Re: tesla coil

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Original poster: "Steve & Jackie Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-com>

TC winders,

Another help is to use double sided celophane tape (its very cheap).  Wind a
turn of it where the coil winding will start to hold the first few turns,
and another loop where the end windings will be.  Also run 4 or six strips
along the length of the coil.  This will hold the windings in place quite
well as you are winding.  Then when done you can firmly anchor the winding
with coatings of polyurathane or equivalent.  The tape in no way affects the
performance.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: tesla coil


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> In a message dated 1/2/01 9:12:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> >
> >  I'm having a bit of a problem.  When winding the secondary, how do I
keep
> > the
> >  coil from kinking? Or from accidently overlapping itself. it's not much
of
> a
> >
> >  technical question, but I know it will affect my coil's output.  How do
I
> >  keep the loops from sliding over themselves, and how to I keep the
> secondary
> >
> >  taut when I'm not holding it?