Re: ARGH!!: broken wire

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>


... a few years ago, while winding a 4" coil , I ran short of wire 
'bout 2/3 of the way .   Before making my splice , I found another 
piece of wire, of similer size,, insulated  with pvc and striped off 
about an inch of the insulation and sliped it over my secondary wire 
, carefully soldered my splice, then put a  little epoxy on the 
spice, then slid the pvc jacket over the spice.,..seems to work 
fine,.......hope that all made sense ;-)

dave"

   I've used a slightly simpler approach.  After securing the wire 
that's alreay wound I scrape about 1/4" insulation from the end, do 
the same to the wire on the spool, then tin both and solder in a lap joint.
Then fold a piece of thin paper maybe 1/2" wide over the joint, trim 
it to perhaps 1/2" length, and put it against the form with the open 
part facting the empty form.  By carefully leading the first few new 
turns on it's possible to have the paper held securely with hardly 
anything being visible except right at the joint.  Finish coil and 
varnish in usual manner.  Never had a problem although my coils are all small.

Ed