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Got my first rda and did my first build, so far so good..

Ghale81

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I was a little intimidated I won't lie, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I got my tugboat v2 in the mail today (big thanks to vapor DNA, really quick shipping) and I really like it so far. Since it's my first I don't have any others to compare it to, but it didn't hinder me at all as far as being able to build on it. I watched a ton of videos and read every review I could and every one of them talked about how tight the tolerances were, Flawless must've fixed those problems because mine isn't that bad. It is snug, but it's useable. LOVE the drawl on this thing. I'm not a big fan of super loose airflow though, so it's great for me. I've never messed with the floating pin in my ipv3 li but I had to tighten it to get the rda to sit flush, the 510 pin does stick out pretty far. Still, the last 1/4-1/2 turn is a little tight and I have the pin screwed down as far as it'll go in my mod. I don't like tightening down past where it starts having resistance like that but it's still working fine.
I started out simple, and went for a single coil build, 26g kanthal around a 2mm screwdriver, 6 wraps. I was shooting for around .6 ohms, but it's reading .73, which is fine but I'm not sure why it's that high.
I can't get to many hits before it's starts getting dry because I don't think I put quite enough cotton in. It's snug going through the coil, but I should've left it a little longer. Oh well, it's a learning experience. I do have a question about wicking though. I've seen in videos where the reviewer/instructor adds small pieces of cotton in spots in the drip well. This is probably a dumb question, but will juice that gets absorbed by cotton that's not attached to the coil get vaporized? Could I put anther piece of cotton in to get more hits? Thanks for the input on this.
Overall I'm really liking the tugboat and building coils. Next time I think I'll try out dual coils.

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CrazyChef

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Got any pics? Here's one of my first build (seriously!):
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I've gotten better, though. Here's a pic of a 4 wire, 28G twisted wire build I did about a week ago:
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Ghale81

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Not the greatest pic but is the closest my phone will allow. This isn't my first build, the only pic of that one is in the OP, but I did this one today. It's 26g 6 wraps with 2mm id. Right at .35 ohms. I'm getting better, but my flavor is all over the place and I still need practice wicking. Sometimes I'll only get 3 or 4 hits before I get a dry one but the wick is still pretty wet.

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CrazyChef

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That actually looks pretty good! Your cols are evenly spaced and nice and tight. I bet she fires up nicely!
 

Discobob

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If it vapes and its safe who cares what it looks like, one of the common most mistakes I see with new builds isn't the coils its the wicking that is overlooked;)
 

Ghale81

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If it vapes and its safe who cares what it looks like, one of the common most mistakes I see with new builds isn't the coils its the wicking that is overlooked;)
Oh yeah I went through that lol I'm still going through that really. But the wicking I have in now is doing really good, I think I've caught on to what I'm going for. But the first few times I was getting dry and burnt hits every 2 or 3 hits.

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Ghale81

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I'm pretty proud of this one but didn't want to make a new thread. 26g parallel 5 wraps .3 ohms. Man, building coils is addictive lol.

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smacksy

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I was a little intimidated I won't lie, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I got my tugboat v2 in the mail today (big thanks to vapor DNA, really quick shipping) and I really like it so far. Since it's my first I don't have any others to compare it to, but it didn't hinder me at all as far as being able to build on it. I watched a ton of videos and read every review I could and every one of them talked about how tight the tolerances were, Flawless must've fixed those problems because mine isn't that bad. It is snug, but it's useable. LOVE the drawl on this thing. I'm not a big fan of super loose airflow though, so it's great for me. I've never messed with the floating pin in my ipv3 li but I had to tighten it to get the rda to sit flush, the 510 pin does stick out pretty far. Still, the last 1/4-1/2 turn is a little tight and I have the pin screwed down as far as it'll go in my mod. I don't like tightening down past where it starts having resistance like that but it's still working fine.
I started out simple, and went for a single coil build, 26g kanthal around a 2mm screwdriver, 6 wraps. I was shooting for around .6 ohms, but it's reading .73, which is fine but I'm not sure why it's that high.
I can't get to many hits before it's starts getting dry because I don't think I put quite enough cotton in. It's snug going through the coil, but I should've left it a little longer. Oh well, it's a learning experience. I do have a question about wicking though. I've seen in videos where the reviewer/instructor adds small pieces of cotton in spots in the drip well. This is probably a dumb question, but will juice that gets absorbed by cotton that's not attached to the coil get vaporized? Could I put anther piece of cotton in to get more hits? Thanks for the input on this.
Overall I'm really liking the tugboat and building coils. Next time I think I'll try out dual coils.

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You mentioned you might try dual coils..
Just thought I would share this pic of one of my favorite builds in my Dark Horse....
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8 wraps of 24g Nichrome on a 3mm bit at .22 ohms produces awesome clouds and flavor wicking with organic cotton at around 65-70w on my IPV4...I get about 6-7 good pulls before needing re-dripped.. I don't do single coil builds anymore in my RDA's...just sayin, lol


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Ghale81

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You mentioned you might try dual coils..
Just thought I would share this pic of one of my favorite builds in my Dark Horse....
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8 wraps of 24g Nichrome on a 3mm bit at .22 ohms produces awesome clouds and flavor wicking with organic cotton at around 65-70w on my IPV4...I get about 6-7 good pulls before needing re-dripped.. I don't do single coil builds anymore in my RDA's...just sayin, lol


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I'm wanting to try some nichrome and other wires too. I've done a few duals now, this is my current setup. Dual twisted 26g at .30 ohms. It's pretty gnarly lol.
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