What do you use to wrap your coils?
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I use a straight needle probe, the little blue rba screwdriver, and 2 different 2mm threaded rods for 1mm ID, 1.5mm ID, and 2mm ID's approx/respectively for small coil builds. The two different rods, one with a coarser thread for 28g and heavier.
Wrap, align legs and pull tension with a basic set of pliers.
I get consistent builds for both drippers and replaceable clearo heads.
I'd get a coiling gizmo, but after doing it enough times you find that you become pretty efficient doing it by hand.
Cheers.
Wrap, align legs and pull tension with a basic set of pliers.
I get consistent builds for both drippers and replaceable clearo heads.
I'd get a coiling gizmo, but after doing it enough times you find that you become pretty efficient doing it by hand.
Cheers.
The mini phillips screwdriver is a good tool for winding coils. The main reason I use the Gizmo is that it clamps to a table top and allows me to wind a coil and let go. That frees me up to examine it for conformity and shape. I can use both hands to squeeze the coils together and align the tails the way I want them (both pointing the same direction or 180 degrees apart). I can pull the rod out and sit it on top of the Kayfun deck with the coil on it and hold it in position while I screw the legs down to the deck posts.
You can do all that with a mini screwdriver or a drill bit. The long Gizmo rod gives you more length to make tiny adjustments to the coil position with small and controlled amounts of force. As with a screwdriver bit, I can use the rod later to adjust the coil while dry burning and re-wicking. For $7.32 it's a cheap tool for free handed work. It also frees up my small phillips to tighten the screws on the Kayfun while it's holding my coil in position.
You can do all that with a mini screwdriver or a drill bit. The long Gizmo rod gives you more length to make tiny adjustments to the coil position with small and controlled amounts of force. As with a screwdriver bit, I can use the rod later to adjust the coil while dry burning and re-wicking. For $7.32 it's a cheap tool for free handed work. It also frees up my small phillips to tighten the screws on the Kayfun while it's holding my coil in position.
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I was at walmart today getting rare earth magnets and I seen metal bead wire and jewlery wire. It looks just like kanthal and is cheap. Is it the same as kanthal? Can it be used to make a coil. And I use the tiny screw drivers my attys usually come with lol to make a coil
NO! The wire for coils is a special resistance wire. Hobby type wire, jewelry wire, is too conductive and will cause a regulated source to shut down (hopefully) or a mech battery to flame on.
Yes, please don't try to make a coil out of that wire. Odds are it is either nickel or stainless steel, and has a pretty low resistance - lower than would be useful in coil making.
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