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Re: [TCML] Kinraide Coil Reproduction - Near Completion. Nearexhausted.



ah, thanks for clearing that one up for me.
ebonite is hard rubber and bakelite is phenolic. 
Makes sense now.
btw, have you have seen phenolic casting kits around, just curious?

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Foley <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008 3:56 am
Subject: Re: [TCML] Kinraide Coil Reproduction - Near Completion.	Nearexhausted.
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi, 2 different materials all together.....ebonite is hard 
> rubber and
> bakelite is thermosetting phelolic like material. cul brian f.
> 
> 
>       www.genapro.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "CONOR WHYTE" <cjwhyte@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Kinraide Coil Reproduction - Near Completion.
> Nearexhausted.
> 
> 
> > As far as I know Ebonite is the same thing as Phenolic (Bakelite).
> > I don't know this for sure. Right?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 8/21/08 7:16:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight
> > > Time,
> > > electrotherapy@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > >
> > > >If anyone has an old Bowling ball, made of Ebonite or
> > > Vulcanite, no  longer
> > > needed, if you send it my
> > > >way I will machine proper hard rubber coil forms!  It
> > > would be  a dream to
> > > actually to do this, in the
> > > >same way that getting silk covered wire to use was a dream to
> > > wind  with.
> > > But I don't know where to
> > > >get them in South Florida.  It'll be a real interesting
> > > task  to turn them
> > > on the lathe, but I am sure
> > > >willing to have a go!
> > >
> > >
> > >     How old a bowling ball would this 
> be? How do
> > > you ID  one as made of
> > > Ebonite or Vulcanite?
> > >     I purchase bowling balls at thrift 
> stores for
> > > dirt  cheap and pick them
> > > up at the recycling yard fairly regularly (I shoot them
> > > from a cannon, and
> > > they tend to be hard to find afterwards). I've also shot
> > > *at*  several bowling
> > > balls - which is almost as fun since you can put  "english"
> > > on them by winging
> > > them with a high-power rifle. You can spend all day
> > > launching them out in a
> > > field, then make them roll around wherever you want  until
> > > they get too small
> > > and lumpy..
> > >     My point is that I've got some familiarity
> > > with the  construction of
> > > bowling balls, and the ones I've come across are in two
> > > general  flavors: solid
> > > all the way through swirled/colored plastic, or cork and
> > > rubber  core with a
> > > tough outer skin. Is the Ebonite/Vulcanite different, like a
> > > solid  rubber?
> > >     If I know what to look for, I'll 
> keep an eye
> > > out  and send them to you.
> > >     BTW, look at how the pro shops 
> fixture balls
> > > to  drill finger holes.
> > > Might be useful when it comes time to machine yours  down.
> > >
> > >
> > > -Phil LaBudde
> > > Center for the Advanced Study of Ballistic  Improbabilities
> > >
> > >
> > >
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