Not 100% hand that would be difficult . I am using a drill and swivels to help wrap as Iâve seen in many videos.
Yea my hand is sitting close, I tried a couple inches away but it wasnât working. Iâll move away and see how that works. I was afraid if I moved further away it would be more of a disaster
The beadalong doesnât quite fit the 36g spool and i felt it seemed to despool too fast so I was leading the wire. In looking at the video you posted it looks like it doesnât fit right either (fits perfect on my 26g). I saw a video where someone used the drill to get the twists out of the finished product, pasta maker seems interesting.
yeah, move your hand back. i have found that i canât sit 90deg to the core/s. i have to sit at a 45deg angle. this way i can get my eyes closer to the build, yet have room for my spool hand. operating the drill is easier this way also.
they need to fit very loose, imo anyway. the 1000â spools = no waay. so i put 2 of them and have them super loose.
So I retried using the beadalong and I tightened up the band. Worked much much better!!! Almost got through wrapping before I screwed up but was able to pick up fairly easily
Any thicker you could make wicker furniture out of it.
Looks great, but no thanks: Iâd never be able to bring myself to use my coils for fear theyâll get dirty
My, what pink fingers you have
Oh right, yeah, the coilâŚ
Looks pretty good! Congrats
Hey there your coils are looking good and you are on your way my friend.
I find that those fish hook spinner things pretty much suck for âeasyâ coil building and getting one specifically for coils is the way to go. That is what I found anyway.
Iâm gonna leave you a couple of links. One is out of Russia but they deliver to the states and the cost to ship isnât to bad.
http://en.3dvape.ru/
https://usaohmmeters.com/
I have an older video showing off a couple of tools and teaching how to do a staggered fused clapton
I started the video at a spot where you can see how well the spinner works.
Nicely done by the way. It looks good and I bet it vapes GREAT!!! That beadalong trick works good eh?
There is nothing wrong with using tricks and specialized tools to make good coils.
@Daveflowers9 is a good coil builder and maybe he will jump in with some tricks and advice.
Good luck on your journey and donât hesitate to ask if you have questions.
Thanks so much @Dan_the_Man. I checked out both links and will definitely be ordering a couple things. Yes the beadalong worked great!!! Iâve already made another fused wrap lol. I also watched a few of your vids so thanks so much. Now need to also perfect untwisting the wire once itâs wrapped cause using 2 nylon pliers just isnât working good for me as Iâve seen in some vids.
I get mine from WireOptim (previously Lightning Vapes).
36g - 40g in 1000ft spools and 24g - 28g in 250ft spools. Itâs good clean wire with no kinks, and they regularly have 30% off sales.
Good job!
3D Vape makes good stuff although the little tool for making the staggereds didnât work as well for me as using a finger loop of wire. Just used to doing it my way, I guess. The swivel head and the little metal stand were the handiest of the items I bought from them. I can align the height and side to side level with my drill much easier. The little wire clamps for holding multi core wires worked well too.
Very innovative repurposing!
thanx
btw. if anyone is looking for a good, and cheap, clamp for the drill, needs to be a 1/2" though, unless you find/make an adaptor. is âjewelers clampsâ. $15 for 2 on ebay.
2 Steel Hand Vises Clamp Grip Metalworking Jewelers Bench Jewelry Repair Tool 14181331969 | eBay
Cool! Didnât know about these.