When I wound my coils using AWG 50 gauge wire (.001") the wire is really 
too small to see with the naked eye...
so I had to use several bright lights so I could see reflections off the 
wire.
I used an old tape recorder drive motor... I put it on a rheostat so I 
could ramp up the speed. 

With a wire that fine once you start... there was no stopping until you 
were done... any jerking, or
restarting always resulted in the wire breaking. 
And there was no repair... just heating the wire was enough to make it 
brittle and it would snap just bending it.

The other bad part of using that size wire... was that you never knew if 
the initial connection, at the beginning of
the wind, was any good until you were done... and could check for 
continuity.

But you could sure get a lot of turns on a little one inch in diameter 
spool.

Jan in Gilroy

Chris... if you're reading any of this... We're glad to hear you are 
getting better and we're all looking forward to your return.
We miss your help and insight to the whys and what's of this hobby.


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