Re: What to do with spool while winding?

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Patrick Bloofon by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <transactoid-at-home-dot-com>
> 
> This is kind of a strange question. When winding the secondary, what exactly
> does one do with the spool? With most sites I've seen that have winding
> details, the person just has the spool on an axle so they can draw the wire
> off. I don't see how this is possible. There's no way I can pull my 10 pound
> spool without snapping the wire...and if I feed some slack off the spool, it
> just gets all twisted up!

	See below.  You gotta be careful and keep the wire taught!

> Could someone please enlighten me as to how you do it? Am I just way
> overcomplicating matters? :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick

	Place the spool on one END on the floor and pull the wire off over the
other end.  You have to be careful not to let it tangle, (I keep plenty
of pre-cut masking tape available to tape the wire to the spool BEFORE
taking tension off of it) and the professionals use a plastic gadget
like an upside-down funnel to control it.  I have gotten by with being
careful.

Ed