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Yeah, my phone camera sux so I used my wife's phone with magnifier w/ light, sent it to my phone and played with tint/shadow/some other stuff. Was just kinda playing around not really paying attention

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MidwestExpress

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Yeah, my phone camera sux so I used my wife's phone with magnifier w/ light, sent it to my phone and played with tint/shadow/some other stuff. Was just kinda playing around not really paying attention

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Hah... that works. What phones do you have?

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Got a Snow wolf so made a new build for it.
26 gauge 316L claptoned with 30 gauge nickel. Came out to .15
Nice warm vape and keeps good flavor. The mod is running in TC @ 540°F. I know people say the snow wolf doesn't tc SS, but I believe the Clapton tricks it, if that makes any sense. Correct me if I wrong though
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MidwestExpress

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Got a Snow wolf so made a new build for it.
26 gauge 316L claptoned with 30 gauge nickel. Came out to .15
Nice warm vape and keeps good flavor. The mod is running in TC @ 540°F. I know people say the snow wolf doesn't tc SS, but I believe the Clapton tricks it, if that makes any sense. Correct me if I wrong though
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If it works it works and rock on man! Coils look good!

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First shot at "The winch" coil.

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MidwestExpress

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First shot at "The winch" coil.

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What is that crazy thing?! This is a first in a while that someone busted out a coil that I have never seen nor heard of before! Looks crazy!

What wattage are you running that at and how does it vape?

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I'm running it at 120w ramps up quick and is actually a good flavor in my velocity.
Basic principal is 28 kanthal.
14" pieces, go ahead and parallel the pieces so you have two 7" pieces.
Now wrap traditional parallel coil, I did 4 wraps around a nail(I like to use a nail so I can push against the head to get coils as close as possible prior to heat them)
After you have your 4 wraps you will have 2 legs left over that are around 2 inches long. Leave the coil around whatever you wrapped it on so you can hold it when you use the drill,Pop the legs in the drill chuck and give them a twist, turn one leg one way and switch legs and turn the opposite direction(probably not necessary, just looks better) wrap the legs around whatever you are using (I got 3 wraps on each leg) then pop it in the Atty.
All of those specific numbers will probably need to be changed as I used a velocity, but I'm liking it so far, anyone looking for something different should give it a try.
My two coils ended up being .2 ohm.
Be careful when pinching the middle will try to collapse into the twisted wire.

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MidwestExpress

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I'm running it at 120w ramps up quick and is actually a good flavor in my velocity.
Basic principal is 28 kanthal.
14" pieces, go ahead and parallel the pieces so you have two 7" pieces.
Now wrap traditional parallel coil, I did 4 wraps around a nail(I like to use a nail so I can push against the head to get coils as close as possible prior to heat them)
After you have your 4 wraps you will have 2 legs left over that are around 2 inches long. Leave the coil around whatever you wrapped it on so you can hold it when you use the drill,Pop the legs in the drill chuck and give them a twist, turn one leg one way and switch legs and turn the opposite direction(probably not necessary, just looks better) wrap the legs around whatever you are using (I got 3 wraps on each leg) then pop it in the Atty.
All of those specific numbers will probably need to be changed as I used a velocity, but I'm liking it so far, anyone looking for something different should give it a try.
My two coils ended up being .2 ohm.
Be careful when pinching the middle will try to collapse into the twisted wire.

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Thanks for the specifics on that build!

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TF Vaping

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Thanks for the specifics on that build!

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No problem, if you wrap one up throw some pics up, I'd love to see other people use it, you could probably describe it better than I can. Saw a guy on Fb with it and had to try it so just consider me as passing it on

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Does it have good flavor or make good clouds? Or just an all around build?
I'd say a 50/50 for me I played with wattage a little and it will throw some clouds but the flavor is still there, I usually find that with the velocity all can be adjusted but even wide open its still a really good flavor.
Also I'm using 100 VG so its thick, thick clouds


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MidwestExpress

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On the velocity, what has been the best flavor setup? I just got my freakshow that I am going to play with but I walk around with my Velocity Mini. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE that RDA.
 

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What is that crazy thing?! This is a first in a while that someone busted out a coil that I have never seen nor heard of before! Looks crazy!

What wattage are you running that at and how does it vape?

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Have you herd of the Nicholas Cage coil? I haven't built it but I seen it on YouTube.

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On the velocity, what has been the best flavor setup? I just got my freakshow that I am going to play with but I walk around with my Velocity Mini. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE that RDA.
Best flavor build for me has been Clapton's with 26 core and 30 wrapped. All nichrome.
I have a mad hatter that I hear is close to the freakshow, it loved Clapton's too, they are just perfect for flavor.
Had really good luck with a single parallel 28 kanthal in my mad hatter too(I wanna say it was a .12 build)

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MidwestExpress

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Best flavor build for me has been Clapton's with 26 core and 30 wrapped. All nichrome.
I have a mad hatter that I hear is close to the freakshow, it loved Clapton's too, they are just perfect for flavor.
Had really good luck with a single parallel 28 kanthal in my mad hatter too(I wanna say it was a .12 build)

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I haven't built claptons yet, but I was planning on trying out a fused clapton with 24 ga core and 28 ga wrap.
 

