magnet wire and FAQ

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: magnet wire and FAQ
From: pmathus-at-learningco-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 20:58:28 -0600
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

     Hey y'all, newbie here.
     
     I wanted to ask about secondary winding wire.  Most people seem to use 
     magnet wire to wind the secondary, but i have seen secondaries that 
     are wound with insulated wire.  What are the advantages and 
     disadvantages of this?  
     
     I assume that the secondary is a little more durable this way, and 
     involve less varnishing.  But using hv wire to do it would probably be 
     very expensive, no?  Has anyone on the list tried it?
     
     
     Also, re the faq:
     
     R.Quick and a few others have written excellent beginner-oriented 
     articles on nearly every aspect of building a small coil, including 
     construction of primary, secondary, capacitor, and sparkgap.  wouldn't 
     it be easiest to use these as the starting point for the newbie-faq?
     
     as others have said, these are available at:
     www.pupman-dot-com
     and
     http://www.velocity-dot-net/~djb/files.shtml
     
     among other places.  These have been very helpful to me, personally.
     
     thanks
     
     paul mathus