RE: Tungsten

["Oxandale, Terry" <Toxandale-at-xxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

McMaster-Carr is the only place I know of, but a 12" piece will run
about (this is a close guess) $30 with shipping for the Tungsten Carbide
rod (no pure carbide from them).

Terry

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> From: 	Tesla list[SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:43 PM
> To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: 	Tungsten
> 
> Original poster: "Jason Johnson" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get some cheap 1/4" tungsten, or tungsten
> carbide
> rod? Or if anyone has some, could they sell me two 2 1/2" long chunks
> (I'll pay
> shipping of course). My spark gap is eating brass threaded rod, and
> while this
> works well I have to take out the electrodes and grind them down every
> so
> often, which is a pain. Also I plan on running more power through it
> and I
> don't think that the brass will survive.
>  
> Jason Johnson
> 
> 
>