Opinions on the Deadalus

[Dimitar]

Hi,

A week ago after vaping for more than 5 years, i rediscovered it, using Clapton wire for the first time. The problem in front of me was that i am not dexterous at all, so for me building clapton wire was something impossible.

I watched some videos and found out the " Avidartisan Daedalus Pro Clapton Wire DIY Tool V2 Coil Jig Kit". A minute ago i ordered one from Fasttech, so i was wondering what are your options on this kit?

Thanks.

 

[tomczak215ii]

Fused Claptons, regular claptons, spaces Claptons, twisted wire, I’ve tried to do staggered fused claptons but can never get the final wrap with the tool.


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[Dimitar]

Thanks for the Answer. Is it as easy as it seems on the videos. I would only use it for regular claptons and fused ones.

 

[tomczak215ii]

Thanks for the Answer. Is it as easy as it seems on the videos. I would only use it for regular claptons and fused ones.

Super easy to do. The drill is a little slow at its fastest speed but gives you time to do other things while it works. Once you set it up and start the Clapton you can walk away. Best practice is to use the swivel clamp so the jig doesn’t slide off the work space or desk. But it is very very easy to make perfect Claptons each time. I build two feet at a time to store for later so I don’t have to break out the setup every time I need coils.


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[mach1ne]

there is a bit of a learning curve to get it set up, and its still possible that it will make mistakes. aside from that, it will make you fused claptons with very little effort. you can tinker with coil composition and learn some things that will allow you fine tune your vape experience to your own tastes/atomizer/power levels etc. i tried mine up to 40 gauge wrap and it worked fine. im sure with some luck it could go higher. 40 is hard to work with, and its kind of considered a milestone for builders over in 'post your builds' to use it cleanly...so i was pretty impressed the daedalus could go that low.

the kit also comes with a clamp and swivels that you can set up and try to build manually, if you get bitten by the building bug and want to try aliens or something the daedalus cant handle. as @tomczak215ii said, the drill isnt the fastest, or the quietest...but its small and uses 18650s (and has pretty great runtime on a pair of them imo). i think its a good way to start out with building.

 

[Dimitar]

I can not find videos for making simple clapton wire with the jig. All i find are videos for fussed, staple etc claptons, but nothing for the main reason for my purchase - regular clapton wire. Can you help?

Thanks.

 

[tomczak215ii]

I can not find videos for making simple clapton wire with the jig. All i find are videos for fussed, staple etc claptons, but nothing for the main reason for my purchase - regular clapton wire. Can you help?

Thanks.

I’ll see if I can find a video, but honestly it’s identical to fused Claptons except you only use one core wire. Do you have the v1 or v2 jig? Either one use the brass piece with the smaller hole if you have the v2.


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[bobnat]

I have the v1 and I've never been able to do 3 cores and keep them lined up. How do you do it?

 

[tomczak215ii]

I have the v1 and I've never been able to do 3 cores and keep them lined up. How do you do it?

For three core ones the v2 works a lot better than the v1. I have never been able to do the three cores with the v1 without them bunching up. I know if you can get the magic jigs to fit three cores it can sometimes work but I just picked up the new version to do them.


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[bobnat]

For three core ones the v2 works a lot better than the v1. I have never been able to do the three cores with the v1 without them bunching up. I know if you can get the magic jigs to fit three cores it can sometimes work but I just picked up the new version to do them.


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Ok, thanks. I had found a company that sells the brass piece the wire threads through so maybe they'll sell those jigs as well. Now I've got to find it again.

 

[bobnat]

Geez, that wasn't so hard. They don't seem to have the new guides but here's the link in case you need new guides. I've read they wear down eventually.

https://www.lightningvapes.com/products/avidartisan-daedalus-clapton-wire-tool?variant=418797912080

 

[tomczak215ii]

Geez, that wasn't so hard. They don't seem to have the new guides but here's the link in case you need new guides. I've read they wear down eventually.

https://www.lightningvapes.com/products/avidartisan-daedalus-clapton-wire-tool?variant=418797912080

Yeah the new ones are so much better abs fit upto five cores. They will also fit ribbon wire in them


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[bobnat]

Yeah the new ones are so much better abs fit upto five cores. They will also fit ribbon wire in them


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If I didn't have one, I'd buy it, but I'll be damned if I buy another. I bought pre-wound clapton wire from AVS and it floats my boat just fine. Cheers.

