Re: Poking wires into secondary

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Original poster: Mike <megavolts61-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

My favorite trick is to use a 1/4 wall thickness pvc pipe then take a very 
small drill bit (just a bit larger than the wire) and drill into the pipe 
at a very shallow angle.  then drill a mirror image hole to create a V 
shaped channel in the wall......without punching all the way through.  Then 
once the coil is wound, you can slip the end of the wire into it and use 
pvc cement to permanently hold the wire in place....I also cement a flat, 
circular piece of pvc onto the top of the coil form to help prevent 
internal arcing.
    I use pvc bolts for the ground connection....glued into the bottom of 
the form.  Finally, for my connections to the topload and the ground 
strap,  I sand off the ends of the wires then make a 'spiral coil' around a 
1/4 in. rod(to allow it to slip over a 1/4 in bolt) and then solder the 
coil, so that it is like a washer and has a decent surface contact with the 
topload/ground.
Mike