I stuffed mine full of cotton, ran the wicks down to where I can see the ends thru the glass, and it wicks like a champ. One kick ass atty.
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I stuffed mine full of cotton, ran the wicks down to where I can see the ends thru the glass, and it wicks like a champ. One kick ass atty.
I got some close-up filters to fit the lens of my dslr yesterday (cheap way to go macro) and banged this coil out to do some test shots. Some shots focus stacked, others not.
Fused Clapton with different sized cores. 1 - 24g ss316l, 1 - 28g ss316l, wrapped in 32g N80. 0.30 ohms and a 4.75mm ID.
Fused Clapton with different sized cores. 1 - 24g ss316l, 1 - 28g ss316l, wrapped in 32g N80. 0.30 ohms and a 4.75mm ID.
Could you give a link to those? Thanks
https://www.amazon.ca/Polaroid-Optics-Piece-Close-Filter/dp/B003UI25LG
These are the ones I got. Make sure of your lens filter thread size before ordering.
Had a little time and willingness (after completing an order for 100 sets) to knock out some Aliens for myself.
Anyways blah blah blah, here they are
Dual~core 30//36g Aliens paralleled with 28g, all Atomizerwick N80
The pair clocked in at .32Ω with a 3mm inner diameter. Next time i'll do 8 wraps with the Alien wire and 9 wraps with the single wire to get a little bit less of a staged effect, it's a little too dramatic on the series box. As always-know your shit if you're attempting this build on a series device. SAFETY FIRST!
Anyways blah blah blah, here they are
Dual~core 30//36g Aliens paralleled with 28g, all Atomizerwick N80
The pair clocked in at .32Ω with a 3mm inner diameter. Next time i'll do 8 wraps with the Alien wire and 9 wraps with the single wire to get a little bit less of a staged effect, it's a little too dramatic on the series box. As always-know your shit if you're attempting this build on a series device. SAFETY FIRST!
Thank you Chef! I'm gonna be whipping up a big new batch to hopefully sell here and start knocking down some shop doors in the area. These last two big orders have definitely sharpened my mass production skills haha
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Yup! I'll usually just straighten a crapload of cores at one sitting, then take a break. Then wrap/decore another crapload of Clapton wire, and take another break. Then, get to makin' aliens! I make my cores about 15 inches to allow for any "discrepancies" while making the alien wire, so I can usually get 2 or 3 coils per stick.
My first handwrapped clapton. 26N80/32ka1 single coil 3mm id ohms out at .75.
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I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
Now and then I try something which is obviously stupid just to see if it works, this week it's rolled kanthal (flat wire) fused side by side.
im looking for a new build to try today. i have never made a cat track coil, so i think its going to be that for now. from what i can gather, the standard recipe is a bundle of 8-10 30g, wrapped in more 30g and hammered out. is that correct? anyone have any tricks/variations/upgrades to this recipe that i should consider?
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Use the Wire Wizard to spec out your coils to what you want them to be. Yeah, just wrap a bundle and hammer away - it's pretty easy. Just a little time consuming. Make sure you cores are taut. Here's a link for the ones on my website - Caterpillar Track Coils - use the specs listed and you should be a happy camper.
@CrazyChef wow yours are way different than what google showed me. im not sure if i have enough 38 left to do 30x38 cores. i was thinking a mix might vape well, like 6x30g then fill in the spaces between them with 40 or something. i guess ill just get at 'er and see what happens. thanks for the advice 
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There's really no specific quantity/gauge of what you have to use for the cores. I tend to like a larger binding than the cores, though. Spec it out and enjoy the vape!
7x30g kanthal cores with a few strands of 42g n80 and 32g n80 wrap. comes to about .15 ohms
vapes pretty nice and came out looking very clean for a first try (for my first tries anyway). maybe skill is finally starting to catch up with desire
@Dawn0810 nice work so its a clapton wire thats claptoned again with ribbon? how does it vape?
vapes pretty nice and came out looking very clean for a first try (for my first tries anyway). maybe skill is finally starting to catch up with desire
@Dawn0810 nice work
so its a clapton wire thats claptoned again with ribbon? how does it vape?
Dropped a new build in the ol' Moonshot. I love this atty for driving and watching tv in the dark. Haven't had a better tank experience yet-aside from the nightmare that is building this thing
~Dual~core Half~staggered Aliens
~26g Kanthal cores, 36g staggers & 38g N80 Alien wraps
~All Atomizerwick wire
~This build is just a joy to vape in this tank. Super dense, flavorful vapor. Hot spots were a bit of a bitch (like with most staggered builds) but well worth the effort.
And just a friendly reminder (if i may) my Aliens are for sale on the Atomizerwick website, there is a discount code for VU members in the thread i posted for them. Cheers!
~Dual~core Half~staggered Aliens
~26g Kanthal cores, 36g staggers & 38g N80 Alien wraps
~All Atomizerwick wire
~This build is just a joy to vape in this tank. Super dense, flavorful vapor. Hot spots were a bit of a bitch (like with most staggered builds) but well worth the effort.
