Now for 6 coils I take the inner radius (measured at the bottom of the magnet) of 18.84 inches, divided by 6 coils is 3.14. Subtract the width of 1 magnet leaves approx. 2 inches that the coil legs will occupy.

So, the coils will have a outer width (with no reshaping and a little bulge from normal winding) of about 3" and a cross section of one leg of one coil will be about 1" x 1/2".

This will use all available space, (coils just touching) and allow for heavy gauge wire.

And if I understand right I am not to worry too much about the relationship of how the wires cross the magnets (since it is air core) and instead focus on getting the proper # of turns to fill up the space provided for a coil, which means using the heaviest gauge wire that will create a coil with the proper number of turns and maximum dimensions.

I thought that the coils would be too fat in the legs this way but looking back through projects and other stators I see that having coil legs as wide as the magnet is not unusual. I hope I have this right now.