I've made another capping video.

[waikikigun]

A super longform video of how I make triple caps, with a couple small modifications to my previous technique and more in-depth chat about the geometry I'm shooting for.

https://youtu.be/OT_o2pRE5E0

 

[charlie G.]

Waikiki the link doesn't seem to work for me. Is it just me ?

 

[Smokin Harley]

dead link here too

 

[deluxestogie]

Bob

 

[Gdaddy]

Interesting video. I never thought about actually measuring for the flag. I've always just 'winged it'.

BTW...your video making skills are excellent as well.

 

[charlie G.]

Great job on the video, very understandable and easy to follow.
The cigars I roll I don't worry to much about caps. I also mostly roll torpedos but this is a great detailed technique.
Well done and thanks for posting.

 

[waikikigun]

Yeah the measuring is not super significant, it's just a sort of a consciousness raising exercise, pre-visualizing exactly how that thing is going to wrap around that cylinder if I cut that thing to a certain place and then curve it...

Thanks, I kinda winged it with the GoPro this time but decided not to chuck the shaky footage....

 

[TravisNTexas]

Thanks for that video! Very well done and very easy to follow. It helps a lot (especially for a newb like me), to understand the whys of how things are done and I think you conveyed that admirably!

 

[waikikigun]

Thanks, Travis. Glad you enjoyed it.

One thing I should have mentioned in the video is that depending on what's happening with the wrapper leaf I sometimes don't cut off the first 1/4" "nipple" from the initial wrap; I just wrap the second nipple from the first cap around the first nipple and then cut-and-push that combined nipple. I do that with very thin leaf. I can't remember which way you did it in your wrapping vid.

 

[Gdaddy]

I like to "twerp the nipple" into a pigtail. Using three fingers and a rotating motion (my own standard twerping method). I get a little glue on the fingers to get a 'slippery nipple' that makes for easier twerping. As it begins to tighten I use the finger nail press like you show in the video. Otherwise the cap will just get pulled off the cigar and you have to start over.