I have wound quite a few coils and never tight enough to stretch the wire.
However, I find the toroids supplied with kit # 4509 very sharp on the edges
and the red wire especially easy to strip. I didn't need any iron with a
hot blob of solder to strip off the insulationas in the past
Earl, VE3FBK
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] winding toroids
You do not want to pull the wire too tight when winding toroids...Copper
wire is malleable and will stretch, possibly separating it from the enamel
and allowing the enamel to flake off... Jerry, wa2dkg
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In the thousands upon thousands of toroids that I have hand wound while
supplying toroid sets to Elecraft builders, I have never personally had
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