Wire Rope for Wick?

[anskyboy]

i'm a fool and a liar. in my excitement to get my photos up, i didn't write the proper thing.

you're absolutely right, it is the xs18, not the xc16. not sure what the xc16 is at all. not sure what I was typing...

xs116 frayed all over the place so I had to use the xs18. sorry for the confusion.. though it was 100% unintentional, phew.

 

[XfooYen]

i'm a fool and a liar. in my excitement to get my photos up, i didn't write the proper thing.

you're absolutely right, it is the xs18, not the xc16. not sure what the xc16 is at all. not sure what I was typing...

xs116 frayed all over the place so I had to use the xs18. sorry for the confusion.. though it was 100% unintentional, phew.

OK. Thanks. XC is ceramic heat treated fiber, aka Nextel. XS is silica thread. They are similar but the XC is more resilient. Vendors who sell the XC are out of stock which is why I asked.

 

[bigv69er]

OK. Thanks. XC is ceramic heat treated fiber, aka Nextel. XS is silica thread. They are similar but the XC is more resilient. Vendors who sell the XC are out of stock which is why I asked.

Idk about tryong nextel

 

[Statistic]

I fit a small piece of 1/16 nextel over a 3/32 7*7 ss rope..

After cutting my wicks I soften the edge with a dremel so the top of the ss rope is rounded. Then just worked the xc over it gently. Just enough to wrap a coil on. Once I got about 1cm on the rope I wrapped a small piece of kanthal around the xc and snipped just above the wick. Wrapped my coil, removed the first wire, vaped my head off. Best vape yet.

I was feeling adventurous and stacked 2 awimr350's both reading exactly 4.21v.. wow.. not for me, lol.

 

[Vtwin]

I have some XC116 but do not have access to a kiln. Can I just flame it with a blow torch and be safe to use on wire rope?

Thanks for the help!

Steve

 

[crss]

I have some XC116 but do not have access to a kiln. Can I just flame it with a blow torch and be safe to use on wire rope?

Thanks for the help!

Steve

Yes, that will do..

 

[shortyjacobs]

I have some XC116 but do not have access to a kiln. Can I just flame it with a blow torch and be safe to use on wire rope?

Thanks for the help!

Steve

LOTS of heat. Like with a full sized torch it takes a few minutes to do a couple inches. Burn it until it GLOWS white, and the burn it some more. Get rid of all the green flame.

 

[Vtwin]

Thanks crss and shorty! Good to know I can use it.

Steve

 

[burnie71]

So as I move forward here, it seems like the best SS Mesh wick is one made with 500 mesh wound VERY tight, as solid as possible.

It lead me to thinking, has anyone tried SS wire rope before? Stranded wire rope should work kind of like silica rope, but made of SS. With a high enough strand count, there should be decent capillary action. It also has the advantage of continuous "channels" running axially along the wick. With mesh, juice has to jump from "cell" to cell in the mesh, jumping over solid wire or between layers of mesh. With wire rope, it's free to continuously wick upwards. Also - no more rolling, just cut your piece of wick, oxidize, and insert.

I found this, which seems like a good fit for my AGA-T+:McMaster-Carr item 8908T64. It's 3/32", so would fit well into the stock wick hole. Boring the wick hole out to 1/8" would allow 8908T48 to fit, giving me 133 strands instead of the 49 strands in the 3/32" material, (more, smaller strands should equal better wicking).

Before I blow $10 to $15 on a flight of fancy....has this been done? I can find only a single reference to it on ECF, and no follow up, just someone suggesting it...

A big thank you for bringing this subject up, after reading through this thread I am now a dedicated user of Wire Rope as a wick....Fantastic..

 

[lorderos33]

I just stumbled upon this thread, great idea, gonna have to give this a go.

 

[bigv69er]

Sending out rope today

 

[lorderos33]

Just ordered dome 7x19 316L wire rope. Turns out I needed some stainless wire rope for other things anyway so it works out perfect

 

[bigv69er]

If you need 7x7 3/32 PM mee

 

[lorderos33]

Cool, thanks I wonder what the difference would between the 2 of them? I've got alot of reading to do!

 

[bigv69er]

Cool, thanks I wonder what the difference would between the 2 of them? I've got alot of reading to do!

7x7 has been the best vertical wicking that this whole thread has found


Pbusardo said for him 7x19 was better

But way more ppl say 7x7 is better

 

[lorderos33]

I'm guessing its a thick vs thin juice thing. 7x19 would probably wick PG and possibly faster than 7x7 because of the tighter spaces between the strands but that's just a guess.

 

[bigv69er]

I'm guessing its a thick vs thin juice thing. 7x19 would probably wick PG and possibly faster than 7x7 because of the tighter spaces between the strands but that's just a guess.

He tried 100% pg and 100% vg

So idk i guess for mixtures 7x7 is better

 

[Youssefa]

cant keep mine from shorting no matter how much I oxidize them.

 

[crss]

cant keep mine from shorting no matter how much I oxidize them.

I had the same outcome first 2 coils i tride on the ss wire. Read back a few pages, you will find (insulators, diappers, cotton) suggestions to help with proper coil set up. Nextel , xc & xs .. so much information.

 

[bigv69er]

cant keep mine from shorting no matter how much I oxidize them.

Youbhave to wrapp it with ss mesh or cotton or something..

It will short if you just use rope because of the shape