Ribbon Nickel Twisted

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I like tiger coils, 0.20mm round wire twisted with 0.1mm x 0.5mm ribbon.

Although they have the same resistance for a given length, the ribbon has nearly about 60% more surface area. I thought I'd twist two twisted ribbons together and take advantage of the extra area.

I clockwise twisted a length of ribbon to 1mm pitch, cut it in two and twisted them together in an anticlockwise direction, the idea being to interlock them neatly. They started to interlock at one end, with slow twisting the other end started and I stopped when they eventually met in the middle.

I'm pleased with the result, some nice neat pockets to hold juice. Yet to build a coil and try it.

  

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Lovely neat job mate, I'd not have the patience to make that

[dalealan]

Nailed it

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With a bit more practice dalealan and you'll be there. Plenty worse then this in my bin:

[dalealan]

Nearly....nearly....

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[yourgurnard]

You wait 'till Your Cuban concentrate's ready M8....all those little pockets'll be gunked up in seconds!!!!

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Ha, I'm preparing yourgurnard

Been busy making some more lengths. Having vaped the HoL stuff for nearly two years (although trying some Hangsen at the mo) regular coil changes are part of the deal

[VapingBad]

I tried twisting a single strand of kanthal ribbon before and was not that impressed, but it was just a quick and dirty test that I didn't persu as I feel that the surface is so uneven that it is more suited to soft wicks like cotton and my ADV is ss rope, so not conclusive or helpful, but it is very easy to do

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May 24, 2015 23:07:49 GMT VapingBad said:

I tried twisting a single strand of kanthal ribbon before and was not that impressed, but it was just a quick and dirty test that I didn't persu as I feel that the surface is so uneven that it is more suited to soft wicks like cotton and my ADV is ss rope, so not conclusive or helpful, but it is very easy to do

I also think that generally you need soft wicks to take advantage of the multi form builds. I think you get maximum contact on mesh with ribbon so it should perform better, that seems bourn out in practice as well .

For me it's the fun, challenge, satisfaction and simple pleasure of experimenting with with different builds, whether they work better or not doesn't really matter at the end of the day.