Original poster: "MIKE HARDY" <MHARDY@xxxxxxxxxx>
Ok, I have the wires spliced, and coated with 5 coats of poly-varnish. I
think I read a while back that it is also a good idea to place a wedge of
??? under the wire and wind. Then trim this material flush with the
windings. What should I use for this purpose. Sorry for not searching the
archives to find this.
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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Splicing Magnet Wire
> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sometime hard to do "nicely" Mike.
>
> I've done this a few times early on. I first tinned both wires with
> solder. Then simply held the new wire in place and heated the joint
> (trying to maintain a steady hand by resting my outer palm edge
> against the coil). If you do a lot of soldering, you get good at
> this. If not, well, you eventually learn the technique (using a
> decent soldering station certainly helps as you can set the temp).
> Something like a Radio Shack plug and go iron isn't the best to use,
> but will do the job (I would first get it right on the work bench
> with a scrap piece).
>
> Take care,
> Bart
>
> Tesla list wrote:
>
> >Original poster: "MIKE HARDY" <MHARDY@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >I know this has been discussed before, but need details.
> >Unfortunately my new 6" coil (producing 7 foot discharges) , blew a
> >hole in the secondary wire about 5' up from the bottom. I unrolled
> >the wire past the burn, scotchbrighted/exacto knifed the carbon from
> >the form. I sanded a beveled edge on the wire, and tinned it. Now I
> >want to join this with a new wire to re-wind to the original bottom
> >point. My question, is how to hold the 2 pieces of wire in
> >alighnment while soldering? This seems very dificult. Not only from
> >a placement point of view, but from a standpoint of properly heating
> >the junction. As always your helpmis much apreciated
> >
> >
> >