Re: Formless secondaries

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Original poster: "claude masetto by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <claudmas-at-optusnet-dot-com.au>

Hi Mark,
Where in Australia are you? I'm in Sydney.
Claude.
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Subject: RE: Formless secondaries


 > Original poster: "Mark Snoswell by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mark-at-cgCharacter-dot-com>
 >
 > G'day Ken,
 >             ...
 >
 > Original poster: "K. C. Herrick" <kchdlh-at-juno-dot-com>
 >
 > For a formless coil, perhaps you could split a form as you describe, and
 > then wind a tight layer of twine over that and varnish it thoroughly.
 > Then cut the twine along the split.  Then when you wind the wire over it
 > and lightly fix the turns as you describe, they will end up spaced.
 > Possibly you would need to utilize alignment pins in the form to keep
 > the spiral at the split accurately aligned.
 >
 >
 > I could -- but being a typical lazy ozzi I will just set the winding jig
 > to create the space for me :) ... It's well worth getting the automatic
 > wire advance working and then let the jig do all the hard work!  ...
 > Anyway, I will keep you posted on the results as they come in.
 >
 > Mark
 >
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