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Hey Frank
Yes the wire I used was just a general purpose emanel coated wire #24. That was what I had in stock I guess 22 or 26 may work but 24 is easy to work with. I started out with 21 turns ( actually I measured a imprint of the old winding and used measurement instead of number of turns which turned out to be 21 turns). It did not tune correctly the trimmer on the variable was all the way out, so I removed turns until it tuned just at the trimmer tightened, and it works perfect I think I removed 2 turns so now I have 19 turns. I cut the block of wood to it would fit inside the cabinet loosely. As you can see I marked the width of the winding on the block. Also notice the staple on the ends of the block I put a 3/16 inch bolt and wound the wire over the bolt, when you are finished winding remove the two bolts and squeeze the loop so it can slip off the wood block. This worked for me and hope it will work for you. The glue I used is Loctite Stik'n Seal it is pretty good glue. Thanks for the interest just take your time removing the loop from the wood block. That's my story and I'm sticking to it

Joe