Best place for tools for coil building

[ghostrider1971]

Evening each,

Does anyone have any recommendations/retailers for:

1) Wire cutters (Seen cheap ones on FT and Amazon with awful reviews...)
2) Ceramic tweezers
3) Coil post thingy (I've got a jig thing from FT for cotton poking - would that do?)

If possible, I would like to try and avoid one of the 40 quid packs

TIA

[thebishman]

Nail clippers

Normal tweezers (just dont fire and squeeze coil at same time)

Kuro coiler sticks from ft nice and cheap

[VapingBad]

I got some tiny straight blade nail clippers of eBay last year, bargain IIRC 3 for under £2, wire cutters are made to cut copper so you might as well bugger up some 50p nail clippers and they are smaller so easy to put in a pocket size vape kit. Still using the first one, so they are lasting well.

[ghostrider1971]

thebishman  VapingBad - Lovely! Thank you:)

I received the 3 size Kuro things last week - just need to watch the vids now

[VapingBad]

Feb 28, 2017 22:50:36 GMT ghostrider1971 said:

thebishman  VapingBad  - Lovely! Thank you:)

I received the 3 size Kuro things last week - just need to watch the vids now

They are quite easy, just grab the spool you like the least and have lots of practice, stretch them on the coiler rod after wrapping then squash them again on the rod with the section you turn and you can get really evenly spaced coils.

[Lee]

amazon also have uk sellers if you don't want to wait China post delivery times

You will love your Kuro, it took me from beyond useless building coils, to a happy coil builder

[VapingBad]

2 cutters for £1.19 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321885297456

[Postmodern Smoking]

Feb 28, 2017 23:00:14 GMT VapingBad said:

2 cutters for £1.19 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321885297456

Fine if you live on mainland England   .... a fairly long postage exclusion list!

 

[VapingBad]

Feb 28, 2017 23:27:05 GMT Postmodern Smoking said:

Feb 28, 2017 23:00:14 GMT VapingBad said:

2 cutters for £1.19 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321885297456

Fine if you live on mainland England   .... a fairly long postage exclusion list!

 

That does suck, happy to forward to you Dave I think my 3rd hand carrier pigeon could manage it.

[Postmodern Smoking]

Feb 28, 2017 23:32:01 GMT VapingBad said:

Feb 28, 2017 23:27:05 GMT Postmodern Smoking said:

Fine if you live on mainland England   .... a fairly long postage exclusion list!

 

That does suck, happy to forward to you Dave I think my 3rd hand carrier pigeon could manage it.

I'm fine for cutters.... just shocked by the length of their exclusion list, including Isle of Wight! Although it's been a while since I tried pigeon pie.... so might take you up on your offer of carrier pigeon.

[jtc]

I prefer the newer coilmaster wire jig as the prong is long and makes life easier when setting up.
I use these cutters
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/182471487576?lpid=122&chn=ps&adgroupid=13585920426&rlsatarget=pla-75952154106&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=1006563&device=m&campaignid=207297426&crdt=0&ul_ref=http%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay.com%252Frover%252F1%252F710-134428-41853-0%252F2%253Fmtid%253D1673%2526kwid%253D1%2526crlp%253D50600204586_563391%2526itemid%253D182471487576%2526targetid%253D75952154106%2526device%253Dm%2526mpre%253Dhttp%25253a%25252f%25252fwww.ebay.co.uk%25252fitm%25252flike%25252f182471487576%25253flpid%25253d122%252526chn%25253Dps%2526adtype%253Dpla%2526googleloc%253D1006563%2526poi%253D%2526campaignid%253D207297426%2526adgroupid%253D13585920426%2526rlsatarget%253Dpla-75952154106%2526gclid%253DCjwKEAiA3NTFBRDKheuO6IG43VQSJAA74F777KzhnHtRkV46LnYc9ojImiJH9TVJ6iACoeKfLChgyRoCmBDw_wcB%2526srcrot%253D710-134428-41853-0%2526rvr_id%253D1175435132388

I cut thick claptons with these and been using them for a couple of years now. They're still in perfect condition so to me they are worth the initial layout

[SteveF]

hi, pretty much all of my from Fasttech.

1) the blue handled Plato cutters,
1.99, worth buying a couple of pairs. ok for most wires except titanium, mine are still going strong after 12 months. Found that nail clippers do dent on thicker wires.

www.fasttech.com/products/0/10003258/1243300-plato-170-flush-cutter-for-rebuildable-atomizers

2) Why not ceramic tweezers? Most have a large flat clamping area and there is no heat transfer up the handle with heavy coils . £2

www.fasttech.com/products/2251/10005391/2134901

3) Coil post thingy? I use the Kuro posts for keeping coils under 3mm in place but have bought some Wera Craftformm hex keys and screw drivers. The shafts are 3mm and the hex tips are actually forged unlike most hex keys that come with atomisers. 1.5mm and 1.3mm cover pretty much all post screws.

m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wera-WER118066-Kraftform-2054-Micro-Screwdriver-Hexagon-Tip-SW-1-5mm-x-60mm-/222021692446?nav=SEARCH

Extra fine pokey and cotton fettling tweezer

www.fasttech.com/products/2251/10005391/1464708

oh and try to pick up a cheap ohm reader/tester at some stage. People will say that you don't need one because the mod reads the resistance and won't allow shorts.... but why let it go that far. Good practice imo.

www.fasttech.com/products/0/10009630/2370602-2-in-1-combo-tester-ohm-meter-volt-meter-for-e

[Pepperty]

I've just picked up a few UD tools from Cyclone Vapes they have the screwdrivers, ceramic tweezers, two versions of pliers and the hook reduced to £2-3 each which I thought was very reasonable.

I already had most of the tools but I wanted to duplicate for my UD carry case (and the brand contents has to match the bag )

[VapingBad]

No offence, but those Plato cutters from FT are rubbish, I had 2 pairs and binned them in favour of nail clippers, plus FT have always been far more expensive for non vaping tools than eBay.

[SteveF]

no offence taken VB, only problem I've had with them was cutting 0.5/0.6 titanium. They don't like that at all.
Still I bought 4 pairs, took 2mm off the tip of one and the other 3 are doing well, whilst I wrecked 2 pairs of Scholl clippers in a couple of months.