A rebuildable vaping workshop
Resistance wire, coil builds, wicking and RTAs. Step-by-step build notes to wrap, measure and tune your own setup without skipping a stage.
On the bench right now
WickingHow to wick a coil for your atomiser, RTA, RDA or MTL tank
How to wick a coil by atomiser type, wick width, tail length, placement in an RTA, RDA or MTL tank, and the mistakes behind leaks and dry hits.
Open the build notesA tool from L'Atelier Brouillard
Enter your build and read how much wire to cut for each coil, legs included. The figures follow every change you make.
π × (3 + 0.4) × 6 + 2 × 5 = 74.1 mm per coil
Check the values entered, each field needs a number within its range.
Geometric estimate, worked out along the centre line of the wire. Cut a little extra to hold the wire while you wrap, then trim the legs to suit your deck. Vaping products are for adults only.
The Bonza Pro RTA at the bench, curved postless deck, single or dual coil builds, wicking that suits it, airflow tuning and the UK 2 ml tank rule.
What a coil calculator actually works out and how to check it by hand, resistivity, cross-section, wraps and legs, with a full worked example.
A coil build on a deck step by step, tools, contact or spaced wraps, gradual dry firing and an ohm reading at every stage of the job.
Kanthal A1 decoded at the bench, an AWG to millimetre table, ohms per metre, the builds it suits and why it has no place in temperature control.
Every build sheet at the workshop starts from the same bench. Before the wire comes out, these tools leave the drawer and stay within reach until the first puff.
Kanthal, stainless steel, nichrome or twisted wires, understanding the alloys before the first wrap.
Spaced or contact coils, single or dual builds, every build explained one move at a time.
Prepping, trimming and seating cotton so the liquid flows through without leaks or dry hits.
Decks, airflow, filling and tuning of rebuildable tank atomisers.