Penelope Fever

[blakey]

Aug 1, 2012 10:02:10 GMT steve386 said:

For anyone who has ordered the clear tubes, how long did they take to arrive?

Mine were posted from Greece on Monday.

Mine were posted on a monday and arrived on friday steve, but that was pre olympic fever

[steve386]

Aug 1, 2012 10:11:30 GMT blakey said:

Aug 1, 2012 10:02:10 GMT steve386 said:

For anyone who has ordered the clear tubes, how long did they take to arrive?

Mine were posted from Greece on Monday.

Mine were posted on a monday and arrived on friday steve, but that was pre olympic fever

Not too bad.

On your version of the wicks, do you trim the extra long bits, or do you have them extending beneath the feed cylinder into the tank?

Just trying to picture how it works with your way of doing the wicks.

edit: Just re-read the thread and it looks like you have the 2mm + the 1mm pushed into the channels. Then a 2mm extra for the coil.

[blakey]

Aug 1, 2012 10:20:00 GMT steve386 said:

Aug 1, 2012 10:11:30 GMT blakey said:

Mine were posted on a monday and arrived on friday steve, but that was pre olympic fever

Not too bad.

On your version of the wicks, do you trim the extra long bits, or do you have them extending beneath the feed cylinder into the tank?

Just trying to picture how it works with your way of doing the wicks.

The buffer wick is trimmed so that it sits within the confines of the ceramic cup, nail clippers are best for cutting this
The main wick itself is done the same way that the 3mm wick is done, on the negative terminal side I trim to the base of the ceramic housing
On the positive terminal side I trim to the bottom o-ring of the center post.
It's a tad thirstier this way but worth it for the improved performance

[steve386]

I found the flavour was a bit strange for the first day of use. It's really good now though.

[blakey]

Aug 1, 2012 10:40:32 GMT steve386 said:

I found the flavour was a bit strange for the first day of use. It's really good now though.

Some wicks have a funky taste to them steve, I've never figured out whether it's a residue left over from a detergent used in it's manufacturing or something similar, boiling it often removes most of it or you can just vape through it.

[Gaz1888]

There is a funny taste when you first use a new coil it must be the wick (The wick that the pen comes with) Not sure if your meant to wash the wick 1st?? i didnt, but the funny taste goes after a bit

[OneDay]

Jul 30, 2012 17:10:23 GMT OneDay said:

Jul 30, 2012 16:27:10 GMT dave said:

I've not tried this myself, but apparently it works. You can buy 1mm x 1mm silver crimp tubes, as used in making jewellery and use them to join the two wires. There are special micro crimping pliers you can get as well which I guess would make it easier. A quick Google brought up this:

www.thebeadsknees.co.uk/catalogue/itemdetail.php?StockID=CRIMPSS-11&Category=Sterling%20Silver%20Crimp%20Beads%20and%20Tubes&source=froogle&FrooStockID=CRIMPSS-11

At £1.40 for about 50 they might be worth a try. These are the pliers:

www.palmermetals.co.uk/shop/tools/crimping-pliers/micro-crimping-plier.html

Anyone fancy having a go at this?

What a great idea, certainly worth a try. I've just ordered some from Here and I'll report back when I've had a go at it

Well I got my little crimp tubes in the post today, great service from this ebayer. I had a go at using them to join some wires but they are soooooooo tiny I failed miserably . Three or four pinged out of my tweezers across the room, never to be seen again . When I did finally manage to get two wires into a tube one of them snapped when I crimped it

If anyone else would like a try with these send me a PM and I'll forward them on - I'm not going to try again.

[maccafan]

Try this oneday..

Minimally join your wires, just one or two inline twists..Slide it on and flash it with a lighter

[esmecullen]

OMG OMG OMG

I DONE IT!!!!!!!!

Penelope is up and running

thank you blakey for the marvelous guide

thanks to Jason for the little plastic bit

thank you perpy, sandra, ellen, oneday, tim and everyone who has gone through all my ups and downs and offered encouragement not to give up (((((((hugs))))))))))))

Am now crying with joy not frustration

I LOVE IT!!

[Perpetua]

Yay Esme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really, really delighted for you.

[esmecullen]

Wow!! It really does have a huge throat kick

BTW thought it was going to go pear shaped again but stayed calm checked everything, made sure all was where it should be and now have a respectable 1.9ohms and it works like a dream

[Ellen]

Oh Esme I'm so happy for you, I know what you mean, I could have cried when I got her working properly, what juice have you got in her? #icon_welldone# #icon_bravo# #icon_veryhappy#

[Perpetua]

It's the best news ever Esme, we've won 3 golds today as far as I'm concerned.





All kudos to you for not giving up, many a person would have.

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

#icon_dance# #icon_dance# #icon_dance#

So happy for you #KissBlowSmiley1#

Well done esme, this is a brill thread for anyone in the future to see how it can all come together #icon_thumbsup#

Also to show, Blakey's hardwork to help and Jason's fantastic attitude #icon_welldone#

[esmecullen]

thanks ellen I've got some Cocomel in it and it tastes delicious I feel a real sense of acheivement in building her

perpy.......... I was actually going to put "and esme wins the gold for team vape in Penelope construction" lol

sandra............. at one point I really dispaired of ever getting her up and running........... but blakey's guide was so helpful......... we should have this as a sticky......... for new owners and perhaps those that need a little refreshing on the basics lol