped the pliers, cut off both ends of the wire so they were clean and tight all the way to each end, grabbed the wire with the pliers again, and heated it up.

As far as the drill, it was about 2am when I came up with this, and the coffee mug was the nearest tool at my disposal. Plus the two drills I have don't have much of a "slow" setting, the triggers are really sensitive and ramp up the speed pretty quick, and I didn't want to play with what would essentially be a weed-whacker at 2am. The coffee mug method made the twists in the wire all even and uniform, though.

Sounds like a winner to me.
Thanks for the response.....makes sense now...