Compenstine Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 The reason I called it a Toaster Coil is because I was looking at the toaster we have that has ribbon wire coils like it. That is what inspired it to begin with.
Mplough Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 The reason I called it a Toaster Coil is because I was looking at the toaster we have that has ribbon wire coils like it. That is what inspired it to begin with. Uh oh....someones not up on their Battlestar Galactica jargon. Cylon's were referred to as 'toasters'.
Compenstine Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 oh.... I did not know that, but I did not watch Battlstar. That was on during a time of my life when I wasn't to into watching TV shows. I was hitting the bars and hussling pool. Mplough 1
Mplough Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 oh.... I did not know that, but I did not watch Battlstar. That was on during a time of my life when I wasn't to into watching TV shows. I was hitting the bars and hussling pool. Lucky for you there is a reboot available from Syfy, lol. Compenstine 1
Tug Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 I'm about to do some crazy **** and twist some 24 gauge 3 times....I'll make it fit,that's why we have drill bits lol
Compenstine Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Go for it Tug, Just don't get your finger caught up in it.
Tug Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Go for it Tug, Just don't get your finger caught up in it. i twisted it once.put it back on to twist it again and it snapped.i gave up and just did a single 24 twisted coil,ohms out to 0.2 lol
Compenstine Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 When your twisting wire it will break if you over twist it or if it gets a kink in it.
gag8tor Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Thanks Tug. It's shorted out a couple of times. I think the positive end of it keeps touching the center post. Gotta tweak it a bit. Edited April 7, 2015 by gag8tor
gag8tor Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Sorta frustrating. I'm using 28ga wire and it's really flimsy. I need some more wire so I may pick up some 26 and try that.
Tug Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Try some 24,it really holds its shape once you torch it and wrap it
gag8tor Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks. I've never torched the wire before. Usually just wrap it tight and pulse fire it and squeeze the coil tight with tweezers. Just gotta experiment I suppose.
Tug Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Torching it before wrapping takes the spring out of the wire,makes a big difference
Tug Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Not really but I've seen people use their stove top to heat them up
Compenstine Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Lighter will work, but they leave soot on the wire, they don't get hot enough. If you have one of the butane type of lighters that have a torch like flame, they work ok.
gag8tor Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Loose screw. Go figure. Picked up some 26 ga today. Gonna try my hand with that next time.
DragonGunner Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) Torching it before wrapping takes the spring out of the wire,makes a big difference Hey Tug I used to torch all my coils but I guess I have gotten lazy after torching for a year and just pulse fire them now. Go figure eh? That being said if I use anything under 28ga (which is almost never), then I would torch'em. Edited April 8, 2015 by dragongunner
Compenstine Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 I torch my wire before I build the coil, then pinch and torch them, and then pulse fire them and pinch them again LOL I'm and over torcher. Tam 1
jasonculp Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 With regular round wire I don't torch much anymore. With the tiger wire, I probably should. I can wrap a beautiful coil and first time I pulse it tries to uncoil...lol I have learned to deal with it though. It is worth the effort. I just pulse it, put the screwdriver back through the coil, loosen a screw, pull the wire to tighten it up again, tighten the screw....repeat this a few times until it sets, then pulse and squeeze a few times and we're good to go!
shen_long86 Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 I dont torch my coils i just wrap them, install in r.d.a. then pulse fire, pinch with tweezers and repeat until glowing from inside/out.
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