man you need a lathe lol thats what i plan on using when i build mine, and if its to fast i'll slow it down. i built a set of guitar pickups by hand (#42 AWG wire, about 3-5 thousand feet in each coil) , wound it one turn at a time, i'll never do it again lol. i wound a electromagnet like that, took me like an hour lol your coil looks good though
and for the next time, might i recommend some jersey gloves or other soft, thin gloves...sweat and oils from your hands sticks ALL over the wire, causing the poly or other coating to not adhere and insulate correctly
I use a simple wooden machine with a 230V Dc motor.
Motor is fed 65V Dc via a resistive ballast of say 60 ohms.
If you wind, it has enough torque to overcome the friction of the spindle, of my hand guiding the wire and the wire unrolling from its storage reel.
But if i tighten my grip only the tiniest bit, the machine stops immediately so i can correct "queer" turns it made, it winds a coil in 15-30 minutes and allows to paint it while rotating giving a good finish
What gauge wire r u winding with? I wound mine with 32 gauge but it was a small one
zker666 2 years ago
@zker666 26AWG
HighVoltageScience 2 years ago
ok im winding mine with 28
zker666 2 years ago
winding a tesla coil secondary is one of the hardest, longest, and most grueling part of engineering/inventing. nice job lots of patients, too!
zker666 2 years ago
man you need a lathe lol thats what i plan on using when i build mine, and if its to fast i'll slow it down. i built a set of guitar pickups by hand (#42 AWG wire, about 3-5 thousand feet in each coil) , wound it one turn at a time, i'll never do it again lol. i wound a electromagnet like that, took me like an hour lol your coil looks good though
fnaguitarplayer9 2 years ago
and for the next time, might i recommend some jersey gloves or other soft, thin gloves...sweat and oils from your hands sticks ALL over the wire, causing the poly or other coating to not adhere and insulate correctly
codemsan 2 years ago
winding by hand ...omg build a jig its sooo much easier and the results are better
but i guess your finished now
i would still build a jig of some description for next time....
and there will be a next time
teslaspigeon 2 years ago
your coils going to be eeeeeppiiiiiiiiccccccccc give that thing itleast 10kw
instructabletubeNEOW 2 years ago
Noo, dont do it by hand ^^
I use a simple wooden machine with a 230V Dc motor.
Motor is fed 65V Dc via a resistive ballast of say 60 ohms.
If you wind, it has enough torque to overcome the friction of the spindle, of my hand guiding the wire and the wire unrolling from its storage reel.
But if i tighten my grip only the tiniest bit, the machine stops immediately so i can correct "queer" turns it made, it winds a coil in 15-30 minutes and allows to paint it while rotating giving a good finish
Mrpsychotehpyro 2 years ago
Man, coil windong is so monotonous, and hurts my hand after a few hrs...
holycrapapie 2 years ago
I am finished the coil looks perfect (7 hours later lol) now i have to wait for the caps
and try to pick out what the best power supply should be.
I am thinking 2mots running at about 12amps
or two or more 15kv 60ma nsts.
and depending on how unsafe i want to make it a PIG is always in the back of my mind lol.
HighVoltageScience 2 years ago
The coil looks really small in this video but its
4'' X 22" anyways the most i believe i could throw at this would be 3kw max.
HighVoltageScience 2 years ago
yeah 3Kw seem reasonable.
But i dont get why mots
Even the best mot pair will give you only about 4.6 Kv (the rly big ones, 1350VA at 2.3Kv from microwaves that are 20 years old)
I have seen people use the voltage doublers from microwaves...but still, i dont like it.
Btw , you american people can be happy, in germany NST are usually 6.3Kv or sometimes 8, but thats maximum..(safety regulations)
We use so called "voltage transformers" for higher Voltages, these are like pole pigs but lot smaller.
Mrpsychotehpyro 2 years ago