Strange...Coils move - it's a fact

[vapdivrr]

Its alive....

 

[oplholik]

Have you ever noticed when you torch a length of wire to anneal it, sometimes it will curl a little? This is just residual stress in the grain structure relieving itself, so in way you could call it "memory". Did you torch the coil legs to anneal them? The coil wraps get annealed when you dry fire it for the first time, but the legs don't get hot enough (luckily, as we know this is bad). So the stress relief happens over an extended time period. I could see the coil raising itself again if you simply bend it back to where it should be because this adds more residual stress. I've also seen that you guys are winding your coils directly off the spool recently and using tension alone to keep the wraps tight and in place. Not sure if you are also taking an annealing step. I'm still winding coils by hand like a noob, but I always anneal the entire segment of wire and have never noticed a coil moving around after it has been mounted.

At any rate... interesting topic

I would go with this^^ I always heat my length of wire before coiling, and I haven't noticed the coils moving yet.

 

[super_X_drifter]

OOOoooooOOooOOOoooOo... Call CoilBusters?

Just curious: For you guys who have this happening are you annealing the wire before you build? Or no?

No annealing.

 

[Visus]

Whoever figures it out can then tackle how possible this---> Did they walk in place or were hoisted by aliens or ???

 

[Bunnykiller]

Its EMP forcing the coil away from the metal deck ( think rail gun)

 

[louis]

Coils will move slightly when heated too much. Just watch the coils on a electric heater. BUt I like the sucking too hard first thing in the morning myself. LOL

louis

 

[Ohms Lawbreaker]

Captured while I was asleep:

 

[dice57]

Dude, was that your house? Never seen an reo before and always wanted to try one, only problem was the throat hit wasn't very strong, so I did some adjusting, thought you'd be pleased!! Was going to push them back down, but heard some noise and decided to exit stage left. Sorry, didn't mean to freak you out, say hi to your, oh never mind. But really am not to freaky, just a tad. lmao. Nice gear by the way!!