Rob's Ramblings

@Rob Fisher , i just watched 20 and 21
Super fun
I like the shortened intro and outro. Well done @zadiac. That intro is so sharp!

Lol, you made me laugh Rob!
Your videos are so cool. I like it how every time you get an email, your eyes quickly glance at the screen. Ha ha

PS- what are the new 510 connectors like? Have you fitted any atties on them yet?
 
Rob Fisher said:
RR #21 is a short video on me playing with readyXwick

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Good try on the ceramic wick, Skipper.

The real taste will only come through after the first or so dry burn (with the wick intact). My regime every 3 or so days:
  1. Put the flame to the wick just until the juice alights. Let the juice burn out.
  2. Pulse dry burn whilst blowing any gunk off.
  3. Any black parts on the wick you can make snow white again by running the flame over it lightly.
Ugly coiling can be difficult as the ceramic wick tends to be brittle in its dry state. Easiest for ugly coils is probably ribbon wire.

For micro coils I use a 1.6 mm mandral for the 2 mm wick and a 2.6/2.7 mm one for the 3 mm wick. Cut the insertion side of the wick to an angle. Screw it into the coil in the same direction as the wraps seen from the side you want to insert from. Cut the angled part off and cut to your preferred length.
 
Thanks @Andre I'll have another go at it today... I really need to make a better coil... maybe I'll try the flat kanthal this time!
 
Roger that. Have given it a dry burn. Will see how it goes today. But the coil is so so so ugly it is killing me. ;-)


Sent from Avril the REO filled with VM Tropical Ice!
 
Rob Fisher said:
Roger that. Have given it a dry burn. Will see how it goes today. But the coil is so so so ugly it is killing me. ;-)
Sent from Avril the REO filled with VM Tropical Ice!
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Lol, we need a get together so we can practice coiling for ceramic wicks. Problem with ceramic wicks is they last so long one does not get a chance to do coils. It makes you lazy.
Of course, if you have given ceramic wicks a fair shake and still prefer rayon, I promise I won't be offended;). You will not be the first nor the last.
On that coil jig - I think you need to remove the screw adjacent to the number "2". For thick wire (20 to 24) you need to remove the other screw.
 
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No argument there. You need to come up for VapeCon or I need to do a CT vape meet again.

Ahhhhh. Will try that coil jig thingy once more before I moer them into the Gorge. ;-)


Sent from Avril the REO filled with VM Tropical Ice!
 
Andre said:
Lol, we need a get together so we can practice coiling for ceramic wicks. Problem with ceramic wicks is they last so long one does not get a chance to do coils. It makes you lazy.
Of course, if you have given ceramic wicks a fair shake and still prefer rayon, I promise I won't be offended;). You will not be the first nor the last.
On that coil jig - I think you need to remove the screw adjacent to the number "2". For thick wire (20 to 24) you need to remove the other screw.
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Having tried stuff like KGD and Native wicks, do you still prefer the taste from the cermamic wick? I know they are pricy but if it's the most superior wick I wouldn't mind getting in on a group buy :D But I'm sure it's a mission to import here, everything would need to be 'customs friendly' :p
 
VandaL said:
Having tried stuff like KGD and Native wicks, do you still prefer the taste from the cermamic wick? I know they are pricy but if it's the most superior wick I wouldn't mind getting in on a group buy :D But I'm sure it's a mission to import here, everything would need to be 'customs friendly' :p
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Absolutely....and one wick lasts for months on end. Not really for wicking tanks, but the best on drippers.
The problem is not on our side. For some or other reason it is marked as a strategic product in the USA and may not be exported. I got lucky with International Checkout, but now the costs have become too exorbitant. Best would be if a contact in the USA can buy and ship to you as gift for wicking for candles or for use in model train locomotives.
 
Andre said:
Absolutely....and one wick lasts for months on end. Not really for wicking tanks, but the best on drippers.
The problem is not on our side. For some or other reason it is marked as a strategic product in the USA and may not be exported. I got lucky with International Checkout, but now the costs have become too exorbitant. Best would be if a contact in the USA can buy and ship to you as gift for wicking for candles or for use in model train locomotives.
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Do you think sending to a forwarding company and telling them it's something else of equal value would work ? Just declare it as normal cotton? Or with rbasupplies not ship to a forwarding company? Or they will then soon after we have the CIA launching drones to spy on us wicking and blowing clouds :)
 
VandaL said:
Do you think sending to a forwarding company and telling them it's something else of equal value would work ? Just declare it as normal cotton? Or with rbasupplies not ship to a forwarding company? Or they will then soon after we have the CIA launching drones to spy on us wicking and blowing clouds :)
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Rbasupplies will not ship to a forwarding company. Highdesertvapes uses International Checkout, but the latter's fees are mental.
 
Yusuf Cape Vaper said:
@kimbo, are you meant to trap the wire under the screw?
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The space between the screw and the shaft is just big enough for a single strand to go trough. you dont have to trap it. just make sure the screw is in the right possession for the gauge wire and feed the wire through the hole and turn
 
kimbo said:
The space between the screw and the shaft is just big enough for a single strand to go trough. you dont have to trap it. just make sure the screw is in the right possession for the gauge wire and feed the wire through the hole and turn
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Figured it out....wow! Quite impressive. I disliked the coiler at first coz I thought I was better and faster. Saw my ass for thinking that once I figured it out! Perfect coils every time! You have to give 'em a go Rob!
 
Yusuf Cape Vaper said:
Figured it out....wow! Quite impressive. I disliked the coiler at first coz I thought I was better and faster. Saw my ass for thinking that once I figured it out! Perfect coils every time! You have to give 'em a go Rob!
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How good is it with 24/22G wire has anyone tried? mine was not working great and it kept adding wire on top of itself?
 
Paulie said:
How good is it with 24/22G wire has anyone tried? mine was not working great and it kept adding wire on top of itself?
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I don't use anything thinner that 24g bro. Did a 24g parallel. Flawless. 22g on the 3mm. Flawless. Here's the 24g parallel
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The key to using anything similar to this device is this: DO NOT apply any force between the two halves when turning. Doing so will result in the wire repeatedly wrapping over itself.




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Alex said:
The key to using anything similar to this device is this: DO NOT apply any force between the two halves when turning. Doing so will result in the wire repeatedly wrapping over itself.




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@Alex if you move the screw in the close to the shaft possession there is just enough space for one strand of wire (28 and 26guage) to go through, so there is no space for the wire to bunch up, it must go to the next open space which is next to the other wire
 
@Rob Fisher can I ask a favour? Would you mind adding links to all the videos in the first post ... I normally don't have time to watch them when you release them, and going through all the pages to get to the goodies takes forever.

Thanks Ne!
 
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