What Tool Is This? (And other questions)

[vuJim]

Hi There,

Thinking of getting a Kanger Subox Mini, part of the attraction of which would be to save a buck or two using the included RBA. So...

In his review, here:

Busardo rebuilds one of these, starting at about 48:40. (Sorry about re-posting a link to that video, again, but it's the only way I have to reference it.)

Questions:

• What kind/brand of coil-wrapping jig/tool is that, he's using? Looks handy.
  
• Got any idea of what kind of coil wire he's using?
• What kind of cotton? (I assume it's cotton)
• Can you achieve different resistance with different wire? Can you do only sub-ohm, winding your own, or can you create, say, 1.5 ohm?

Thanks in advance!

Jim

 

[Neunerball]

He is answering all the questions 1-3 in the video.
To 4, Yes, different gauges of wire produce different resistance. You can build 1.2 Ohm coils by utilizing 30g-32g Kanthal A1 wire. Use http://www.steam-engine.org/coil.asp? as a guideline.

 

[BigNasty]

Oh that is a coilmaster coiler, you can with 28 and up you can coil 1.5 ohm coils and up.

 

[vuJim]

He is answering all the questions 1-3 in the video.
To 4,

Bah! So he does. I suppose I could have re-watched that segment before pestering y'all

Yes, different gauges of wire produce different resistance. You can build 1.2 Ohm coils by utilizing 30g-32g Kanthal A1 wire. Use http://www.steam-engine.org/coil.asp? as a guideline.

Oh that is a coilmaster coiler, you can with 28 and up you can coil 1.5 ohm coils and up.

Very good. Thanks for the follow-ups, guys!

Jim

 

[BigNasty]

NP check out one of the sites like http://store.rbasupplies.com/ among others.

 

[LuTang]

yah, i've got the coil master v1 kit in august and love it. i use the heck out of it for all of my building. comes with that tool for 1.0 - 3.0 inner diameter coils plus pretty much everything else you need. highly recommend.

https://www.elementvape.com/coil-master-diy-kit-most-completely-rebuilding-kit?enter=true

 

[skeene]

I'm fond of the little blue screwdriver myself

 

[Bean8379]

I started wrapping on a 2.4mm Phillips, switched to a 2.4mm drillbit, my first few coils were not wrapped all the great but I'm getting much better. I started with higher builds, but within 3 weeks I am now sub-ohming happily. I've got a 0.84 ohm single coil in my dripping atty and dual 0.69 coil in my orchid tank, both provide very satisfying vapes. My point is, you can use a coil jig if you want to, nothing wrong with it but I never even touched a jig, been wrapping my own from the start and it does get easier and you will get better with practice. Also nothing wrong with starting with higher builds, I did and it was fine for a couple weeks but you may want to eventually switch to lower ohms, so if you're going to buy 30/32 gauge, my advice would be to also order some 26g or 24 in case you want to go lower eventually. With wire gauge, the higher the number the thinner and the lower the number the thicker, so 26g is a bit thicker than 30/32g and with resistance wire (kanthal), the thicker the wire the less resistance per foot. So it may be easier to use slightly thicker wire for sub-ohm builds.

 

[awoodby]

Not my favorite tank (the subtank) for flavor and wicking/ability to take watts, but it does have one standout feature: It's SUPER easy to re-wick the stock coils. Search on youtube or google for it.

In short, you take pliers and hold the lower part of the atomizer/coil, then put one jaw of a needlenose inside the top and tilt to pop it off. use needlenose to pull out old wick, dry burn the coil a few times to clean, thread cotton back through and you have an almost-new atomizer.

 

[awoodby]

Just saw someone posted a pictorial of doing a subtank rebuild.
http://www.vapingunderground.com/threads/rebuilding-a-kanger-subtank-coil.81485/