Hello N1BUG,

Yes  that  would  work just as well :) I tend to overcomplicate things
having a small machine shop here <LOL>

Thursday, January 17, 2019, 12:34:08 PM, you wrote:

> Hi Chris,

> That is an interesting idea. I think it should be a press fit to so
> it doesn't tilt to the side and cause the coil winding to be a bit
> loose.

> I was thinking along another line. Use a machine screw through the
> coil form as before (make it brass this time), but instead of
> attaching the inside were lug under the screw head, bring the wire
> out through a hole near the machine screw, bend it over and put a
> lug on it outside. Then this lug and the one from the end of the
> coil itself can be pressed against each other between two nuts (or
> nut, lug, lug, lock washer, nut). The would assure better contact
> and should reduce the tendency for the most critical part of the
> assembly to loosen. If one were to be very paranoid, he could even
> solder a short safety jumper from lug to lug. ;-)

> 73,
> Paul





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