Woot! I just coiled about 1,000 turns (12 inches of 30 gauge... or was it 32? I should check) in maybe 15 minutes coiling time.
That's some kind of new record. And, the coil is pretty good. Only had to stop twice for gaps (no overlaps); left one gap not fully closed, so it's not perfect yet, but pretty good. And, 15 minutes! That's like eight times faster than the first one.
Now to automate the tensioning/guide process that I currently do with my hand (oooo hand cramps); and THEN to make a ponoko pattern and rebuild it into a nice version. With a turn counter; I'm thinking embedded magnets and hall effect sensors in a quadrature format. Or maybe optical. The pedometers tend to bounce really badly (one step for the lift peg, one or two more steps when they fall off the lift peg, very sad).