Re: Newbie with a questions

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Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx 

Hi Mark,
I have found a few strips of double-sided gift-wrap tape to be very 
useful, and more forgiving in case of any OH-SH_T!! situation than 
gluing it with varnish. It's usually best not to thread the wire 
through into the inside of the coil form, although a few folks have, 
with no admitted damage. Also, try to avoid making any right-angle 
turns at the beginning or end of the winding.

Hope this helps,

Matt D.


In a message dated 1/26/07 2:28:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
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