Titanium Clapton Wire?

[rune]

Anyone know of anywhere that sells Titanium clapton wire? Redjuice do Kanthal and Ni200 claptons and I love the latter for temp control, so curious if it's possible to get other temp control metals as ready made clapton. Seen how to do it but looks like to much faff for my liking and would rather just buy it.

 

[EmbraSewerRat]

After a wee look thro' this here 'google' thing I hear about, no mention of pre built Ti claptons.
But some chap makes his own with a Ti Core and a wrapping of kanthal. However Gauge unmentioned.

IF you ask very nicely, I may consider making a couple of lengths up for you as I have 0.5mm Ti and 0.15mm Kanthal.

IF.....

 

[Mr Numpty]

After a wee look thro' this here 'google' thing I hear about, no mention of pre built Ti claptons.
But some chap makes his own with a Ti Core and a wrapping of kanthal. However Gauge unmentioned.

IF you ask very nicely, I may consider making a couple of lengths up for you as I have 0.5mm Ti and 0.15mm Kanthal.

IF.....

That's interesting. Have you vaped with that set up? I understand the current takes the path of least resistance so will the kanthal only heat up by conduction from the titanium core and not interfere with the TC?

I've been thinking of making some titanium clapton coils but I can only seem to find 0.3, 0.4 & 0.5 Ti wire and figure the 0.3 is a bit thick for wrapping?

 

[EmbraSewerRat]

That's interesting. Have you vaped with that set up? I understand the current takes the path of least resistance so will the kanthal only heat up by conduction from the titanium core and not interfere with the TC?

I've been thinking of making some titanium clapton coils but I can only seem to find 0.3, 0.4 & 0.5 Ti wire and figure the 0.3 is a bit thick for wrapping?

Nope, only read about it on some site that has real eejits. Sounds tempting but wanted a word with the delectable @Tubbyengineer about it first.
I'd not like to guess if the Kanthal would interfere with the TC, but as I've seen videos recently of folks twisting Ni200 with Kanthal that seem to work. Dunno, I'd assume not too much.

Getting as good a vape off straight Ti coils anyway, probably better than Kanthal Claptons, without fannying about with making Ti Claptons...

 

[Tubbyengineer]

Nope, only read about it on some site that has real eejits. Sounds tempting but wanted a word with the delectable @Tubbyengineer about it first.
I'd not like to guess if the Kanthal would interfere with the TC, but as I've seen videos recently of folks twisting Ni200 with Kanthal that seem to work. Dunno, I'd assume not too much.

Getting as good a vape off straight Ti coils anyway, probably better than Kanthal Claptons, without fannying about with making Ti Claptons...

It's a fallacy that current takes the path of least resistance, in fact proportionately more of the current will take the path of least resistance, if anyone is interested in maths then maybe they would like to work out the exact responses of the clapton coil - Taking into account that a clapton is essentially 2 resistors in parallel, not forgetting that with two different types of wire those resistors will be changing value at different rates as they heat.

For two resistors in parallel...

however it's more complicated than that as depending on how tightly they are wrapped, and how conductive the touching surfaces of the wire, they may behave as anything from 2 seperate wires in parallel to one very thick wire with a very complicated surface topology.

They may give a fantastically cloudy vape but their actual temperature response will be unknown and unpredictable. You may be fine with that, but if you are then why not just use regular claptons?

 

[Mr Numpty]

Getting as good a vape off straight Ti coils anyway, probably better than Kanthal Claptons, without fannying about with making Ti Claptons...

Same here. Been using titanium exclusively for a while now and very satisfied with it. I just fancy making some fancy looking TC coils for the fun of it.

It's a fallacy that current takes the path of least resistance in fact proportionately more of the current will take the path of least resistance, if anyone is interested in maths then maybe they would like to work out the exact responses of the clapton coil - Taking into account that a clapton is essentially 2 resistors in parallel, not forgetting that with two different types of wire those resistors will be changing value at different rates as they heat.

For two resistors in parallel...

however it's more complicated than that as depending on how tightly they are wrapped, and how conductive the touching surfaces of the wire, they may behave as anything from 2 seperate wires in parallel to one very thick wire with a very complicated surface topology.

They may give a fantastically cloudy vape but their actual temperature response will be unknown and unpredictable. You may be fine with that, but if you are then why not just use regular claptons?

Nice one. Didn't sound like the best idea in the world. Might try twisting some .3 Ti for the velocity. It will probably form some potentially lethal spring of doom.

 

[Tubbyengineer]

Same here. Been using titanium exclusively for a while now and very satisfied with it. I just fancy making some fancy looking TC coils for the fun of it.





Nice one. Didn't sound like the best idea in the world. Might try twisting some .3 Ti for the velocity. It will probably form some potentially lethal spring of doom.

A Nickel / Niffy, or all Niffy clapton should work pretty much as intended with TC

 

[Mr Numpty]

A Nickel / Niffy, or all Niffy clapton should work pretty much as intended with TC

I must confess, since that guy made that video about nickel, and a bad experience with resistherm NiFe, I am a bit suspicious and afraid of Niffy and nickel. Backed up by no science or evidence whatsoever but instead nothing more than my gut. I can only genuinely apologise for my stupidity. Perhaps someone has some reassurance to offer. It's not like I have any evidence that titanium is any safer, except the gut that won't be ignored. Jesus.

 

[Tubbyengineer]

I must confess, since that guy made that video about nickel, and a bad experience with resistherm NiFe, I am a bit suspicious and afraid of Niffy and nickel. Backed up by no science or evidence whatsoever but instead nothing more than my gut. I can only genuinely apologise for my stupidity. Perhaps someone has some reassurance to offer. It's not like I have any evidence that titanium is any safer, except the gut that won't be ignored. Jesus.

Nope you vape with whatever suits you, The Niffy / Nickel combo was just an open suggestion for anyone who may want to try that kind of thing, I personally don't have any real interest in that beyond maybe a fleeting interest in seeing if I could make one and how they vape, seems far too much effort to me...

 

[rune]

Cheers for the responses folks and the input @Tubbyengineer I had looked on Google but the only places I could find mention of it was wholesale like Alibaba.