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If you're a fan of a warm vape that can chuck clouds and handle power give those tomahawks a go!
They are the same thing but a understretched Alien
I would shoot for a normal alien as it can be difficult to make the mohawks align correctly. Ive had an easier time with normal Aliens,,,,try a Dual Core Alien...that should get your confidence up as it tends to be easier as the cores cant twist and bunch up if not laid tight enough. If using 26g cores for the Alien then clapton a 28g length for a dual core.
They are the same thing but a understretched Alien
Thanks for tip Raymo. Probably try that first and save the tomahawk for later. I'm like a kid with training wheels on their bike at this point.
@Joshhm9x those are some good looking coils.
Haha. When I showed my wife the fused claptons I made, I was thoroughly disappointed by her lack of enthusiasm.Thanks man! Glad some people like my work.
My girl always gets mad I give her my first practice pair for her RDA then save the good ones for myself.
I had a member recommend me post some of my builds here, but I feel I'm failing when I look at a portion of the builds here.
Anyways this is what I'm rocking at the moment.
Just some 26 gauge Nichrome 80/34 gauge Nichrome 80
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Nice! I haven't gotten into aliens and mohawks yet.
Mohawks are really just a variation of aliens I prefer more, I find them easier to make. But thank you!
another set of staples. 6 x .4mm core, but this time with 40g wrap. dual five wraps on 3mm comes to .13 ohms. thats the smallest wrap i have used yet. it was a lot easier than i thought. there was only one bad mistake, the rest ranges from good to perfect. pretty happy. also learned that simply holding a magnifying glass up to my phone camera lens makes the close ups a lot better...
From what I saw, not sure if it works, but apparently the lenses of laser pointers works great as a little "life hack" option for making a macro lense, just thought I'd pass it on if you had a spare laser pointer.
Haha I'm glad I could help you out when I saw them I was so happy and when they actually worked it was even better. Right now they're selling 25 of them for 15.95$
How long does one spool tamer last?
Yea I have another set of 7 coming and the should take care of all my high gauges for now, thanks for recommending them...its pretty impressive with how well they work.. I dont think I could have pulled off the last few builds I did without them, or as decent looking anyways!
Until you stop using it
They're made with pretty heavy duty elastic I haven't had to replace one yet and I've had them since about Christmas
Well I'm glad because you do amazing work anyways when I see something that I think other people would like or benefit from I share it some people are weird and don't tell people like it's their own little Secret to whatever. If I have coupon codes I share them or if I see a great price but to each their ownYea I have another set of 7 coming and the should take care of all my high gauges for now, thanks for recommending them...its pretty impressive with how well they work.. I dont think I could have pulled off the last few builds I did without them, or as decent looking anyways!
Until you stop using it
Yea I have another set of 7 coming and the should take care of all my high gauges for now, thanks for recommending them...its pretty impressive with how well they work.. I dont think I could have pulled off the last few builds I did without them, or as decent looking anyways!
Until you stop using it
Do do you need a different tamer for each spool of wire you use?
I do for the higher gauges they're really so it doesn't unravel on you at all. And I have a lot of the higher gauges and for about 50 cents each they're way cheaper than loosing a bunch of wire lol
My staples are coming out round like that too. How do you guys give them that cool flat look. I was using 5 strands of .5 ribbon, do you need more? I was going to try hammering them but don't have a nice small, flat headed hammer.
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5 strands of 0.5x0.1 ribbon will end up being a 0.5x0.5 block, with rounded edges from the binding wire. Try 6 pieces of 0.4x0.1 - you'll be pleasantly surprised with the results.
Will do, thanks
Ive got a few UD spool tamers coming today. Not sure how they differ from the brand you guys are talking about, but hopefully they work all the same in regards to using them to wrap wire. Well see. Either way though, they are much more expensive. I bought 5 for around $12-$14 I think, far off from $16 for 25 (Ima need that link btw lol)
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So I was at Dollar Tree it's just a dollar store but I think they have them all around and I picked up a bunch of these to keep my coils together that have the same ohms just thought I'd share because they're great for than and all my extra screws are in one then grub nuts in another one and o-rings in a third
The possibilities are endless I tell you lmao
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So I was at Dollar Tree it's just a dollar store but I think they have them all around and I picked up a bunch of these to keep my coils together that have the same ohms just thought I'd share because they're great for than and all my extra screws are in one then grub nuts in another one and o-rings in a third
The possibilities are endless I tell you lmao
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I have something similar I used to keep my RC parts in....they are all black with a semi transparent smoked lid....they are great to have!
