So, I have finally decided to start making my own coils. It looks so easy on YouTube. It isn’t, at least not at first.
I made my first Alien coils today, they came out pretty good, but the clapton wraps are spaced a bit far apart. I think i need to find a balance between the drill speed and how I feed the alien wire onto the core wires.
Completely unskilled I’m afraid, I have to buy the different ready made rolls and just wrap the coils but combining the wires themselves, beyond my skill set!
Here’s a tip to have a coil glow without strumming it… Space it, heat it up and then close the space if needed while hot on the jig… Takes 2 hands but it will glow without you having to fiddle with hot spots… Works with fused claptons, been doing it for years and always see youtubers building them type and playing guitar with it for 2 minutes… Try it with those triple sow cow 360 nose dive coils you got, might be a time saver.
I have not had a chance to test the resistance of these yet.
A mix of nichrome and stainless.
1x 28guage nichrome with a 36guage nichrome wrap.
1x 28guage nichrome with 32guage stainless wrap.
1x 0.5x0.1mm ribbon nichrome.