New cap design (fwd)

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Subject: New cap design (fwd)
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 09:02:59 -0500
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From:  Thomas McGahee [SMTP:tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com]
Sent:  Saturday, August 08, 1998 3:51 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: New cap design (fwd)

Shaun,
The edge that is flipped over will be much thicker than the
open side. As you roll it up you will find that the flipped
side will gradually bulge. The effect is cumulative.

Secondly, it has been my experience that when you try to
roll such a beast up that you will experience a crinkling
at the flipped edge.

My experience with this method was that it produced more
problems than it solved. The severity of the problem depends
somewhat on the thickness of poly being rolled. It is
much worse with thicker poly.

Hope this helps.
Fr. Tom McGahee

> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 02:39:28 -0500
> From: Shaun <shaunobrien-at-geocities-dot-com>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: New cap design
> 
> ello, everyone
> 
>  While I was thinking. I came up with a diffrent way to make a rolled cap.
instead of cutting all
> the layers into sheets like we normally do. Why not make the poly 2 times as
wide and fold it around
> the plate? Corey Edmunds helped turn this idea into what it is now. There is
a pic of the end view
> of how the layers would be stacked at
http://www.geocities-dot-com/SouthBeach/Pier/2756/newcap.jpg They
> is only 1 disadvantage we saw at the time. That is trapped air in one end.
Maybe with a strong pump
> this would be overcome. Some of the advantages we saw to this design. Less
poly needed to make a
> cap, and more insulation around the plates. This would work really well for
the extended plate
> rolled cap design as the plates could go straight out of the sides
> .
> Shaun O'Brien
> Member of The Oklahoma Tesla Coil Builders
> http://www.geocities-dot-com/SouthBeach/Pier/2756/index.htm