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I haven't built claptons yet, but I was planning on trying out a fused clapton with 24 ga core and 28 ga wrap.
Clapton's are just the standard for me lol always common ground where I can compare other coils. They are so nice. The build I took out of the velocity for this one was dual Clapton's. Just a good solid build. Especially if you have vw. Either cloud it up or just have a nice smooth vape. I don't know any of my friends who hate them. Or anyone else.

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I haven't built claptons yet, but I was planning on trying out a fused clapton with 24 ga core and 28 ga wrap.
I made some fused w/ 24g core 30g outside. Now I've tried other small wire but I find the 30g the easiest to Clapton with. Also using the 24 makes it super big so make sure you have big post holes. I just picked up some 26g nichrome to try and get mine a little smaller. You can always go to your local brick and mortar and give them a few bucks to build you one and sit down with them, watch and ask questions. I like to do that and watch a bunch of Vida before trying something new. Just looked up that winch coil and found a good YouTube, they called it the changeling coil aka the winch.

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MidwestExpress

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I made some fused w/ 24g core 30g outside. Now I've tried other small wire but I find the 30g the easiest to Clapton with. Also using the 24 makes it super big so make sure you have big post holes. I just picked up some 26g nichrome to try and get mine a little smaller. You can always go to your local brick and mortar and give them a few bucks to build you one and sit down with them, watch and ask questions. I like to do that and watch a bunch of Vida before trying something new. Just looked up that winch coil and found a good YouTube, they called it the changeling coil aka the winch.

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I do have a small bit of 26ga nichrome. That is what I was building all my coils with until I got into rda's and got the 24ga kanthal. I have both a velocity mini clone and the freakshow. So I will build and see what fits where and report back with pics!

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Just got a phone that can actually take coil pics. Took these just to see how they'd come out, how much post-work I'd have to do, things to keep in mind later, etc..

This is 36g kanthal over 24g 316L. 2.5mm ID. Not my best work. 316L forms kinda like clay. It's easy to work with, but takes some getting used to.

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It's real tasty, but pretty intense. I am running it at 100w, though.

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Took a stab at gussying her up a bit with lighting effects and gradient map overlays. That outer wrap is laughing at me. (right-click and view image for full-size.)
 

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Just got a phone that can actually take coil pics. Took these just to see how they'd come out, how much post-work I'd have to do, things to keep in mind later, etc..

This is 36g kanthal over 24g 316L. 2.5mm ID. Not my best work. 316L forms kinda like clay. It's easy to work with, but takes some getting used to.

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It's real tasty, but pretty intense. I am running it at 100w, though.

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Took a stab at gussying her up a bit with lighting effects and gradient map overlays. That outer wrap is laughing at me. (right-click and view image for full-size.)
What's 316L?

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1st staggered fused.jpg my first staggered fused Clapton 26 ga. nichrome core 32 kanthal Clapton coming in at .25 ohms sitting in the twisted messes rda. its got a defect or 2..... but don't we all?
 

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Just got a phone that can actually take coil pics. Took these just to see how they'd come out, how much post-work I'd have to do, things to keep in mind later, etc..

This is 36g kanthal over 24g 316L. 2.5mm ID. Not my best work. 316L forms kinda like clay. It's easy to work with, but takes some getting used to.

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It's real tasty, but pretty intense. I am running it at 100w, though.

erlrg2.jpg

Took a stab at gussying her up a bit with lighting effects and gradient map overlays. That outer wrap is laughing at me. (right-click and view image for full-size.)
Where do you get your 316L?

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robot zombie

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Where do you get your 316L?

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I bought 30ft for $9 from eciggity. That's probably a total rip-off and I only bought it because I wanted to try it and was tacking it onto an already large order. MFW when I saw that VaporDNA has the same rolls for $5.

Even that seems steep. Still looking for a good bulk seller, myself.
 

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still rocking this build. Tops are 8 wrap 2.4mm and the bottoms are 6 wrap 3mm. Ohms out to .17

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All 24 ga a1

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Very nice builds @dirtboy25. Those are some massive coils. How do they wick, I have always had issues with the center getting to hot if I go over 6-7 wraps with the smaller ID coils.
 

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Very nice builds @dirtboy25. Those are some massive coils. How do they wick, I have always had issues with the center getting to hot if I go over 6-7 wraps with the smaller ID coils.

Those particular coils wick very well. The build on the 2 post held 7 drops of juice before it dripped off the coil, that is without cotton. Depending on which cotton I use I have no issues with wicking juice up to the coil. Drago cotton seems to wick juice up to the coil a lot faster letting me take multiple pulls in shorter amount of time before running dry.
 

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Tried my hand at staged heating

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That looks power hungry. Is that twisted 24 as the first stage?


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TF Vaping

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That looks power hungry. Is that twisted 24 as the first stage?


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Yep, 24 nichrome 80. The Clapton's are 26 316/30 kanthal

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MidwestExpress

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Here is a quick build I threw together tonight. 2 weeks of pneumonia killed my vaping for the last couple weeks. So threw this together tonight just to have something fresh. Loads of flavor and good clouds. 8 wraps of 26 Guage nichrome around 1.5mm now that I have figured out how to wick these smaller coils, finding loads more flavor than the macro coils. This is in my freak show rda.
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