Re: first coil

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Original poster: "Arpit Thomas" <neko4-at-dodo-dot-com.au> 

I wound what was pretty much a tesla coil secondary ( Its on my shelf, 
never used) , by hand, I tried winding it with a drill, but the wire 
snapped a lot, how do you do it?

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On 3/10/2003 at 9:34 PM Tesla list wrote:

 >Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 >"Matt,
 >
 >      I forgot to mention, if you don't have a secondary coil yet don't
 >wind
 >it by hand. Wow what a pain that is and the turn our lousy. Build a
 >simple
 >jig hand powered with a crank is good or if you got a helper use a power
 >drill, I wound my last coil took only 20 minutes with a drill powered
 >jig
 >and turned out beautiful, the wire is tight no gaps between windings and
 >I
 >put about 20 coats of semi gloss polyurethane and it is beautifully.:
 >
 >	You CAN wind a beautiful secondary by hand if you take the trouble.
 >Way to go if you only want one.  The winder is more fun and if you keep
 >it turning it's easier to apply a surface coating.
 >
 >Ed