Re: [TCML] Oregon Coilers?

[jimlux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick wrote:
> Fellow Coilers,
>  
> I just  re-subscribed to the list after a hiatus of several years and am wondering if there are some coil builders in the Portland, Oregon area who are interested in getting
> together. (or anywhere in the NW for that matter)
>
> My vocational background in neon sign fabrication
> interested me in high voltage apparatus, which
> prompted me to join the TCBA many years ago.  I
> certainly enjoyed reading the newsletters, but never
> got around to actually starting a project because some
> elements of the design/construction remained cryptic
> to me despite reading books like Pringle's guide.
>
> Now I have begun to move forward with a small SGTC (12 inches of winding length of 30 gauge wire wrapped on a 2.5 inch PVC form).  After around eight hours of tedious hand winding, I am motivated to assemble a winding lathe of some sort for future secondaries.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions...


For smallish secondaries (say, up do 3-4" in diameter, 2-3 ft long) a 
piece of threaded rod for an axle and an electric drill works well. You 
need something to put the end of the axle in so it doesn't move around 
(like a vblock made of wood?)

Hold wire in left hand and drill in right, or vice versa.

A strip or two of double sided tape running down the form helps a lot.
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