Builds for Coil Master Medal

[Greyz]

Understood , shall I delete the post or just leave it here for participation sake.

Once again , sorry for my mistake , pays to read the rules CLEARLY! lol

No leave it bud, although not fully compliant they look great! They should remain as a keepsake for how far we've come.

 

[Greyz]

Suggested format for posts in this thread (OP edited accordingly):

1. Below is a picture of my coil(s) as installed without wicking.
2. Below is a picture of my build as wicked.
3. Some more pictures (at your discretion - I love the glowing ones)
4. I confirm I have not used a prebuilt coil or any prefabricated wire.
5. Other information and comments (type of wire, gauge, wraps, ID, resistance, how was the vape, etc.).

Thank you Andre, nicely laid out easy to follow. Should take the guess work out of what and how to post.
And I think the the glowing pics should be compulsory!

 

[Alexander Scott]

So here goes at my first coil to be posted here, please don't laugh, well if you do at least I have supplied some amusement for the day, lol, I know this is simple build but here goes:

Here is my coil installed on my new Serpent Mini RTA without wicking:


Coming in at 1.12 Ohms



Wicked & Juiced up:


Using UD Kanthal A1 26ga wire, with 8 wraps, 3mm ID, coming in at 1.12 Ohms.

What an awesome Vape, awesome flavor & some good clouds, lol.

 

[Andre]

So here goes at my first coil to be posted here, please don't laugh, well if you do at least I have supplied some amusement for the day, lol, I know this is simple build but here goes:

Here is my coil installed on my new Serpent Mini RTA without wicking:
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Coming in at 1.12 Ohms
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Wicked & Juiced up:
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Using UD Kanthal A1 26ga wire, with 8 wraps, 3mm ID, coming in at 1.12 Ohms.

What an awesome Vape, awesome flavor & some good clouds, lol.

Great post, thank you. Nice to see a higher resistance coil for a change. I am no great coil builder (notice the lack of that medal) and find it difficult to get uniformity on my coil as soon as the ID goes over 2.5 mm. The wraps just wants to jump onto each other and the tunnel just refuses to be dead straight!

 

[GreenyZA]

So I eventually took the plunge and made up some fused Clapton. I used 2 strands of 24g Nichrome and wraped it in 30g kanthal.

I used it for dual coils and 5 wraps around a 3.5mm ID bit.

The piece of wire at the top of the coils are normal 26/28clapton I bought and is there for a scale comparison. This wire is THICK and the coils are the biggets I've built so far.

I decuded to put them on the TM2 deck.

I put them on the RX200 and dry dired them at 60 watts en then upped the power gradually to 120watts.
This setup get HOT!!

After working out the hotspots, the build came out to 0.12ohm.

I then wicked it with Koh Gen Do.

Then did a bit of tweeking to the wick reducing the width of the tails a bit and then tucked the tails into the deck.

Then juices it up...

And she was ready to go.


The flavour is fantastic and the clouds are MASSIVE. I thought the vape would be very hot but its not, when you do fire it at 140 watts and take 5 second hits, it does get hot though.

I really enjoyed this build and I'm looking forward to attemp a stapeled clapton soon.




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[WDE]

2. Built Myself
3. Alien Clapton (built and wrapped myself)
4. 2 stands 26g kanthal for the cores and 34g ni80 for the outerwrap. 5 wraps comes to 0.32 ohms on the evic mini.

Built this a few days ago, pretty much the same as my previous Alien clapton post but this has 2 cores of 26g instead of 3 28g cores. The outer alein wire is initially still made on 28g for the correct spacing. Wrapping with 2 cores instead of 3 makes it 10 times easier to make this wire (if you can make a fused clapton I think this build should come easy)

I'm such a fan of this wire (possibly my favourite build), vapour is good, flavour is awesome and ramp up time is also good (haven't noticed a major difference by only having 2 cores besides being way easier to make). Definitely recommend this build

As far as making this goes, check out "pristine builds" on youtube. Great tips in the video and I've found this to be the easiest way to make this wire.

Besides that, have fun building

 

[GreenyZA]

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2. Built Myself
3. Alien Clapton (built and wrapped myself)
4. 2 stands 26g kanthal for the cores and 34g ni80 for the outerwrap. 5 wraps comes to 0.32 ohms on the evic mini.

Built this a few days ago, pretty much the same as my previous Alien clapton post but this has 2 cores of 26g instead of 3 28g cores. The outer alein wire is initially still made on 28g for the correct spacing. Wrapping with 2 cores instead of 3 makes it 10 times easier to make this wire (if you can make a fused clapton I think this build should come easy)

I'm such a fan of this wire (possibly my favourite build), vapour is good, flavour is awesome and ramp up time is also good (haven't noticed a major difference by only having 2 cores besides being way easier to make). Definitely recommend this build

As far as making this goes, check out "pristine builds" on youtube. Great tips in the video and I've found this to be the easiest way to make this wire.