I actually have a couple like that from work, one is a wicking station and the others are just for random shit that'll fit in them. They're very handy
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First Fused Clapton build. 26/32 KA1 2.5mm
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So tasty in my aromamizer supreme mmm mmm mmmm
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these are 6x .4mm like chef suggested. they are not round when you are closely inspecting them, but the difference between width and height is only .2mm so it doesnt really come across in my pictures. i didnt consider hammering them. feels like hammering 40g wraps would just destroy them. do people normally hammer staples?
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Bro the flavor is amazing. It seems to be just a little better than my griffin22 and billowV3. Got one for 37 bucks shipped from vape royalty.
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Nope. No reason to, IMHO. Here's a pic from a set of 6x.4/38 that I just made. Still a little rounded, but very vapable.
I still can't get ribbon to stack
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It is quite the bitch. Eliquid or saliva works to hold them together, but even then its a 50/50 shot theyll stay together for me (better than the 90% failure Id get otherwise lol)
Try using straight vg on them and run your fingers up it a number of times, then use some 40g and do large spaced wraps all the way up the length....dont do it too tight-then you can slide it up while your framing and wrapping it all up
It's getting them stacked before I wrap them up in small gauge wire... That's the issue.
I had moderate success once with tips from someone here who made a video (forgot the user, I'm sorry!!!)
It's just such a pita. I've taken to using a swivel hook in a vice and throwing the 3 strands in, pinching at the middle, and trying to wrap from there.
The real issue I've noticed, and maybe it's me being wayy to analytical about wire...
But to me I run into issues when attempting this method because my wire doesn't stack well at the swivel where it's pinched, they aren't laying side by side by side, they are all over the place ...
It's hard to describe, but I'm going to try something tonight with it.
I think it might have a shot of working right if I take two pieces, put them through the swivel, stack those and tie wire around those two. Then add one more strand. Tie that to the other two once the third strand of ribbon is stacked neatly on the previous two. Then do one more time with a 4th. . .
I think that might yield better results.
How do you guys take your ribbon off the spool without so much haphazardness going on with the section you cut off? I'm cutting ~12-16 inch strands and they go nuts, and pulling tension a couple times before I cut off the spool hasn't helped thus far.
There's no way to straighten the wire out like typical round wire. It bugs me.
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I have the spool on my finger at the middle and I take the ribbon and pull it straight out and snip it and it will fall a inch to the bench and then I repeat. If you Ribbon isnt straight try pulling hard on it when pulling then length out, pull it out then a tug then snip it. Much like stretching N80.
I found them on eBay they're beadalon they might have them in a craft store as the where designed for craft wire but a lot of the beading supplies work amazing for vaping!!!!
The first SS wire I bought was meant for beading applications
So for you guys who have the beadalon branded ones, whats the inner diameter of them? Like roughly? Or how long are they when theyre pinched and pulled taught (in like a straight line, ya know)?
The UD ones seem uber small, even with the slack let all the way out. They dont work on my Lightning Vapes spools at all, they are way WAY too tight. So Im pretty damn pissed I just spent almost $20 on shit I cant use. Smh, just my luck.
The UD ones seem uber small, even with the slack let all the way out. They dont work on my Lightning Vapes spools at all, they are way WAY too tight. So Im pretty damn pissed I just spent almost $20 on shit I cant use. Smh, just my luck.
Me too and Ti it's the same stuff grade 1 100 ft for 12$ I'll take it all day
They work on LV because I mainly use them id say without any adjustments they are about 60mm without being adjusted
I know they fit perfectly on LV wire they have probably another in of slack that could fit thicker gauge wire when they're laying flat they're about 3 inches so about 6 inches all the way around that's without any stretching
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