Warren,

I get "magnet wire" as it is called from Newark (800-463-9275).
The #36 Beldsol is Belden # 8058, a 1/2 pound spool of 6400 ft,
which should make about 30 of the coils I described. (Or a single
2656 ohm coil at 415 ohms/1000 ft).

The Newark number is 36F1321, for $28.

Regarding the direct solderability of Beldsol at 700 Deg F, I have
found that lightly scraping the enamel insulation with a razor-type
knife facilitates the removal of the insulation when soldering it to 
a terminal, which reduces the chances of melting the socket or pin or
whatever if it is  a PVC material. For temperature control, I use
the Weller WTCPT solder station that uses interchangeable tips with
different temperature cut-offs (where the curie point of the tip
is reached at a given temperature and it becomes non-magnetic and
releases a magnetic switch that turns off the heater current; if you
have one of these, this is why it clicks all the time). This Weller
soldering system is much more affordable than those with electronic
temperature control, and safer than constant wattage controls.

Regards,
Sean-Thomas

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