Aliens. Freakin' love 'em. They wick great, they have great flavor and clouds, and they're quite versatile when it comes to hitting your desired resistance.
Guess it's aliens next. Finally got staples "down" still having some issues wrapping them (damn them folding), but I know how to do them at least, still work to be done but need a "next task" so to speak, I was going to go staggered with how much talk there was about them here, but I'll go aliens now.
Yeah honestly the first attempts didn't come out looking like an alien at all.. except that it was unidentifiable. But I was really shocked to find out that I did that one last night in about 20-25 minutes.
These would look amazing in my goon,Royal hunter, TM, mutation v4s..@ raymo2u
That shit is delicious! .12 ohms.....not bad at all
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i was in the craft shop a couple weeks ago asking about spool tamers and they had no idea wtf i was talking about. i went in today to ask about something else and found 3 packs of 3 tamers for 1.50 a pack. i bought them all lol. i guess the girl i talked to last time ordered me some. im all out of wire to test them on, but i would love to see even a short setup guide or any tips on how to get the drone setup going with them.
wow i thought you were kidding. stagger framed staples too holy shit...
Heres the vid on how I how the spool....Ill try and make a decent vid soon!thanks @raymo2u you are a gentleman and a scholar
No I had wanted naked staples running parallel to my alien. Always wanted to try emare you trying to do a naked staple and then wrap an extra wire inbetween each ribbon?
ive done naked staples, they vape very well and are smoother than the wrapped versions, i should still have one set up in an atty somewhere, i need to dig it back out, only reason i dont use it all the time is because since using rta's ive been dialing back the temp, ive gone from vaping 0.07ohm coils on the mech to vaping at 30-40w on a regulated
i'd make one but i'd only go back to vaping single strand boring coils as i do now, maybe i might try find the time just for the pic if anything lol
AdvanceVapeSupply are about to carry premade lengths of SS Aliens,, Staggereds, and Staples
but as long as people want FCs and staggered and anything else that can be done automatically that's not too bad. Incidentally you can bend paperclips to turn your spool tamers into a jig setup, paperclips are good. 
Not a bad idea!!!he he it would drive me nuts sitting by the drill all day, ok as a hobby - shit as work
Yea their sending my the SS they make in house, I didnt even know there was a SS Ribbon out yet! I just checked KP and see it listed there also..Im about as happy as I could be
Not a bad idea!!!
Yea their sending my the SS they make in house, I didnt even know there was a SS Ribbon out yet! I just checked KP and see it listed there also..Im about as happy as I could be
On another Note.
I am practicing my Alien Game for much higher resistances and thinner gauges all around. I made these earlier as I wasnt confident I could pull them off, after making them I can see they are easier then I thought...the claptoning is the pain in the ass part as the wire kept jumping out of the drill or breaking.
Specs: 3 x 32KA1/40N80 Aliens (6 Wraps/2.5mm ID @ .33 Ohms) Im actually using them and they are hot as 70w on the Velocity/Kbox70!!
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Ive noticed if you only do enough to make a coil or slightly more at a time then you have less risk of it bunching up while hanging, which was my issue in the past...since I tried only doing 8" worth there wasnt much on the floor and it went quickly. Normally when I make anything I go from one side of the bench to the other, atleast 35" of wire....with Aliens this can pose as a problem if you hanging wire isnt strung through a tube or something.My limit on alien wrap is 38 gauge, 40 drives me mad its just too flimsy so I know that is dedicated work to get those things done
Atleast you got it, now you know what to do and how to do it! Get some more practice time in and you'll be pumping them out like nothing shortly!!Finally made a half decent alien. Probably pretty standard and boring by now for everyone else, but shit, Im kinda happy bout it. The first alien I ever got right was still pretty shitty, so happy this turned out better. Still a little wonky, but itll work nice.
Maybe decrease to 5 or 6 wraps, I've been having the same issue honestly, currently running 28/38n80 sfc's 5 wrap 2.5mm .2ohm and they don't really hit too hard but have very little Ramp up. It would probably be perfect with SS.
I tried spooling up a stretched decored clapton and if you have it barely understretched and have it feed a little loose you can auto alien. The thing is that once it starts bunching up or something goes wrong you risk destroying that whole spool of alien wrap from the pressure on itAuto aliening, omg is that a 'thing'!
Not yet, but first attempt looks like it is do-able.
I don't think you can ever do it from a spool, the spring shapes will interlock and snag the feed. But if you can do just one coil at a time with just the few feet of decore laying around being fed by the jig that would be easy enough to deal with. It is more the challenge of making the right jig than anything...you still have to stretch the decore the right amount, which you can measure. The jig can only feed the wire at the right angle and tension for you which would cut out the tedious bit. It was a decent first attempt at a jig but it needs a lot of messing with to get right, I am only trying it with flattened wire for now so no worries with bunchups. Silicone tubing for tension and the right feed angle on the jig ....thats as far as I got for now
If you loosely spool it side by side it works, like how I do the Tsuka wrap, once it screws up though its garbage..Your Comment the other days about the stretch equation has been great. Though I dont need a ruler anymore since I measured it in the office and then marked where on the floor it really helps speed things up!I don't think you can ever do it from a spool, the spring shapes will interlock and snag the feed. But if you can do just one coil at a time with just the few feet of decore laying around being fed by the jig that would be easy enough to deal with. It is more the challenge of making the right jig than anything...you still have to stretch the decore the right amount, which you can measure. The jig can only feed the wire at the right angle and tension for you which would cut out the tedious bit. It was a decent first attempt at a jig but it needs a lot of messing with to get right, I am only trying it with flattened wire for now so no worries with bunchups. Silicone tubing for tension and the right feed angle on the jig ....thats as far as I got for now
Stretched it to it and let it stretch back
So many different names..lol. The Wrap for the Framed Staples should be claptoned off what your using for your frames, the amount of Ribbon should be around the same thickness as the wire your using for the frames.
Yeah that one has the most lol. Hope to be posting pics soon, thanks guys. Also, congrats on the deal you landed making wire, Ray. That's awesome!!
