At last .. A working coil

[tominmids]

Yesss!!! After several weeks of frustration and some appalling bad language I finally managed to re-coil an Evod 
2.2 ohm and it vapes beautifully   Think I'm gonna take it out and frame it 

[ionian]

It's a good feeling what method did you use? Silica, or cotton/microcoil?

[tominmids]

Thanks ionian I used ekowool wick (2.0) with a couple of strands for flavour wick.
Previous attempts resulted in either shorting out or a very very tight draw.

Many thanks to Super-Shiny and Greigster for their excellent tutorials

[Deleted]

I gave up after a week of trying and failing repeatedly , so I turned to mixing instead .
No doubt I WILL try again

[Greigster]

Hi Tom, so glad to have assisted in some small way, that is what we all are on this forum for.
We are all beginners at some point and we have all learned from others and hopefully pass or experiences on.
We just never stop learning....and that is the fun.

Cheers
Neil

[tominmids]

Keep trying @munkymunky .. You will get there eventually .. and that first good working coil is a great feeling

[Greigster]

Feb 1, 2014 17:13:22 GMT @munkymunky said:

I gave up after a week of trying and failing repeatedly , so I turned to mixing instead .
No doubt I WILL try again

Just keep trying @munkymunky, I promise it will click, from then on it just gets easier.

[Greigster]

Feb 1, 2014 17:33:32 GMT tominmids said:

Keep trying @munkymunky .. You will get there eventually .. and that first good working coil is a great feeling

Great minds and all that Tom

[chykensa]

tominmids - yeah!!! Well done my friend, now you know it is possible, you will be inspired to carry on until you can almost do them in your sleep. It might seem an awful lot of trouble, but as you have recently discovered, a home recoiled head is just so much better than a stock head.
Once you have mastered an Evod head using a 'normal' coil, you should try a microcoil with cotton wool - they are even better!

[tominmids]

Feb 1, 2014 17:32:02 GMT Greigster said:

Hi Tom, so glad to have assisted in some small way, that is what we all are on this forum for.
We are all beginners at some point and we have all learned from others and hopefully pass or experiences on.
We just never stop learning....and that is the fun.

Cheers
Neil

Thanks Neil, and thanks to the many people on this forum that give time and effort to help us newbies, it is much appreciated 
I've learned a hell of a lot on this forum, and the number of people I've learnt from is huge, and hopefully I can pass on my experience too 

Tom

[tominmids]

chykensa I have been thinking about a microcoil, but worry about trying to thread the cotton through that tiny coil but yes I think it will have to be the next "project"

[Greg]

Feb 1, 2014 17:51:56 GMT tominmids said:

chykensa I have been thinking about a microcoil, but worry about trying to thread the cotton through that tiny coil but yes I think it will have to be the next "project"

Microcoils are much easier to make than standard coils 
The biggest problem is using too much cotton wool, you hardly need any and you'll be amazed how little you need to use to make it work right, if you think it looks correct you've used too much 

[Super-Shiny]

Well done tominmids

[Pepperty]

Terrifying ... one day - soon, (most probably) this'll be me! Thanks tominmids

[boyofford]

Well done, my pile of protank coils is still sat sniggering at me!

Done bigger coils for dripper but not attempted protank/evod ones yet. I've been putting it off by replacing standard spent silica wick with cotton but blown a couple of coils dry burning so will have to coil soon.