My first attempts at Clapton wire

[car147]

Pretty chuffed with my little experiment making my own Clapton wire. Nichrome 80 (26awg) and Kanthal (32awg)

The pic below is the final one I made, each getting better every time attempted, if your thinking of making your own it's a lot easier than I expected, I never used anything other than a cordless drill, and fingers to guide.

[aaront903]

hardest part is getting a rhythm,after that its easy

[phtumshk]

Looks great.

Quick queshun.
Why did you use the nichrome for the core?
Is that the correct method?
I just banged mine out of 2 different diameters of A1 as it was all I had.

[enjay]

Nichrome for both for me, love the flavour with the stuff. Seen a number of people use kanthal core and nich wrap but haven't tried that one yet myself

[car147]

Jun 29, 2016 0:41:38 GMT phtumshk said:

Looks great.

Quick queshun.
Why did you use the nichrome for the core?
Is that the correct method?
I just banged mine out of 2 different diameters of A1 as it was all I had.

Non other than I had a spool handy and the few video's I studied all used the same. No probs at all using Kanthal.

[mikedidthis]

Jun 28, 2016 22:07:51 GMT car147 said:

Pretty chuffed with my little experiment making my own Clapton wire. Nichrome 80 (26awg) and Kanthal (32awg)

The pic below is the final one I made, each getting better every time attempted, if your thinking of making your own it's a lot easier than I expected, I never used anything other than a cordless drill, and fingers to guide.

Having tried other methods, I honestly find guiding the wire between my thumb and index finger the easiest. Good job!

[SteveF]

well done, no voodoo involved in making your own Clapton wire.

[car147]

Thanks mikedidthis, my first one ended up getting scrapped as it overlapped, second was a lot better but slack in places so I did manage to compress the Kanthal and get at least one coil out of it , and the above was the fourth.

[SteveF]

Its quite a good feeling when you get the speed and tension right as the 32g just wraps itself down the core.
More non-smoking therapy to keep your hands busy

[dunpuffin]

just watched a vid on doing this

clapton build

liked the way he used an old coil to feed the wire
might help others?

[SteveF]

made from a 20ml syringe, I was looking for some old brass stove jets for the guide but the needle works fine.