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Re: Copper Tubing
Subject: Re: Copper Tubing
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 18:13:43 -0500
From: "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens-at-headwaters-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>
> "I do not know what the crit. heat is for copper, but the controlled
> cooling is just as important as reaching that temp for ideal annealing."
> Not so in my experience. Quenching works just as well as slow
> cooling, and has the advantage of flaking off the scale.
> Ed
>
All,
I agree with Ed. I heat the copper to dull red with a 200,000 BTU
'Tiger Torch' (propane/air) and then pour a bucket of cold water on
it. Spshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
The copper comes steam blasted clean, is immediately annealled soft,
and ready for use/abuse. The spshhhhhhhh noise is neat as well!
Some enterprising stooge will eventually digitally record this
specific sound, copyright it, and digitally master it for release on
a CD ROM. This will then give all you computer coilers a chance to hear
the sound of real copper being worked and add that to your
sense-surround interactive Tesla coil design programs.
"Gee, I can make 6 inch streamers with my computer sim, but when I
push the X10 button, I can then get 60 inch streamers. How come there's
no
ozone?"
Go heat your computer in the oven and dunk it in water. Then go and
obtain a neon transformer and some other REAL HARDWARE and build a
Tesla Coil with your hands!
I hope someone out there knows what I mean,
Wow, I'd like to be more help, but gee, this is a long distance call
from coiling
heaven,
rwstephens