Making my odysseus work?

[jayjay]

Hi,



The rubber ring just sits there and is enough to stop leakage when the cap goes ontop?



And here we have an arrow pointing at a deep hole. When I try and place the oddy ontop, it hasn't the reach to connect. No matter if I add some of those little things (connector type things), there isn't the reach. What do I need and won't it need to be a precise thing?
Many thanks

[blakey]

Right, first question is a yes, once the top cap goes over that o-ring its a perfect seal.
Second, you need two 510-510 adapters for that ody base or if you have it then put the odyseuss innards onto the ody to ggts base.

[Perpetua]

Going to move this thread to the General Vaping board Jayjay, as it's a bit advanced for Absolute Beginner's, there is also a GGTS/Ody base available as Blakey says.

Though Cam is out of stock . . . .

goldengreek.co.uk/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=30_38&products_id=221

[jayjay]

Excellent, many thanks. Sorry thought this was still noob stuff.
I've got the base already apparently. Without trying to coil it, (simply trying to assemble it, is this the correct order. I ask because my pieces are slightly different to on YouTube. And the really diddly bits mine were not ready assembled. Apology for this quality, my phone batt has died so its from my iPad.



And this little blighter, that inside screw, when you tighten from the scewdriver grooves, the centre pin pops up forcing the screwdriver of the grooves, stopping the tightening process? Have I made a boo boo? Imeos vid is impossible to see from the quality of the video. Also can you confirm from the top photo the same blighter is the right way round.



Many thanks.

[jayjay]

Hopefully better photos of the said blighter.





Sorry for all the questions, but I have watched all the videos, just you can't quite see clearly enough on that little ceramic thing.
Thanks

[blakey]

That center nut looks fine, make sure you have an o-ring behind it, build your coil and set it Into the base as the vids have shown you.
Don't overtighten that nut or you'll damage the ceramic. When you assemble ody then put it on the ggts and screw the ceramic housing down until it makes contact with the positive pin whilst making sure the the telescope section of the ggts is wound down as far as it can go.

[jayjay]

Jul 23, 2012 10:53:53 GMT blakey said:

That center nut looks fine, make sure you have an o-ring behind it, build your coil and set it Into the base as the vids have shown you.
Don't overtighten that nut or you'll damage the ceramic. When you assemble ody then put it on the ggts and screw the ceramic housing down until it makes contact with the positive pin whilst making sure the the telescope section of the ggts is wound down as far as it can go.

Cheers blakey,

Behind the screw within the ceramic I've a plastic washer as opposed to a rubber ring?
Also sounds like I've over tightened it as if you look closely, one of my rubber o rings is squeezing to one side. I was of the impression it had to go as tight as I could so that it doesn't spin. Mine does spin slightly as is.
But it goes in the right way from the top pic?

[blakey]

The o-ring goes under the ceramic, the plastic spacer goes outside the housing between the center tube and the housing.

[jayjay]

Cheers again Blakey, for info, Scott's video on the penelope covers this perfectly i believe. I just found it. Simple when you see how.

[Malibu]

Noob Stuff ?? Looks like a degree in needed for it

[matty198111]

That gg looks brilliant

Very shiny

[Perpetua]

Glad you got your blighter sorted Jayjay.

Probably a bit late in the day, but there are a couple of excellent tutorials here on the Odysseus . . . Scott's one also covers coil building superbly, so it's useful for Penelope owners as well. Although you don't need to worry about flaming the ceramic, that was on the first run as they had a soapy taste, which has since been corrected.

[jayjay]

Hi people,
Well I haven't got to get up early tomorrow so tonight I'm getting her fired up.
So, despite the great videos, here's the questions not covered or I'm still not getting.
I've a spare small o ring outstanding.
Tightening the nut under the ceramic cup holder is impossible with the plastic washer fitted above it. It's just spins on contact. Pulling it, tensioning it, I just get loose spinning? With that spare o ring fitted here I can tighten it.
The o ring is beneath that slotted nut in the centre.



Is that ok, or better to have a contact but spinning bolt?

Now looking at different videos, the wire needs to be lying on top of the wick running down both sides, or just ontop one side, and beneath the wick on the other side?

Next up, on my packets of wires, I've got 15 gage, 20 gage, and appears the thinnest is marked AL? Which one is best do you think

This is how much stickee outee I got?




Many thanks yet again.

Many thanks.

[blakey]

If you have an o-ring under the nut inside the ceramic then that should provide plenty of grip when you screw the center post into it?
There should be another o-ring on the bottom of that post as well, that one provides the seal from the ceramic holder to the base when it's screwed in

[jayjay]

Jul 25, 2012 20:32:04 GMT blakey said:

If you have an o-ring under the nut inside the ceramic then that should provide plenty of grip when you screw the center post into it?
There should be another o-ring on the bottom of that post as well, that one provides the seal from the ceramic holder to the base when it's screwed in

Cheers blakey,
Well I failed to get it to fire up last night.
Here is what I believe could be the issues. Moving away from scots video, I have to have that o ring positioned as you suggest blakey to stop that spinning of the pin. .
I'm having great difficulty in seeing the difference in thicknesses of wires!? It doesn't look blatant! What do you think of the grades of wire I mention. 16, 20 and AL?


One of those videos says wick ontop of wire both sides. The other says only one and the other side ontop to then complete the circuit with the nut that screws down the ceramic holder?
My ceramic holder is slightly different in that the ceramic is viable on one side only.
I was having to long a resistant wire.
My joins were too long.
I think my problem is amongst that lot!
Many thanks