Aga T2 - Poor vaping

[Mawsley]

Should imagine the task is quite painful without the lube

Whenever I go around the back to open up a hole with my bit it's the first thing I reach for.

 

[Vapingmonkey]

Mawsley Well played my friend . . . . . well played lol

 

[yodadude]

As a drilling guide..... stainless steel should be drilled very slowly, around 150 rpm, because the hotter it gets, the more resistance it gets ending up with a glowing drill bit, And also a melted drill bit. Also, don't bother unless you use a cobolt drill bit.

 

[Chegs]

Thanks for that, and for the pic. Thats similar to the PetaK Method on youtube, I tried something similar but just couldn't get it to work. I think it was because of the ss mesh touching the sides of the wick hole, does yours touch? it's the only thing I can think of that is causing the problem

Yes,my wick is touching the sides of the atty...I'm only guessing but when I had hassles with the ss mesh wicks(resistance was leaping about like a cat with a spark generator up its arse)I found that the outside edge of the mesh square,even though I'd burnt it umpteen times still had a few threads of mesh sticking up that were causing the problem as heating made the various metals expand and short out the coils.I eventually tried applying a "veneer" of cotton wool to the ss mesh where it passes through the atty,and this worked but the wool just burnt away(taking my tonsils with it)whenever a hotspot appeared(usually when the tank ran dry mid-draw)so I tried some fibreglass tissue I had left-over from car repairs,this worked too,but eventually the fibreglass breaks down,gets contaminated from crud or whatever & starts to destroy the flavour of juice.Nowadays,I fold over the outside edge of the mesh before rolling into a tube and haven't had any more issues.Also,use good sharp scissors to cut the mesh as I get no end of trouble if I use a pair of small nail scissors. As can be seen here,my wicks can still be removed without damaging the coil(unless I've been vaping my licorice juice which clogs up the wick/coil & bonds the coil to the wick way better than a fecking weld could ever do)

 

[Mawsley]

As a drilling guide..... stainless steel should be drilled very slowly, around 150 rpm, because the hotter it gets, the more resistance it gets ending up with a glowing drill bit, And also a melted drill bit. Also, don't bother unless you use a cobolt drill bit.

So my problem was that 18Krpm was too fast then? Good to know for future

 

[Vapingmonkey]

Yes,my wick is touching the sides of the atty...I'm only guessing but when I had hassles with the ss mesh wicks(resistance was leaping about like a cat with a spark generator up its arse)I found that the outside edge of the mesh square,even though I'd burnt it umpteen times still had a few threads of mesh sticking up that were causing the problem as heating made the various metals expand and short out the coils.I eventually tried applying a "veneer" of cotton wool to the ss mesh where it passes through the atty,and this worked but the wool just burnt away(taking my tonsils with it)whenever a hotspot appeared(usually when the tank ran dry mid-draw)so I tried some fibreglass tissue I had left-over from car repairs,this worked too,but eventually the fibreglass breaks down,gets contaminated from crud or whatever & starts to destroy the flavour of juice.Nowadays,I fold over the outside edge of the mesh before rolling into a tube and haven't had any more issues.Also,use good sharp scissors to cut the mesh as I get no end of trouble if I use a pair of small nail scissors.View attachment 15753As can be seen here,my wicks can still be removed without damaging the coil(unless I've been vaping my licorice juice which clogs up the wick/coil & bonds the coil to the wick way better than a fecking weld could ever do)

Thanks chegs you have given me the drive to be a bit more persistent with it and hopefully I'll get there without stripping my throat lol

 

[Vapingmonkey]

So my problem was that 18Krpm was too fast then? Good to know for future

Or a bit keen with the lube

 

[Mawsley]

Or a bit keen with the lube

I'm not sure that is even possible - especially the flavoured ones.

 

[Chegs]

I occasionally get "flashbacks" to my metalwork lessons at school(before I was banned from all lessons)& remembered being taught something about cutting speeds for metals,or having a Dad who was a metallurgist taught me to listen as I recollect arguing with a mate about the Black & Decker electric drills being totally unsuitable for most jobs as they had no speed adjustment/settings to enable them to drill metal anything remotely close to the best speed,and the Dremel(clones)only being useful for grinding as once again,they can't be set slow enough to drill most metals(as I discovered recently when I decided to increase the air holes on a stainless steel dripper cap,and it took me best part of 3 hours to get 2x1.2 mm holes in it) I also tend to keep hold of "trophy's" Things like drill bits with melted cutting edges,or crankshafts from a Mini engine that I'd destroyed by trying to get it to 9,000RPM,or a clutch plate from an old Cortina that was welded to the pressure plate by getting it 50 miles home with the clutch slipping so badly I couldn't get up a hill steeper than the road camber without my passengers pushing.

 

[Vapingmonkey]

I occasionally get "flashbacks" to my metalwork lessons at school(before I was banned from all lessons)& remembered being taught something about cutting speeds for metals,or having a Dad who was a metallurgist taught me to listen as I recollect arguing with a mate about the Black & Decker electric drills being totally unsuitable for most jobs as they had no speed adjustment/settings to enable them to drill metal anything remotely close to the best speed,and the Dremel(clones)only being useful for grinding as once again,they can't be set slow enough to drill most metals(as I discovered recently when I decided to increase the air holes on a stainless steel dripper cap,and it took me best part of 3 hours to get 2x1.2 mm holes in it) I also tend to keep hold of "trophy's" Things like drill bits with melted cutting edges,or crankshafts from a Mini engine that I'd destroyed by trying to get it to 9,000RPM,or a clutch plate from an old Cortina that was welded to the pressure plate by getting it 50 miles home with the clutch slipping so badly I couldn't get up a hill steeper than the road camber without my passengers pushing.

I'm the same lol that must have been a hell of a clutch slip. I've had 6 Minis with countless disasters through tinkering. No doubt my AGA saga will suffer the same fate