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Re: [TCML] Oregon Coilers?



Rick wrote:
Fellow Coilers,
I just re-subscribed to the list after a hiatus of several years and am wondering if there are some coil builders in the Portland, Oregon area who are interested in getting
together. (or anywhere in the NW for that matter)

My vocational background in neon sign fabrication
interested me in high voltage apparatus, which
prompted me to join the TCBA many years ago.  I
certainly enjoyed reading the newsletters, but never
got around to actually starting a project because some
elements of the design/construction remained cryptic
to me despite reading books like Pringle's guide.

Now I have begun to move forward with a small SGTC (12 inches of winding length of 30 gauge wire wrapped on a 2.5 inch PVC form).  After around eight hours of tedious hand winding, I am motivated to assemble a winding lathe of some sort for future secondaries.

Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions...


For smallish secondaries (say, up do 3-4" in diameter, 2-3 ft long) a piece of threaded rod for an axle and an electric drill works well. You need something to put the end of the axle in so it doesn't move around (like a vblock made of wood?)

Hold wire in left hand and drill in right, or vice versa.

A strip or two of double sided tape running down the form helps a lot.
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