COILING METHOD

[oddyred]

Hi guys, im a new to vaping and havent build my first coils yet, im about to build one but i saw there are 2 options to build them.

1. Wrap the coil using a screwdriver manually.

2. Wrap the coil by using the pen-liked coiling tools, just put the wire inside and roll the pen.

Which one is better? I prefer best result.

Thanks!

 

[Huckleberried]

Coil jigs are nice for a clean wrapped coil, quick and easy. Wrapping manually is pretty easy, too, unless you're going for those fancy super coils. People use drills, too.

Good luck!

 

[vuJim]

I was going to build my own coil-wrapping jigs out of drill bits and some dowel rod I had laying about. But when I started talking about getting a drill press so I could drill nice and straight (which, btw, isn't strictly necessary for this application), my wife, seeing a $300+ drill press in our future, said "Just buy the toolkit." An LVS was having a 30% off sale, and so...

Like Huck said: You can build coils with no more than the shank of a drill bit or whatever. The coil-winding tools just make it easier. I ended-up popping for the kit because I was already getting tired of "Get the wire cutters from one toolbox. Get the scissors from such-and-such a drawer. A pair of big tweezers from this other place." Then have to put it all back. Now I have all the tools I need in one place.

 

[oddyred]

Thank you guys! I'll buy the coiling kit tomorrow

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[CgS_Drone]

Thank you guys! I'll buy the coiling kit tomorrow

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Buying one is the easiest way to go anymore with the price of them being so cheap. In the beginning I made a couple jigs for making my own.

 

[CgS_Drone]

I ended-up popping for the kit because I was already getting tired of "Get the wire cutters from one toolbox. Get the scissors from such-and-such a drawer. A pair of big tweezers from this other place." Then have to put it all back. Now I have all the tools I need in one place.

Me and my wife both have kits for making coils, we ended up going to Target and getting a couple of plastic containers and putting tools in them so they where always right there for us. Just pop the lid on it and everything is locked up nice and safe.

Not as organized as the kits but it works.

 

[Faceless Vapes]

I have always just used different mm screwdrivers. You can get packs of like 10 of them on the cheap.

 

[oddyred]

I have always just used different mm screwdrivers. You can get packs of like 10 of them on the cheap.

Its my first time and i scared i would ruin the coil hahahahaha
So i prefer a coiling pen that would be easier and neater

 

[AmandaD]

My neatest coils are made on a coilmaster - although I'm not sure they perform any better than the ones made on a drill bit!

 

[CgS_Drone]

My neatest coils are made on a coilmaster - although I'm not sure they perform any better than the ones made on a drill bit!

I think it's more a matter of the coil porn thread than anything, I have made some pretty nasty looking coils and after pulsing them and using tweezers they worked just fine. Don't get me wrong I am sure having the coils in contact all the way around the turns is important and a coil turned really nice is going to take less tweaking to get it to fire correctly but in the end any coil can be made to work.

 

[AmandaD]

I think it's more a matter of the coil porn thread than anything, I have made some pretty nasty looking coils and after pulsing them and using tweezers they worked just fine. Don't get me wrong I am sure having the coils in contact all the way around the turns is important and a coil turned really nice is going to take less tweaking to get it to fire correctly but in the end any coil can be made to work.

That's what I was saying (I think ) LOL

 

[CgS_Drone]

That's what I was saying (I think ) LOL

 

[Oggy]

AmandaD and CgS_Drone are right about them being a little easier to get going. You can get a poorly wrapped coil to have the same performance but you will spend a lot longer to get it there. I can normally do a simple single wire build in less than 5 min if I wrap the coils on a coil jig. It actually takes me long to get the tools and wire out than to get the build done.

 

[vuJim]

I've been doing electronic-y things since the days of glow bottles. Wires, coils and the like have to be arranged neatly and cleanly or it just ain't right, to me. So if I hadn't obtained a CM, I would have to have found some way to wind coils neatly and symmetrically.

 

[Discobob]

I love my coil master, when I first started tinkering my fingy tips would get pretty raw at times. The coil master has made me pretty lazy

 

[iSubOhm]

Its my first time and i scared i would ruin the coil hahahahaha
So i prefer a coiling pen that would be easier and neater

But learning to do it manually is a good idea at some point. I bought a jig and hardly ever used it. I can get coils pretty neat looking with my hands and the right tools. For twisted wire that's become stiff and rigid, I usually put one end in a vise to secure it and use a screwdriver to wrap it. First saw squidoode do that. Not sure he was the first, but makes a perfect coil imo

 

[JERUS]

Exactly what iSubOhm said, the coilmaster is great (recommend v3, longer posts are worth the extra money) for single wires, but when you get into doing some more advanced stuff you can't really use it all that well. I still use it for twisted wires to wrap around the post as it is easily held but really at that point it's not much different than a screwdriver/drill bit.

Point being, a coilmaster is nice but don't rely on it completely otherwise you won't be able to do some very worthwhile things (like twisted, easy and effective).

 

[pulsevape]

I've been interested in those tension coils.anybody do them.

 

[AmandaD]

I've been interested in those tension coils.anybody do them.

Yes, when I used to make 1.5mm coils for my Reos I did that all the time. I have the gizmo (had it previously), and you pull the wire as you turn the handle. Makes really nice tiny coils, but quite honestly I can tell no difference between the performance of those and those I make either by hand or using the coilmaster!

 

[pulsevape]

Yes, when I used to make 1.5mm coils for my Reos I did that all the time. I have the gizmo (had it previously), and you pull the wire as you turn the handle. Makes really nice tiny coils, but quite honestly I can tell no difference between the performance of those and those I make either by hand or using the coilmaster!

though I'v always been a genhead,and remain so I've always been intrigued by squonking and would like to get into it someday...when I can find an old used reo.

 

[AmandaD]

though I'v always been a genhead,and remain so I've always been intrigued by squonking and would like to get into it someday...when I can find an old used reo.

They're in the ecf classies all the time!

I've just resurrected mine once I discovered my new velocity mini came with a squonking pin in the package

 

[pulsevape]

They're in the ecf classies all the time!

I've just resurrected mine once I discovered my new velocity mini came with a squonking pin in the package

what does a used reo grand go for these days.

 

[AmandaD]

what does a used reo grand go for these days.

They're $150-180 new (you need an LP to be able to use regular atties - or you can send it in to have it made into an LP). I've seen them as low as $100 used.