Where in the world do you find one of those pincher tools?

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Sorry, but couldn't resist any longer...

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Yeah, so feel free to examine the finger with your pincher thing..
 

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Thrasher,
As you live down in Fla, you could slide over to the surf and catch him one of those big crabs. He would then have two of them strong "pincher" tools to use. It is always good to have a spare.

Personally I find crayfish to be more ergonomic

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First off thank you thrasher and thank you morpheus, i plan on trying with the needle out, last time i tried to get the needle in it didnt work out too well, didnt stab myself just unraveled the silica... idk... like i said my wife seems to prefer the silica (even though she refuses to try the cotton) so i gotta try it eventually...

Clearly you're working for Big Cotton.

:)

It's personal preference. Even thoroughly cleaned cotton has an unusual flavor to me. Silica tastes like nothing. Everybody's mileage varies.



I stick a sewing pin through the silica to stiffen it and increase the diameter. Once you wrap and pull the pin, the wires loosen a little bit to leave some room for liquid expansion.

T3s are neither particularly large nor particularly small as these things go, so I can get a 6/5 wrap of 32 gauge Kanthal A1 in there for around 2.2 ohms or so. Occasionally I miscount and end up with a 5/4 and 1.8 ohms. As measured on my meter, or another thing the OP should purchase for $10 from Harbor Freight or something. :)

well you are obviously working for harbor frieght... or a similar ohm meter selling company... then again, you are suggesting this to GN so i would say you are working for... harbor freight's competition... :lol: couldnt help myself...

but alas, i have the 30 gauge, i really should have listened and gotten the 32... but the only person i can blame on that one is myself... oh well, you live and you learn right? funny thing... though is the 30 should be perfect for my aga t2s when they show up... since im going to be shooting for approx 1.5 ohms...

mechs scare me... not because mechs are bad... but the operator error option scares me... (not on too low of ohms/too much amp draw) because i may end up distracted, not paying attention, etc etc and keep using a battery that shouldnt be used any more... at least on my regulated it wont fire below a certain volts... which is imho the best safety feature regulated offer... this one minor feature is what stands between me and desiring a reo like none other... naturally i would want it to be 18650 and regulated... though i would really really love a vw reo... but already asked the creator... he said he didnt want to make it more complicated...

makes me a sad panda...
 
First off thank you thrasher and thank you morpheus, i plan on trying with the needle out, last time i tried to get the needle in it didnt work out too well, didnt stab myself just unraveled the silica... idk... like i said my wife seems to prefer the silica (even though she refuses to try the cotton) so i gotta try it eventually...

I did that myself. I found if I held the end between two fingers, lightly, and pushed the pin in between my fingers I not only held the silica together but my fingers guide it in down the center (without sticking me, either).

Then again, I work for Big Pin, so I'm a fan.

well you are obviously working for harbor frieght... or a similar ohm meter selling company... then again, you are suggesting this to GN so i would say you are working for... harbor freight's competition... :lol: couldnt help myself...

but alas, i have the 30 gauge, i really should have listened and gotten the 32... but the only person i can blame on that one is myself... oh well, you live and you learn right? funny thing... though is the 30 should be perfect for my aga t2s when they show up... since im going to be shooting for approx 1.5 ohms...

Fortunately, 100 feet of 32 gauge Kanthal A1 is about $4.50 on eBay. In addition to Big Pin, I moonlight at Big Kanthal.
 
what are you guys talking about! just hold the silica with the pin it doesnt need to go inside anything lol

Well, that would just be too easy. :) I do it so I'm not trying to balance two things while wrapping one around them--which doesn't work wonders on the first wrap of the wire.
 
well we can get you a pincher tool to help you out then

Where in the world do you find one of those pincher tools? :)

I've tried my needle nose, a tweezers, the grip on my Helping Hands...they're just not as stable as my fingers on a pin-driven wick.

Keep in mind my vision is awful and I'm a klutz. What works for me is probably overkill for the not-differently-abled!
 

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what are you guys talking about! just hold the silica with the pin it doesnt need to go inside anything lol

i think these threads are affecting everyone LOL

when i initially was learning (watching youtube videos) everyone suggested putting a pin in the silica, it never occurred to me to put the pin behind the silica... remember when thinking of doing things, more often than not the simplest way of doing something is more often over looked.

trust me when i saw it :facepalm: why didnt i think of that... its so simple its brilliant...

though a part of me wants to try cheesecloth... supposedly a great cotton style wick... very very interested... but slightly hesitant as everything i have seen would require buying fairly massive amounts, and its supposedly been used as a wick for a while, but no one ever talks about it...

:blink: this wasn't supposed to be something people were keeping secret was it? :?: did i just let the cat out of the bag? :confused:

:lol: i kid about the whole keep it hush hush of course, but has anyone tried cheesecloth? is there a reason it isnt popular?
 

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though a part of me wants to try cheesecloth... supposedly a great cotton style wick... very very interested... but slightly hesitant as everything i have seen would require buying fairly massive amounts, and its supposedly been used as a wick for a while, but no one ever talks about it...

:blink: this wasn't supposed to be something people were keeping secret was it? :?: did i just let the cat out of the bag? :confused:

:lol: i kid about the whole keep it hush hush of course, but has anyone tried cheesecloth? is there a reason it isnt popular?

LOL, I wouldn't worry about it ;).

I never thought of trying cheesecloth and I have some in my painting tool box. Might give that a try just for ....s and giggles sometime. I have though used first aid gauze a while back and liked it in a IGO-L micro coil at about 0.8 ohms. The slight peroxide flavor went away pretty quick and didn't really bother me anyway. At that time I found it lasted longer than cotton from balls. I tried it again recently in a Trident with two 1 ohm coils and didn't like it. It didn't last as long as rolled cotton this time. I think I probably got better at making rolled cotton wicks, getting the amount right and not twisting it as much as I used to.

So many variables ...
 

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I have cheesecloth but I rarely use it. You need a pincher tool before you can braid it into a wick. :facepalm:

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sorry was going to reply earlier but had an issue to deal with... the method i saw used for cheesecloth was that you simply roll it...

yeah first aid gauze does not seem nice to me, that and knowing my luck id accidentally grab the israli bandage, and use that gauze which would be bad, very very bad...

idk about the cheesecloth, its something i am kinda interested in, but not entirely sure... the biggest reason i am intrigued by it, was pointed out in the video i saw... cotton can be hit or miss... too much, too little, too tight, too loose... any number of minor variables... the cheesecloth is measurable...

idk ryedan if you try it let me know what you think of it, and how it compares...
 
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