Andy
The ones that Si has made look like 19 turns arround a 7 or 8mm drill bit, why not just copy that, looks like 0.5mm wire as well ?
Just stick the drill bit in a vice and start winding like this
1.Winding on Drill Bit by Alan Towell, on Flickr
Alan
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