Lasersaber,
In your picture above...MotorTest1.jpg....it looks like you have some kind of electrical tape as a covering over the entire coil.  Is that what it is?  And if there is no secondary, then why is there a covering over the coil?  Wasn't the Stubb coil supposed to be UNcovered so as to be able to absorb moisture from the earth?  Also, on that cotton covered wire...in the photo on ebay it looks like the cotton is flat and wider than the wire.  Is that correct?  How does that work with the iron wire, assuming the iron wire is bare?  Is it hard to align the two wires so that they both lay flat on the coil so that you have even and smooth windings?  If I buy this cotton covered COPPER wire, do I also need to buy cotton covered IRON wire  to make all the layers even?  Sorry for all the questions, but I would like to get started soon, so need all the info I can get.  Thanks again.

Hi Lasersaber very impressive; very good and intelligently build. Can you please tell us exactly how did you build that by a diagram?.
Thanks

All,

I will give complete build instructions soon.  I will probably do a video on building it with sources for all the parts.  Right now I do not have the time.  I going to be out of the country for a few weeks so all this will have to wait.  I will try to answer all your questions when I get back.

Hurry back Lasersaber, and be careful!  You carry important information with you!  We will all be awaiting your return.  Hurry!!!!!!

I was wondering about how to tell if a metal rod is soft or hard iron.  I have read that if it attracts metal objects while magnetized, but then immediately lets loose when not magnetized then it is soft metal.  So I checked all my bolts which remain, with which I had planned to make more coils.  Wouldn't you know it... only one, well, maybe two, of the many bolts left are the right ones.  Most of them barely held the metal while I had the magnet on them.  But there is one, especially, that held tight and then immediately released when the magnet was taken away.  So that is the one I will go with next.  I wish I had thought of testing the bolts a long time ago.  I know I am getting volts with the coils that are already built, but I think that if I had only had the proper bolt to begin with, I would be getting GREAT results with possible amps.  My hardware store has plenty of the good bolts, so I guess that is where I will be headed this week.  So all newbeez beware.  Get the proper bolt!  I guess I should have done the same with the wire too.  I have been using fence wire.  It seems to work, but once again, if I had the good SOFT wire, I will bet I would be getting some pretty good results!  However, with my coils that are already made, I seem to be getting the same as everyone else.  (With the exception of Lasersaber)

Anyone have any good ideas on what iron wire to use?