And just a friendly reminder (if i may) my Aliens are for sale on the Atomizerwick website, there is a discount code for VU members in the thread i posted for them. Cheers!
@scarecrowjenkins great work as always. i always wondered about staggered alien wrap. i bet thats no fun lol
edit - i missed the part where @CrazyChef said he liked to use bigger wraps than cores so i made a set of 15x34g with 32g wrap. they came to .18 ohms. the ramp up/cool down is a bit rough on these ones. i might take a wrap off and see if that helps.
edit again - minus one wrap and we are all good on the ramp and cooldown.
edit - i missed the part where @CrazyChef said he liked to use bigger wraps than cores so i made a set of 15x34g with 32g wrap. they came to .18 ohms. the ramp up/cool down is a bit rough on these ones. i might take a wrap off and see if that helps.
edit again - minus one wrap and we are all good on the ramp and cooldown.
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26g ss316l wrapped in .4 N80 ribbon, parallel with 26g ss316l wrapped in twisted 32+36g N80. 4.75mm ID and 0.25 ohms.
No editing to photos other than focus stacking.
No editing to photos other than focus stacking.
I dunno if you've seen this, but it should be helpful if you haven't:
The half staggered aliens are not too bad, as long as your staggered core is perfect the rest kinda finds its way into place. I do the original clapton one wire size smaller for dual coils. So for dual 26g cores i used 28g for the first clapton
Damn you guys sure make some purrty coils. I got me claptons and fc's down pat and tigers to. I personally like a cooler flavorful vape over the hotter vape. What kind of coils would you guys suggest?
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Hi, just started vaping this year and am thoroughly enjoying feeling healthy and building. Just sharing one I made earlier, alien coils for my underground mod. 3x30gka1/38gn80. Hope to learn more through this forum!
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Those are some nice looking aliens and you just started this year? Right on man you'll be pushing out sick builds really fast, that's awesome progress. I've been vaping 4 years and I've just gotten onto them.
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Specs?So I didn't bother stacking these, just single shots.
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6x .5x1/38g staple coreSpecs?
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6x .4x1 split out 3 on each side of the staple
28g frames
46g fuse. All N80.
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Very nice. Working with that 40g tho
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40g? What do you mean? I went 2.7mm on the ID for these since when I coiled my first set up at 3.0mm they were just way too huge. 40g for the inner staple you mean?Very nice. Working with that 40g tho
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Lol I meant 46g. I can barley work with 40 & 42.. You should see how my fusing comes out with those higher gauges lmao
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I did those without magnification while building them. I need to get me one of those magnifying desk lights or some of those magnifying goggles lol. Believe me when I say that wrapping the 46g onto the other wire is easy, the hard part is coiling it up without breaking or snapping any of it lol
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Yeah I've always wondered about those magnifying glasses.. I have thousands of feet of 40+ gauges waiting to be used.
Hello all!
So, my friend is a dentist. I got to examining the supplies she uses for making braces, mostly 316 SS and Ti, and found these!
Sorry for bad tablet pics.
So, I had to make some coils out of them.
0.2 ohm @ 45 watts. Vapes accuratly in TC, TC set for 316SS.
So, no need to dread the dentist, just see if you can check out their supplies. They also have very cool building tools as well, cutters, picks, tweezers, forcepts and a variety of gougers. (my term), syringes etc.
I'm going to be following up with some better pics, the above coils were proof of concept, the looseness being that I neglected to torch the braces, which are curved, and tempered.
These vape great!
So, my friend is a dentist. I got to examining the supplies she uses for making braces, mostly 316 SS and Ti, and found these!
Sorry for bad tablet pics.
So, I had to make some coils out of them.
0.2 ohm @ 45 watts. Vapes accuratly in TC, TC set for 316SS.
So, no need to dread the dentist, just see if you can check out their supplies. They also have very cool building tools as well, cutters, picks, tweezers, forcepts and a variety of gougers. (my term), syringes etc.
I'm going to be following up with some better pics, the above coils were proof of concept, the looseness being that I neglected to torch the braces, which are curved, and tempered.
These vape great!
Thanks man! Yeah no one was selling fused Claptons that could work for series mods around me so I figured I'll just learn how to make my own. I'm glad that I did, building is so satisfying!
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You haven't seen what I charge for coils...
Now I have! I stand corrected.
I think I'll just appreciate them from my browser.
26/36 aliens caged with 26 all N80 0.06Ω Little sloppy, but my aliens are making progress I think.
Very Clean!Only did a back half stack for this one.
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Only did a back half stack for this one.
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Beautiful, brother. & thank you Ray! It kinda got me out of my building slump and wanting to get back to it.
Has anybody here tried Beta Titanium, or Nickle Titanium wire for vaping?
I'll try some and report back. What the hell, there were many that predicted my doom when I started vaping 304 stainless...