Re: Do these numbers look right?

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Original poster: Bart Anderson <classi6-at-classictesla-dot-com> 

Hi JC,

The 8 ga wire might be a little troublesome to make nice and neat. It's 
real easy to use copper tubing as it comes in a nice neat pre-rolled 
condition. All that is needed is a little gentleness when forming the 
pre-roll into the primary coil. With solid wire, such as you might buy at a 
hardware store, it will probably have some deformed areas (depending on the 
guy/gal at the hardware store on their winding jig). But, you could 
probably reform it easily if needed (not so easy with tubing should it 
become deformed).

BTW, with tubing, I start from the inner turn and form the coil outward, 
clamping the wire at it's position on each runner as I work my way around. 
Everyone has their own method which I guess matches their talents and 
cosmetic concerns.

Take care,
Bart


Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: JOSEPH CACCIATORE <jocatch-at-us.ibm-dot-com>
>
>P.S. Got 50' of bare 8 ga wire yesterday to play around with (the only 
>wire HD had here). Since it is bare I guess I can't just lay it out on a 
>piece of cardboard, uh? How do you guys get such nice looking spirals?