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Decided to give rebuildables a try (possibly a mistake) and ordered an IGO-L and an IGO-W4, some precision screwdrivers, kanthal, rayon, magnifier, ohms meter, etc.
The two RDA's showed up on Monday! (poorly focused image below!)
After four hours of tedious work, I successfully backed two of the five screws out, and stripped the heads of the other three screws making them impossible to back out of the posts even if I had the proper tools. Destroyed the heads of each of the precision phillips' screwdrivers in the process as well (obviously they were garbage). A day later I've tried needlenose pliers to try and back the screws out, even superglue and a nail, but none of them have moved even a little bit. Showed up in the mail stuck and forever they shall be, it seems.
So, on to the question! I need a beginner RDA suggestion, AND a direct link to screwdrivers that will work with said RDA.
Feels like I've wasted quite a bit just trying to get started, and being thwarted by the screws was not what I was expecting (I figured I'd mess up on wrapping coils or something, but no! Never got to that point to mess up). I'd appreciate any suggestions on what to try next.
The two RDA's showed up on Monday! (poorly focused image below!)
After four hours of tedious work, I successfully backed two of the five screws out, and stripped the heads of the other three screws making them impossible to back out of the posts even if I had the proper tools. Destroyed the heads of each of the precision phillips' screwdrivers in the process as well (obviously they were garbage). A day later I've tried needlenose pliers to try and back the screws out, even superglue and a nail, but none of them have moved even a little bit. Showed up in the mail stuck and forever they shall be, it seems.
So, on to the question! I need a beginner RDA suggestion, AND a direct link to screwdrivers that will work with said RDA.
Feels like I've wasted quite a bit just trying to get started, and being thwarted by the screws was not what I was expecting (I figured I'd mess up on wrapping coils or something, but no! Never got to that point to mess up). I'd appreciate any suggestions on what to try next.
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