Surely it can't be this hard?

[Jerri]

Okay. 6 wraps.

Reading as 1.43ohms. Glowing as it should from the inside out.

I'm trying to take a pic but my phone won't focus.

Edit.

Crap pic I know but does it look okay?

Don't want to try and wick and fill a tank if its all wrong.

[Jerri]

Well seems it is okay!

Not going to lie that was hard bloody work and I'm not looking forward to having to recoil. But wow what a vape!

[phatfil]

Jun 16, 2015 14:11:51 GMT Jerri said:

Okay. 6 wraps.

Reading as 1.43ohms. Glowing as it should from the inside out.

I'm trying to take a pic but my phone won't focus.

Edit.

Crap pic I know but does it look okay?

Don't want to try and wick and fill a tank if its all wrong.

Looks like a text book example of a perfect coil Well done that man..  
the knack has been sussed ..

[kittyvape]

Yes, looks absolutely great to me. Can be a struggle at times, for sure, lol, but you learn more each time and it's really interesting. Well done!

[decoy]

little tip take the batt out of your mod if using it to hold your atty when building it
it flipping hurts when you fire it by accident and you have hold of the coil
not that ive ever done it
youll know what burning flesh smells like (bacon)

[Jerri]

Jun 16, 2015 15:35:10 GMT phatfil said:

Jun 16, 2015 14:11:51 GMT Jerri said:

Okay. 6 wraps.

Reading as 1.43ohms. Glowing as it should from the inside out.

I'm trying to take a pic but my phone won't focus.

Edit.

Crap pic I know but does it look okay?

Don't want to try and wick and fill a tank if its all wrong.

Looks like a text book example of a perfect coil Well done that man..  
the knack has been sussed ..

Thanks!

Was hard work but (rather sadly) massively rewarding when I finally got it right!

That coil jig is miraculous. Perfect coils in seconds.

[Jerri]

Jun 16, 2015 15:41:58 GMT decoy said:

little tip take the batt out of your mod if using it to hold your atty when building it
it flipping hurts when you fire it by accident and you have hold of the coil
not that ive ever done it
youll know what burning flesh smells like (bacon)

Haha I did that! Was about to try and get the coil in and though hold on. Best take the battery out.

Used the vamo to check it then over to the m80 once it was sorted.

[Jerri]

Thanks to all for the tips and patience!

Once I found the 3mm small screw driver it was a lot easier. Still took a few tries to gent it right and have a coil glowing from the outside in.

I even managed to fill it with zero leaks! Was convinced it's leak out the air holes as I'd seen on a few vids.

Before this I'd only used protanks so didn't really get the whole lung hits thing.

An hour after building my first rta I'm now taking massive lung hits. Air flow wide open. Amazing!

Was convinced mouth to lung was the way I'd always vape. What a difference massive air flow makes.

Got a few igo l drippers on the way from FT to practice on.

Will the wire and 3mm coiler be okay for those or should I order thinner wire and the thinner coiler?

[toots]

 Hehe Jerri I'll be in the same position as you soon, making my very first coil, but luckily I will have tim showing me how to do it, he's coming over to Tenerife early July and we'll be building all sorts of coils on different tanks apparently. On my own I wouldn't even know where to start

And tim will also be bringing me over all the kit I need to get started on building my own coils

Edit: Oh & well done for mastering it all on your own

[wooky]

Was on the island (Adeje) a few weeks ago toots if I'd have known we could have got together for a coffee or 2 and got you on the road to using rebuildables.

[wooky]

Jerri the wires fine get yourself a coiler (Kuro Concepts or the Coil Master) - I've got both and prefer the latter but others prefer the Kuro Concepts one and then you've the option to go from 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3mm.

www.vape-daily.co.uk/coil-master/

puremist.co.uk/pure-mist-coil-master-pro

[Jerri]

Jun 16, 2015 16:46:55 GMT toots said:

 Hehe Jerri I'll be in the same position as you soon, making my very first coil, but luckily I will have tim showing me how to do it, he's coming over to Tenerife early July and we'll be building all sorts of coils on different tanks apparently. On my own I wouldn't even know where to start

And tim will also be bringing me over all the kit I need to get started on building my own coils

Edit: Oh & well done for mastering it all on your own

I think I'd have been lost completely without that coil jig. It's amazing.

I did try to make my own with a screw driver but they were awful.

The jig makes perfect coils in seconds.

[Jerri]

Jun 16, 2015 17:01:54 GMT wooky said:

Jerri the wires fine get yourself a coiler (Kuro Concepts or the Coil Master) - I've got both and prefer the latter but others prefer the Kuro Concepts one and then you've the option to go from 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3mm.

www.vape-daily.co.uk/coil-master/

puremist.co.uk/pure-mist-coil-master-pro

Thanks. I have the 3mm one. Just not sure if that's too big for coils in the igo l.

[phatfil]

If your coiling for the subtank and want sub ohm coils, I would get some thicker wire 0.4mm(26awg),

Now you can relax revisit the steam engine link and have a play about once you have it sussed it is an invaluable tool for determining what wire and coil count to use arround what sized mandrel

[toots]

Jun 16, 2015 16:56:56 GMT wooky said:

Was on the island (Adeje) a few weeks ago toots if I'd have known we could have got together for a coffee or 2 and got you on the road to using rebuildables.

peeps should let me know when they're coming to Tenerife so we can have vape meets. Lots of members here know I live in Tenerife so it would be good to be tagged anytime someone is coming over for their hols.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to Tim coming over in a couple of weeks time. Sounds like we're gonna spend quite some time together, he's gonna need some patience teaching me how to coil the rba's

He'll probably be doing this by the time we're finished digging his own grave