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It's hard to tell right off the bat, but continuing with the same gauge wire, filling it out until it occupies almost half the width would be sensible.
Applying the winding as it is to a variac would tell you how far down in voltage you have to go before the core no longer saturates.
Then counting the number of turns you'll get a turns-per-volt figure to use for calculating the secondary.
Counting turns is just a meticoulus matter of using a loupe & a toothpick, counting X * Y turns and multiply.
It is useful to get some numbers on this & that, to be able to estimate if you'll reach your goal.
Applying the winding as it is to a variac would tell you how far down in voltage you have to go before the core no longer saturates.
Then counting the number of turns you'll get a turns-per-volt figure to use for calculating the secondary.
Counting turns is just a meticoulus matter of using a loupe & a toothpick, counting X * Y turns and multiply.
It is useful to get some numbers on this & that, to be able to estimate if you'll reach your goal.