Re: CURSE Primary/ Grounded-centre or grounded edge?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

I should think that you can get copper bar stock in any arbitrary thickness
(up to inches).  You might need to have it rolled to size from some larger
dimensioned billet.

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Subject: Re: CURSE Primary/ Grounded-centre or grounded edge?


> Original poster: "rob by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<rob-at-pythonemproject-dot-com>
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> Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>
> >
> > Hello Scot
> >
> > I use to have access to some kind of big roller press. By successively
> > decreasing the distance between the rollers, a penny could be flattened
to a
> > large disc. If the penny was rolled too thin, cracks would appear. Do
you
> > think that copper ribbon wire could be rolled in the same fashion from
round
> > copper wire? Maybe heating the wire before rolling would improve the
> > procedure.
> >
> > Godfrey Loudner
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tesla list [SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> > > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:09 PM
> > > To:   tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > > Subject:      Re: CURSE Primary/ Grounded-centre or grounded edge?
> > >
> > >
> > > Now     where do I find copper ribbon of sufficient size and length ;)
> > > ??
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Scot D
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> I have seen rectangular enameled wire used in power transformers, so you
> must be able to get it commercially.  I just wonder how big of wire you
> can get?  The stuff I saw couldn't have been more than 1/4" wide.  Rob.
>
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