Toroid and Conducting Clay?

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• Subject: Toroid and Conducting Clay?
• From: jgore-at-cyberramp-dot-net
• Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 04:06:48 +0000
• Subscriber: jgore-at-cyberramp-dot-net Fri Jan 3 21:47:44 1997

I have made a Toroid out of four air vent elbow joints.
This is the hard sheet metal type, not the flexible stuff.
However, it has some sharp edges. When I crank up my coil
it sprays purple flames and corona everywhere (not long nice arcs).

My question is this: Besides solder, does anyone know of a way to 
fill in and smooth the edges of something like this? A conducting 
clay that hardens? Anything?

I know, I know. Everyone is going to tell me how to build a toroid 
now! Well, I'm sticking with this one no matter what. At this point 
I'm just looking for materials I might use to smooth it up. And, I 
can think of allot of other uses for a conducting clay that hardens.
There must be something out there!

[ There is aluminum tape available at hardware stores in the ductwork 
  section.  You could also try covering up the points with some silicone
  sealant (RTV) -- Chip ]

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