Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

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Quigsworth

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Got this over the weekend.
Pyrex Cheese Cloth - Bed Bath & Beyond
100% natural cotton cheesecloth. No dyes or bleach. It has a bit more 'break in' period than the bright white chesecloth I got at the grocery store, but after about a half hour its just fantastic.
$3.99 for 9 yards.

Thanks for reminding me...that's exactly what I was going to pick up...
 

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1.5 or less on 34 NiCr...that may be tough...2, maybe 3...for low res coils it's a good idea to go to a thicker wire so you can get more wraps and spread your heat out a bit...1.7 is about my tipping point...if I want to go less I switch to 30 from 32 Kanthal...if you want to build LR coils, 34 awg NiCr or Kanthal isn't very useful I'm afraid.
 

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Darn and I am all out of anything but that ... darn darn darn

You're not beaten yet...there is a way, and if you pull it off, gain vape master status to boot :D...build a helical dual coil...the principal behind it is, another way to get a 1.5 ohm total R coil is to put two 3 ohm coils in parallel...take 2 pieces of your NiCr, put them side by side and twist 1/3 of it together, put that up against your wick and grab one of the legs and make a lazy 3 ohm wrap (try and keep 2 mm between your wraps) then take the other leg and also do a 3 ohm wrap (keeping that wire in the center of the spaces of the first wrap)...where the two wires leave the wick at the other end...twist them together...meter it out, should be 1.5 ohms total resistance...fiddly as hell (but I love that kinda stuff)...
 

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You're not beaten yet...there is a way, and if you pull it off, gain vape master status to boot :D...build a helical dual coil...the principal behind it is, another way to get a 1.5 ohm total R coil is to put two 3 ohm coils in parallel...take 2 pieces of your NiCr, put them side by side and twist 1/3 of it together, put that up against your wick and grab one of the legs and make a lazy 3 ohm wrap (try and keep 2 mm between your wraps) then take the other leg and also do a 3 ohm wrap (keeping that wire in the center of the spaces of the first wrap)...where the two wires leave the wick at the other end...twist them together...meter it out, should be 1.5 ohms total resistance...fiddly as hell (but I love that kinda stuff)...

Gotcha! Very understandable as well! Check this cheese cloth I just bought at target
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Got this over the weekend.
Pyrex Cheese Cloth - Bed Bath & Beyond
100% natural cotton cheesecloth. No dyes or bleach. It has a bit more 'break in' period than the bright white chesecloth I got at the grocery store, but after about a half hour its just fantastic.
$3.99 for 9 yards.

OK, that has me confused :blink:. Pyrex is a brand of high-temp glass:

Wikipedia:
"Pyrex (trademarked as PYREX) is a brand which was introduced by Corning Incorporated in 1915 for a line of clear, low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware."

Looking at the Bed Bath & Beyond item image, I see nothing that says 'Pyrex'. It's all cotton, no type of glass in the cheesecloth. Why would they list it as "Pyrex Cheese Cloth"?!?
 

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Don't know how your winding it but, 1" of 34 gauge NiChrome will give 1.5 ohms.:>)

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/atomizer-mods/320042-resistance-wire-kanthal-nichrome.html


Resistance in Ohms/inch for the Resistance Wires

Kanthal Grade----- A-1 ------ A -------- D ----- Nichrome 60 -------- Nichrome 80

30 awg (Ω/in)----- 0.7 ------ 0.7 ------ 0.7 -------- 0.6 -------- -------- 0.5
31 awg (Ω/in)----- 0.9 ------ 0.9 ------ 0.8
32 awg (Ω/in)----- 1.2 ------ 1.1 ------ 1.1 -------- 0.9 -------- -------- 0.9
33 awg (Ω/in)----- 1.4 ------ 1.4 ------ 1.3
34 awg (Ω/in)----- 1.8 ------ 1.8 ------ 1.7 -------- 1.4 -------- -------- 1.4
35 awg (Ω/in)----- 2.3 ------ 2.2 ------ 2.1
36 awg (Ω/in)----- 2.9 ------ 2.8 ------ 2.7 -------- 2.3 -------- -------- 2.1
 

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OK, that has me confused :blink:. Pyrex is a brand of high-temp glass:

Wikipedia:
"Pyrex (trademarked as PYREX) is a brand which was introduced by Corning Incorporated in 1915 for a line of clear, low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware."

Looking at the Bed Bath & Beyond item image, I see nothing that says 'Pyrex'. It's all cotton, no type of glass in the cheesecloth. Why would they list it as "Pyrex Cheese Cloth"?!?

Thought the exact sane thing TC...great minds :p
 

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Got this over the weekend.
Pyrex Cheese Cloth - Bed Bath & Beyond
100% natural cotton cheesecloth. No dyes or bleach. It has a bit more 'break in' period than the bright white chesecloth I got at the grocery store, but after about a half hour its just fantastic.
$3.99 for 9 yards.

ok, went to bb&b and got my cheesecloth. now what? do i just cut a piece and roll it up to about 2mm, the size of a cotton braided wick or what. i make pretty good rebuilds with 1/0 braided wick and 32 kanthal wire already. wanted to see if cheesecloth was better. (ya know, one of those guys always trying to get a little extra until i break it,lol..........vince
 
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