Thanks for the responses ...

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Original poster: mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Hi, everyone,

Cheers to everyone for the responses its been a great help and will 
enable me to
move on abit.

Mike I'm based on aldershot hants.

Slurp812 yeah that would be great to compare results I'm using a 15kv 20ma NST
myself you it will be interesting to see differences.

Anyways thanks for all the help, and making my first post such a 
productive one.

Cheers
Mark


Quoting Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> Original poster: "Mike Tucknott" <michael.tucknott@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Mark
>
> you have the right idea.
> I like to paint on a little varnish on the coil form then varnish the coil
> afterwards
> this keeps all the wire in place and helps to protect the coil.
>
> where in the UK are you mark??
>
> goto to http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.tucknott/tesla.htm
>
> Cheers Mike
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:52 AM
> Subject: Newbie with a questions
>
>
>  > Original poster: mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I'm new to the tesla coil world and coil winding, I'm currently 
building a
> 3"
>  > coil using a 15kv nst.  Anyway I fine on the contruction of everything
> other
>  > than winding the secondary coil, I've obtained a 3"x27" piece of acrylic
> pipe,
>  > which has a high sheen to it. Now I've never wound such a large 
coil, (the
>  > largest was a loo roll tube when I was a kid for a antenna 
tuner.) Can you
>  > suggest how to go about a fixing the wire for the first turn and how to
> keep it
>  > in place while winding, special as I'm doing this by hand. My 
own thoughts
> are
>  > to rough the acrylic up as to not have a slippery surface, and apply a
> light
>  > varnish as I go which should go tacky and hold the wire.
>  >
>  > Anyway thanks for any suggestions
>  >
>  > Cheers
>  >
>  > Mark
>  > UK
>  >
>  >
>
>
>
>