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My first build
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That's a good first build. Share you impressions of your first experience with building a coil and what the vape is like. Advice can be offered once we know what you are looking for in the vape
I had a bit of difficulty in screwing the coil to the posts but I think it's normal the wicking was the toughest part I think. Resistance shows 1.19 which is a bit too high I feel. It vapes well very um dense I think is the way I'd describe it the vape feels heavy on my chest but for a first build I'm happy
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Haha that would work as a coil
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Is that 6 wraps 28guage wire 2.4mm ID?
With the wicking what will help is if your roll the cotton nice and tight and then once inside the coil you can unwind it to fit snug again.
Those screw. Posts are a pain to tighten once the wire is in there. Be sure to wrap the wore around the coil in the direction you will be turning to tighten the screw. Make sure u keep the screw driver or whatever you used to wrap the wire around in the coil while you tighten the screws. Will help you keep the coil in the right position.
I reckon 26g 2.4 ID 6-7 wraps will be a winner in that tank
Very nice first coil @Buan Stanley 
My go to coil for the Subtank is a spaced 2.5mm 26 gauge Kanthal. Try 5 or 6 wraps. If you have 28g then twist two strands together and use that instead of 26g. You will be pleasantly surprised. Also, looking at your wick, it could use a bit of thinning out on the ends. But otherwise, great job
My go to coil for the Subtank is a spaced 2.5mm 26 gauge Kanthal. Try 5 or 6 wraps. If you have 28g then twist two strands together and use that instead of 26g. You will be pleasantly surprised. Also, looking at your wick, it could use a bit of thinning out on the ends. But otherwise, great job
It's 26g 5 wraps .....how do I drop the ohms though more wraps less wraps?
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Look at me go .... Two weeks ago I was wondering how to open my twisp now I'm all in there with kanthal home made coils and juice that's busy steeping
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What is the inner diameter of the coil? I do 5 wraps of 26g over a 2.5mm drill bit and get around 0.5 ohms
Used 3 mm drill bit
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Sorry and its 28g wire
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Great first coil @Buan Stanley !
Main thing is it worked
Will only get better from here
Try several coils and wicks till you find something you really like
Main thing is it worked
Will only get better from here
Try several coils and wicks till you find something you really like
Gonna do another one now ... Gonna try only 4 wraps I know not wise
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Less wraps will give a lower ohm.
Use www.steam-engine.org . You can input ur wire Guage your Id and ohms you want to reach and it will tell you how many wraps to do.
Good job@Buan Stanley
Having wick issues though
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Quick tip. Take a length of wire and screw it into the posts of the deck and see what the resistance is. It doesn't matter what the size of the inner diameter is or the amount of wraps. The wire has x amount of resistance per y length of wire.
Wrapping the coil comes down to surface area that you want to heat up. The bigger the heating element the better the experience. But you need to keep in mind the juice still needs to easily flow into the coil.
Try that.
Wrapping the coil comes down to surface area that you want to heat up. The bigger the heating element the better the experience. But you need to keep in mind the juice still needs to easily flow into the coil.
Try that.
That's a damn great help thank you sir
So I tried this
And I got this
Also with the wicking it seems that less is more
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So I tried this
And I got this
Also with the wicking it seems that less is more
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Less is more. When you wick make sure that the coil doesn't move when you floss the wick from left to right. It should be tight but not too tight.
Also make sure that the coil glows from the inside out. Any specific reason you are building spaced coils?
It's all I know how to do
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Quite easy to get a tight coil. Start and wrap as tight as you can. Then pulse the mod a bit to get the wire to heat up. Tighten it up with some tweezers.
Lots of great build tutorials online. Great for a first build though.
Lots of great build tutorials online. Great for a first build though.
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