Besides that, have fun building

Stunning build as always WDE. Going to check out youtube in the days to come. Also would like to give this a shot!


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[WDE]

Stunning build as always WDE. Going to check out youtube in the days to come. Also would like to give this a shot!


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Thanks @GreenyZA, and you too. Your build is awesome. Super neat, really dig it. Also great post with all the detail.

yeah with that fused clapton you just made, I think you will nail the alien wire

 

[GreenyZA]

Thanks @GreenyZA, and you too. Your build is awesome. Super neat, really dig it. Also great post with all the detail.

yeah with that fused clapton you just made, I think you will nail the alien wire

Thank you WDE. I'm loving this wire building. Going to give the Alien a shot for sure!!


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[Andre]

So I eventually took the plunge and made up some fused Clapton. I used 2 strands of 24g Nichrome and wraped it in 30g kanthal.

I used it for dual coils and 5 wraps around a 3.5mm ID bit.

The piece of wire at the top of the coils are normal 26/28clapton I bought and is there for a scale comparison. This wire is THICK and the coils are the biggets I've built so far.

I decuded to put them on the TM2 deck.

I put them on the RX200 and dry dired them at 60 watts en then upped the power gradually to 120watts.
This setup get HOT!!

After working out the hotspots, the build came out to 0.12ohm.

I then wicked it with Koh Gen Do.

Then did a bit of tweeking to the wick reducing the width of the tails a bit and then tucked the tails into the deck.

Then juices it up...

And she was ready to go.


The flavour is fantastic and the clouds are MASSIVE. I thought the vape would be very hot but its not, when you do fire it at 140 watts and take 5 second hits, it does get hot though.

I really enjoyed this build and I'm looking forward to attemp a stapeled clapton soon.

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What a great post. Loved the descriptions so well illustrated by the pictures. And an awesome build too. Well done!

 

[Andre]

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2. Built Myself
3. Alien Clapton (built and wrapped myself)
4. 2 stands 26g kanthal for the cores and 34g ni80 for the outerwrap. 5 wraps comes to 0.32 ohms on the evic mini.

Built this a few days ago, pretty much the same as my previous Alien clapton post but this has 2 cores of 26g instead of 3 28g cores. The outer alein wire is initially still made on 28g for the correct spacing. Wrapping with 2 cores instead of 3 makes it 10 times easier to make this wire (if you can make a fused clapton I think this build should come easy)

I'm such a fan of this wire (possibly my favourite build), vapour is good, flavour is awesome and ramp up time is also good (haven't noticed a major difference by only having 2 cores besides being way easier to make). Definitely recommend this build

As far as making this goes, check out "pristine builds" on youtube. Great tips in the video and I've found this to be the easiest way to make this wire.

Besides that, have fun building

Awesome build as always. And great photography too. Thank you Coil Master.

 

[Silver]

So I eventually took the plunge and made up some fused Clapton. I used 2 strands of 24g Nichrome and wraped it in 30g kanthal.

I used it for dual coils and 5 wraps around a 3.5mm ID bit.

The piece of wire at the top of the coils are normal 26/28clapton I bought and is there for a scale comparison. This wire is THICK and the coils are the biggets I've built so far.

I decuded to put them on the TM2 deck.

I put them on the RX200 and dry dired them at 60 watts en then upped the power gradually to 120watts.
This setup get HOT!!

After working out the hotspots, the build came out to 0.12ohm.

I then wicked it with Koh Gen Do.

Then did a bit of tweeking to the wick reducing the width of the tails a bit and then tucked the tails into the deck.

Then juices it up...

And she was ready to go.


The flavour is fantastic and the clouds are MASSIVE. I thought the vape would be very hot but its not, when you do fire it at 140 watts and take 5 second hits, it does get hot though.

I really enjoyed this build and I'm looking forward to attemp a stapeled clapton soon.




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Wow @GreenyZA , those coils look super!
Great photo set of the build up...
Congrats

 

[Silver]

View attachment 55859 View attachment 55860 View attachment 55861
2. Built Myself
3. Alien Clapton (built and wrapped myself)
4. 2 stands 26g kanthal for the cores and 34g ni80 for the outerwrap. 5 wraps comes to 0.32 ohms on the evic mini.

Built this a few days ago, pretty much the same as my previous Alien clapton post but this has 2 cores of 26g instead of 3 28g cores. The outer alein wire is initially still made on 28g for the correct spacing. Wrapping with 2 cores instead of 3 makes it 10 times easier to make this wire (if you can make a fused clapton I think this build should come easy)

I'm such a fan of this wire (possibly my favourite build), vapour is good, flavour is awesome and ramp up time is also good (haven't noticed a major difference by only having 2 cores besides being way easier to make). Definitely recommend this build

As far as making this goes, check out "pristine builds" on youtube. Great tips in the video and I've found this to be the easiest way to make this wire.

Besides that, have fun building

Lovely coils and great photos again @WDE
Thanks, very inspiring
I always wanted to know what does the "alien" refer to in Alien Clapton?