 

[wheelie]

Love my Avidartisan Daedalus. Paid $45.for mine back when they first came to market. Mainly I only use the drill. Straiten every wire since I got it. I bought a couple extra drill chucks for it as I wreaked the first one when I stuck the wire to far in and it got stuck around the spring. It makes claptons well but I have so many spools of prebuilt wire that I want to use up. When more time allows I will sit down and build again. I do re-build coils for the wife for her 3 - melo 2 tanks. Just not enough hours in a day to allow me to build much. All my spare time gets wasted shooting pellet guns in my house.

 

[Zohmbiebuilds]

I can not find videos for making simple clapton wire with the jig. All i find are videos for fussed, staple etc claptons, but nothing for the main reason for my purchase - regular clapton wire. Can you help?

Thanks.

I could go out on a limb I've never used one I personally dont even use swivels, but it appears you should straighten your wire out first, attach to drill Chuck, put the wire through the jigs hole, and you're wrapping wire up top. Feed it through and connect your wrap wire to the leg you have to create when your bended and inserted core wire into the Chuck.

I always leave core wire bends decently long, and I imagine the machine needs a little space to sort of catch.

Fused and regular Claptons are pretty similar. Watch a video of the fused Claptons, and just follow that down to where it differs.

I'd honestly never use a jig to make Claptons because it's so easy to do it without.

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[Zohmbiebuilds]

Oops didn't read that you already got one.

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[Dimitar]

Vape mail tomorrow, i will report asap (if i dont get my new car tomorrow as well, if i get it it will wait for a while)

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[Weedhunter]

The daedalus is great for Clapton, Fused Clapton and spaced Clapton. You have to do nothing, if the start is done and the underground is smooth. I make my clptons with a lenght about 70cm with no hands on it.
Staggered Fused are not as easy. I only use the Daedalus drill and the Spinner of the back. I put a spring in, that there is always tension on the wire. Then slowly spool up the wire. Short wire is easier.

 

[OneBadWolf]

An old thread, but I just got the v2 kit to add to my V1. I appreciate that they sell the parts separately. I made my own unit previously to buying a Daedalus, The Claptonator,
but the Daedalus works better. Even more so unsupervised.

I once produced 8 feet in a single length, only adjusting the speed as the batts wore down, and having added an extra spring to the reel, it wrapped it tight.

I've recently begun experimenting with carbon fibre coils. I've attached a different , smaller and more precise chuck to the Daedalus. We'll see how it goes

 

[RinVespers]

New here Saw this thread and wanted to share my experience... daedalus pro = . I realize that is more than likely 100% user error, but let me share something else I've literally been vaping about 3 months (just kicked a 15+ year heavy smoking habit) and love to learn new things, so I thought "Hell, why not make your own coils?" cause who wouldn't?

Enter "Franken-Jig"!!! Basically built a homemade clapton jig from a quarter of a gatorade bottle, some repurposed piece of toy that belonged to my son, and a lot of head scratching. Thing actually made great wraps though. I made single/2x/3x/4x core claptons and staple coils on it primarily, and having had such success being the neophyte, know-nothing i was thought "Damn! Imagine what I could do with the Daedalus Pro!".... Literally nothing!

Enter "Bride of Franken-Jig" (aka Fraken-Jig gen2). Again turned to what basically amounts to repurposed trash to build another homemade jig. This time I used a scrap plastic of an old Jack Daniel's holiday package, a straw, some washers, and again an incredible amount of head scratching and planning.... Just finished wrapping my first ever length of framed staple wire (2x - 26g nichrome, 8x - .4mm nichrome ribbon, 38g nichrome) and it could not have gone better.

Sorry that got so freakin long, and yes I realize it's probably a good deal more tooting my own horn than reviewing the Daedalus Pro but ‍. In my experience, the Daedalus Pro is very handily beaten down by pieces of trash cobbled together to make my own homemade jig.

attaching pics of the beast, the framed staple (pre-coiling), and another set of coils made recently with the same jig.

 

[OneBadWolf]

Looks good. It's been said, that necessity is the mother of invention. I say necessity is just a mother. Nothing like the pride that comes from you own successful design though. Nice looking coils too.