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Re: Primaries and Copper Tubing
Subject: Re: Primaries and Copper Tubing
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:44:26 +1200
From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Organization: Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Gary,
The last time I had to anneal copper tubing I had to heat it
cherry red with an oxy-acetylene torch.
Malcolm
<snip>
> You can remove the work harden from the copper tubing with heat. If
> your
> kitchen oven has a self cleaning setting put the roll of copper tubing
> in the
> oven. Set your oven to clean for the recomended length of time, usually
> about
> 3 hours. The work harden will be removed and the copper will be dead
> soft
> again.
>
> Gary Weaver