Re: First light, and a poor performance

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: First light, and a poor performance
From: wwl-at-netcomuk.co.uk (Mike Harrison) (by way of terryf-at-verinet-dot-com)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 07:43:19 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com


>
>This looks pretty thin for this power level- 6 or 8mm copper tube
>would probably be better.
>Mike Harrison
>
>    Thanks for the comment, I do have some 8mm tube which I will make into a
>primary as soon as I have time, what is the smallest bend radius that can
>reasonably be made with this sort of pipe?

You can get down to about 6" dia. with some effort. A handy technique
I heard about *AFTER* I'd done mine is to fill the pipe with sand to
stop it collapsing. If I were doing it again, I'd use 6mm tube - 8mm
is a bit of a pain to work with.
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