 

[GreenyZA]

Lovely coils and great photos again @WDE
Thanks, very inspiring
I always wanted to know what does the "alien" refer to in Alien Clapton?

@Silver I think Only true aliens can build them


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[GreenyZA]

Lovely coils and great photos again @WDE
Thanks, very inspiring
I always wanted to know what does the "alien" refer to in Alien Clapton?

@Silver, all jokes aside, I think Alien Clapton got its name due to the wavey pattern of the outside wire resembles Alien scales.


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[Silver]

@Silver, all jokes aside, I think Alien Clapton got its name due to the wavey pattern of the outside wire resembles Alien scales.


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Thanks @GreenyZA

I suppose you mean something like this...

 

[WDE]

Lovely coils and great photos again @WDE
Thanks, very inspiring
I always wanted to know what does the "alien" refer to in Alien Clapton?

I'm also going to guess the wavey clapton outside. I believe "blueeyedgoon83" came up with this concept and then may have also named it. (if you want to see a coil master, check him out on instagram)

 

[smilelykumeenit]

snakespine braid, made myself.

5loop 34g TMN80 over/between 2 28g KA1 cores
6 wraps on 3mm @ 0.33Ω after pulse

in the twisted messes V1 for building, will wick and Vape when my phenotype is not in use, please stay tuned.

 

[WDE]

Built and wrapped myself
Half staple staggered coil
4 strands of 0.5/0.1 ribbon kanthal, 1 26g kanthal stand and claptoned with 36g Ni80. 5 wraps came to 0.25 on the evic mini.

I like this coil, good flavour and cloud production (didn't notice anything mind blowing, but gives a very solid vape). Ramps up pretty quickly. I can see myself using this for a while, I think alien wire is still my favourite at the moment (as far as flavour goes) but will see if this can change my opinion in the next few days

Overall a fun build and solid vape.

 

[Alex]

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Built and wrapped myself
Half staple staggered coil
4 strands of 0.5/0.1 ribbon kanthal, 1 26g kanthal stand and claptoned with 36g Ni80. 5 wraps came to 0.25 on the evic mini.

I like this coil, good flavour and cloud production (didn't notice anything mind blowing, but gives a very solid vape). Ramps up pretty quickly. I can see myself using this for a while, I think alien wire is still my favourite at the moment (as far as flavour goes) but will see if this can change my opinion in the next few days

Overall a fun build and solid vape.

Simply amazing skills man.

 

[smilelykumeenit]

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Built and wrapped myself
Half staple staggered coil
4 strands of 0.5/0.1 ribbon kanthal, 1 26g kanthal stand and claptoned with 36g Ni80. 5 wraps came to 0.25 on the evic mini.

I like this coil, good flavour and cloud production (didn't notice anything mind blowing, but gives a very solid vape). Ramps up pretty quickly. I can see myself using this for a while, I think alien wire is still my favourite at the moment (as far as flavour goes) but will see if this can change my opinion in the next few days

Overall a fun build and solid vape.

nice! where do you get ribbon wire from pls? haven't seen anywhere!

 

[WDE]

Simply amazing skills man.

Thanks @Alex, appreciate it.

nice! where do you get ribbon wire from pls? haven't seen anywhere!

Thanks! bought the last roll from the vapery (not sure when/ if they are getting again). So I'm also looking around for some more

 

[smilelykumeenit]

revisited this wire with 26g cores instead of 28g

snakespine vertebraid: 5 loop 34g TMN80 braid over/ between 2 26g KA1 cores

comes out @ 0.3Ω after pulse

made myself

wicked with cotton bacon. the Vape is great, with flavour notes being pronounced very equally and together, rather than the bias and seperation that other coils can have to certain flavour notes. the braid on the inside of the coil wicks juice really well, so longer drags without any dryness become possible.

 

[Andre]

View attachment 57021 View attachment 57022 View attachment 57023 revisited this wire with 26g cores instead of 28g

snakespine vertebraid: 5 loop 34g TMN80 braid over/ between 2 26g KA1 cores

comes out @ 0.3Ω after pulse

made myself

wicked with cotton bacon. the Vape is great, with flavour notes being pronounced very equally and together, rather than the bias and seperation that other coils can have to certain flavour notes. the braid on the inside of the coil wicks juice really well, so longer drags without any dryness become possible.

Stunning, well done!

 

[MoeHS1]

View attachment 57021 View attachment 57022 View attachment 57023 revisited this wire with 26g cores instead of 28g

snakespine vertebraid: 5 loop 34g TMN80 braid over/ between 2 26g KA1 cores

comes out @ 0.3Ω after pulse

made myself

wicked with cotton bacon. the Vape is great, with flavour notes being pronounced very equally and together, rather than the bias and seperation that other coils can have to certain flavour notes. the braid on the inside of the coil wicks juice really well, so longer drags without any dryness become possible.

Awesome looking coil man. How long does it take to make the wire