Hopefully I can remember all the questions at once.
Do you use the same gauge as one of your alien cores to wrap the initial clapton? Also do you try to stay 10g apart? 24g cores 34g wrap? Is one wire easier to work with? Been using N80 but think I'm gonna use kanthal since I have a bunch I never use.
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Yes if I want my cores to be 26g I use 26g for the core of the initial clapton. As for staying at least 10g apart, there is no rule I know of about that... you can clapton whatever around whatever if you wanted
Just know closer the similar in size they are, they wont coil well and probably why there is at least a 10g difference.
For Aliens I stick with 26/28g cores and wrap 36-40g ( Mostly 36 )
When I started rebuilding I was also in my DNA TC days, so I had a shit ton of SS316L and practiced with it... Fused there really isn't much to it, there is no prep beyond how long of a run you want and how fast your drill spins lol
But yeah... I tried aliens with my bulk wire I didn't use much til I got confident enough with my prep and QoL items to burn through my N80.
I also buy 250'+ rolls of Core wire and 1000' Rolls of wrap at a time from TemCo.
But yeah, make some 8" strands of triple core and try Alien'ing those... 5" of Alien wire will do a 6 wrap 3mm