Sorry to do some grave digging here, but this topic came up in my Google searches, and it seemed to be far from completely answered. I choose to revive it because it's easy to find on Google already and might save some peoples time
I have a vintage outboard that is missing it's lighting coil
It's no longer I production and I've exhausted searching for nos and used all over the web. Short of looking at outboards on every sunken wreck I'm out of options. Outboard sat unused for decades, so I basically have a new vintage outboard, I'm not going to buy a new one 2k USD+, it runs like new. Which leads me to making a lighting coil. I came to this hoping to get information on making a core. I'm not working with anything crazy I'm aiming for no higher than 16vac at 6amps so I can rectify it to DC and filter out any spikes. I might just go with a car alternators regulator for simplicity
I know the best material is laminated electrical steel with the grain going the same way. The part I need is a bit like a curved bar. I know I'd have a difficult time finding the right size laminations to salvage from.
I don't seem to have any options then making my own coil, and laminations cause I doubt a company will make me about ten laminations to my specs.
I'm hoping someone has had a similar delema and found something that worked well for them. If I had more room under the engine cover I'd probably make a generator off the flyweel, but even if I did I'd loose efficiency to additional bearings spinning, and a little more effort to start.
I'll close this off by saying I have a decent amount of electrical experience, I've built circuit boards inside of ospreys and f35 joint strike fighters. I also am not short on tools, I have two oscilloscopes. My favorite being a NASA surplus unit used for the start of the apollo program development. I could waste my time trying to make a homemade core. I'm hoping someone might save me the grief and give me some hints on what might work decent as a substitute, or potential sources, that dont want a kidney.