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Re: glass laminate - Bah, Humbug...



Subject: 
           Re: glass laminate - Bah, Humbug...
      Date: 
           Thu, 03 Apr 1997 15:01:50 -0500
      From: 
           Julian Green <julian-at-glosilk.demon.co.uk>
        To: 
           tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
References: 
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Subject:
>         glass laminate - Bah, Humbug...
>   Date:
>         Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:43:53 -0500
>   From:
>         "Daryl P. Dacko" <mycrump-at-cris-dot-com>
>     To:
>         Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> 
> I've about given up trying to find a supplier of glass laminate
> that will sell less than a 4'x8' sheet, or require a morgage on
> the house for a smaller piece. ;'{
> 
> I'm thinking about trying a 'hot' rotor design, using a ten inch
> in diameter, one inch thick aluminum plate, mounted on bearings
> attached to some one inch thick lexan supports.
> 
> I'm planning to use some thick walled rubber hose with a plastic
> rod in the center as an insulated flexable coupling.
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with this type of design ?
> 
> Does anyone know of suppliers for laminate that are fairly
> inexpensive ?
> 
> Does anyone have a cure for "Tesla Fever" ?
> 
> Daryl

Ive used a piece of fiber glass copper clad board used to make PCBs. I
spin it up to 10,000 RPM with two small electrodes mounted.  No
vibration.   The copper clad board costs 2.50 (GBP) from electronics
supplies.

I managed to balance the rotor by mounting the rough cut piece on the
motor shaft, spinning at low revs and using a spinning grinding wheel to
shape the disk.  A grinding wheel is the only thing I could find that
can cut fiber glass when its on the move.

The copper at the center of the disk has been etched away.

Julian Green.