Re: tesla coil

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Original poster: "tesla by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz>

Technique for keeping wire taught when winding secondary
Run wire from reel thru a loop which has a weight on it. Gravity keeps the
wire at near constant tension. The loop can have cotton tethers on it to
limit travel
Rgds
Ted L
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Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: tesla coil


> 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
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> > 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?
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