Re: Coil winders

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz 
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

 >         Don't forget that you can wind a coil entirely by hand and do a good
 > job if you're careful and patient.  Lots of cut pieces of masking tape,
 > wire spool on floor with wire fed over the end, and coil form in your
 > lab.  Try it - it isn't hard at all and you will be spending your time
 > making your coil, not making a winder.  Winders are handy and I have a
 > good one I've made, but that's by no means the only way to go.

I would certainly recommend at least a firm support where you can
support the coil and rotate it by hand, with an horizontal axle. Just
this cuts the time in 10 x or more. Fix the wire with
tape at each few cm of winding. And don't take the wire from
a spool from the end!. It comes out twisted, and it's too easy to
get a terrible tangle as result (I tried...). Unroll it from the
spool in small amounts as you proceed.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz