Tam Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Just as the subject line says, I just finished wrapping my very first coil. Did a 5/4 wrap with NiChrome wire (no clue about the gauge other than to say it's very fine). Put it onto my Vision Eternity RDA after priming the wick with a little juice, added around 30 drops, waited a bit and...nothing. Put it aside thinking the wick needed more time to soak up the juice. Pick it up a little while later and I get this tiny little wisp of vapor and a little gurgling. How disappointing. I must've done something wrong. *sighs* My eye just happened to catch the bottom of the Spinner and...wait for it...it's at 3.3 volts. Turn the volts up to 4.3 and guess what? I'm now surrounded in lovely clouds of vapor and the flavor! OMG. Next time I think I'll try using a needle when I wrap the coil. This time I just pinched the wick and went for it. So much for being exact, huh? Still, I'm thrilled with my first attempt. vapeoftheflies, Christie and sonofzell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebop Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Awesome! Ordered my stuff this weekend. .....muwahaha. Tam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Rutez Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 ! ! ! ! ! Congrats on your first coil, attempt and SUCCESS. I just wrapped my first two today as well. *high 5* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 ! ! ! ! ! Congrats on your first coil, attempt and SUCCESS. I just wrapped my first two today as well. *high 5* I'm just tickled that it worked! And go you! on your first coil. Aquatroy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMEDICx90 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Nice guys!!! Glad you all came to the dark side of rebuilding. now I can show YOU where to spend your money tam..... Have we talked about ithaka's yet? : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Just as the subject line says, I just finished wrapping my very first coil. Did a 5/4 wrap with NiChrome wire (no clue about the gauge other than to say it's very fine). Put it onto my Vision Eternity RDA after priming the wick with a little juice, added around 30 drops, waited a bit and...nothing. Put it aside thinking the wick needed more time to soak up the juice. Pick it up a little while later and I get this tiny little wisp of vapor and a little gurgling. How disappointing. I must've done something wrong. *sighs* My eye just happened to catch the bottom of the Spinner and...wait for it...it's at 3.3 volts. Turn the volts up to 4.3 and guess what? I'm now surrounded in lovely clouds of vapor and the flavor! OMG. Next time I think I'll try using a needle when I wrap the coil. This time I just pinched the wick and went for it. So much for being exact, huh? Still, I'm thrilled with my first attempt. Thank god youre not using a twist , you d never have seen it lol . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 Thank god youre not using a twist , you d never have seen it lol . I do have a Twist but I don't use it for dripping just for this very reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) Nice guys!!! Glad you all came to the dark side of rebuilding. now I can show YOU where to spend your money tam..... Have we talked about ithaka's yet? : I just did a google search on this WHY is it 60$ ???? excuse me that was an ebay price I found an other one @$190.00 ? I dont understand the price . Edited September 23, 2013 by Christie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMEDICx90 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I just did a google search on this WHY is it 60$ ???? Quality of the product. The ithaka clone is $60 the real ithaka is $275 after shipping from Greece. Rebuildables require two things: 1.) to be able to be functional for a very long time with the proper maintenance 2.) the market to drive the price up. Naturally with an RDA or RBA, consumers aren't going to purchase more the 1 or 2 since they last a long time so therefore they are more expensive. Plus the materials are of a higher quality then a clearo. Clearos are meant to be used and abused and when they break replaced. An RBA is meant to be used and abused and rebuilt when it breaks. So you spend more for a quality rebuildable atty because it provides a superior vape to a standard evod or protank. Also the ability to rebuild the atty allows the user more customization and control over the vape. it's awesome in my opinion and I have 4 ithaka clones. And I will continue buying them until I have more ithaka's then mods. I have a while yet to go on that venture lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Quality of the product. The ithaka clone is $60 the real ithaka is $275 after shipping from Greece. Rebuildables require two things: 1.) to be able to be functional for a very long time with the proper maintenance 2.) the market to drive the price up. Naturally with an RDA or RBA, consumers aren't going to purchase more the 1 or 2 since they last a long time so therefore they are more expensive. Plus the materials are of a higher quality then a clearo. Clearos are meant to be used and abused and when they break replaced. An RBA is meant to be used and abused and rebuilt when it breaks. So you spend more for a quality rebuildable atty because it provides a superior vape to a standard evod or protank. Also the ability to rebuild the atty allows the user more customization and control over the vape. it's awesome in my opinion and I have 4 ithaka clones. And I will continue buying them until I have more ithaka's then mods. I have a while yet to go on that venture lol. Thats sounds reasonable to me , In the long run im sure I will spend that in a few kanger 2 s or purri tanks (and I keep breaking them ) Is this the one youre talking about ? http://www.cloudsofvapor.com/store/111-the-gg/203-ithaka/1685-ithaka.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMEDICx90 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Yes ma'am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECloudVapes Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Glad you got your first rebuild to work. Most don't get it the first time around. What size wick did you use? I like the 3mm Silica myself wrapped in Kanthal flat wire with 6 wraps... Believe it or not, I have performed this on a CE5 pushed by a standard 650 and of course it wasn't the same as a Sentinel V3 clone sporting a IGO-W or a V12 but, the vape out performed several variable voltage devices. One of which was a Vision... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Glad you got your first rebuild to work. Most don't get it the first time around. What size wick did you use? I like the 3mm Silica myself wrapped in Kanthal flat wire with 6 wraps... Believe it or not, I have performed this on a CE5 pushed by a standard 650 and of course it wasn't the same as a Sentinel V3 clone sporting a IGO-W or a V12 but, the vape out performed several variable voltage devices. One of which was a Vision... :-) I used what I think is a 3 - 3.5 mm silica wick with a nichrome wire. The wire doesn't specify a gauge but I'm going to guess it's around 34 - 36 as it's very, very thin. The wrap is 5 on top, 4 on the bottom. Once I have this down for rebuilding the KPT coils I think my next round will be a micro coil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapeoftheflies Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Just as the subject line says, I just finished wrapping my very first coil. Did a 5/4 wrap with NiChrome wire (no clue about the gauge other than to say it's very fine). Put it onto my Vision Eternity RDA after priming the wick with a little juice, added around 30 drops, waited a bit and...nothing. Put it aside thinking the wick needed more time to soak up the juice. Pick it up a little while later and I get this tiny little wisp of vapor and a little gurgling. How disappointing. I must've done something wrong. *sighs* My eye just happened to catch the bottom of the Spinner and...wait for it...it's at 3.3 volts. Turn the volts up to 4.3 and guess what? I'm now surrounded in lovely clouds of vapor and the flavor! OMG. Next time I think I'll try using a needle when I wrap the coil. This time I just pinched the wick and went for it. So much for being exact, huh? Still, I'm thrilled with my first attempt. Congrats man the world of rba and rdas is just something amazing. its like fixing an old car when it done you can reap the rewards and if you dont like the build or quality of the vape redo it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 Congrats man the world of rba and rdas is just something amazing. its like fixing an old car when it done you can reap the rewards and if you dont like the build or quality of the vape redo it Yep. But with less parts to have to deal with. I just hate it when I get everything put back together and wind up with a couple of "extra" screws. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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