Using a bearing in place of swivels

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Hi all, so I decided to try my own fused claptons using 28 and 40ga Ni 80. First attempt a bit of a disaster. The only swivels I had were the normal and a power swivel and although I had read that you must use ball bearing ones I thought how bad can it be if I take it nice and slow.
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And the result after the swivels did not play nice and I changed to a twisted coil.
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I looked around and had a few small bearings 13mm od and 4mm id, soaked it in a bit of alcohol for a minute to just free up a little and this is what I came up with.

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Cut the handle of a small paint brush drilled a 1,5mm hole in end to turn the cup hook into and another in other end to thread wire but will only use cup hook in future and you could hook your snap onto it. The bearing costs about R16 and you could get a length of 4mm dowel for a couple of rand. This really works well and spinning at high speed shows no sign of snagging, runs smooth.
The result still not perfect but no fault of the bearing as it was my second attempt. Am going to get some 26 and 36ga wire to practice with, will hopefully see better. Do you think I can use that coil or rather scrap it.
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Hi all, so I decided to try my own fused claptons using 28 and 40ga Ni 80. First attempt a bit of a disaster. The only swivels I had were the normal and a power swivel and although I had read that you must use ball bearing ones I thought how bad can it be if I take it nice and slow.
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And the result after the swivels did not play nice and I changed to a twisted coil.
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I looked around and had a few small bearings 13mm od and 4mm id, soaked it in a bit of alcohol for a minute to just free up a little and this is what I came up with.

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Cut the handle of a small paint brush drilled a 1,5mm hole in end to turn the cup hook into and another in other end to thread wire but will only use cup hook in future and you could hook your snap onto it. The bearing costs about R16 and you could get a length of 4mm dowel for a couple of rand. This really works well and spinning at high speed shows no sign of snagging, runs smooth.
The result still not perfect but no fault of the bearing as it was my second attempt. Am going to get some 26 and 36ga wire to practice with, will hopefully see better. Do you think I can use that coil or rather scrap it.
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Not bad for only a second attempt working with wire barely visible to the naked eye .

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here is my share
i use thus to keep the tension perfect. my fingers don't have to. 15210550182661616215182.jpg
that is 40ga ni80 on there
 
What sort of tension do you want on the spool, as tight as possible without breaking the wire or with a bit of freedom.
 
What sort of tension do you want on the spool, as tight as possible without breaking the wire or with a bit of freedom.
JUST A LITTLE BIT
not to much as to pull your core on top of each other not to loos as you will make a space fused then
 
Thanks @Moerse Rooikat
You don't perhaps know the diameter of your threaded bar offhand, did not bring my spool with me today. Got some 8mm.
 
Hi all,so I also got the urge to try out some wrapping.will still get to the wrapping but this is my setup thus far.
 

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That’s quite the setup, you make it yourself, ally or steel?
 
That’s quite the setup, you make it yourself, ally or steel?
@RayDeny hi,yes I made it myself with some tubing I had laying around.if it's going to be ideal I don't know.did do a clapton or 2 and seemed to work okay.if I had to make changes it would be a different type of bearing
 
Excellent. Looks better than mine. Ive given up trying to build exotic coils. I'll stick to my plain single SS coils :D
Thank you @RainstormZA .
I watched a few vids on coil building.and all I heard was how difficult it is.and then I'm hooked.just how I am.testing my abilities.with that being said it sometimes bites me in the @ss
 
My first attempt last weekend. 28x2 + 40 N80. 7wraps @0.57 ohms.
Alotta clouds and delicious flavor!
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Awesome thanks.will give that a go.when you wrapping some aliens?
 
Thank you @RainstormZA .
I watched a few vids on coil building.and all I heard was how difficult it is.and then I'm hooked.just how I am.testing my abilities.with that being said it sometimes bites me in the @ss
Ummm that was for @Bulldog lol

But yeah if you're not careful with the wire, it cuts like a mofo. Ive had bleeding fingers and thumbs a few times.
 
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