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Beginner questions
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- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:44:36 -0700
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Original poster: Tyler Pauly <rpggod714@xxxxxxxxx>
Hello, I'm building my first coil. I have some
questions that only need to be asked once. They are:
1. What do you use to connect the "parts - aka the
capacitor, transformer, primary, etc.? Do you use
house wire (12 gauge)?
2. Do you have any words of wisdom on constructing the
primary? Mine will be 12 turns of .25 copper tubing
held by HDPE cutting board. They start at 6" diam. to
17". I originally planned for 6 supports, but not only
was it incredibly hard to "wind" it, but the glue
holding the plastic to the board support gave out. I
know glue wasn't the best idea, so I'm now routing
ruts into my board to slip the strips of HDPE into.
I'm kind of struggling. There's got to be an easier
way to this. Any ideas?
Thanks for the help,
Tyler