Re: Toroid Construction

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 12/18/00 10:43:55 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<<  
  For those of you who have built this style, I would appreciate some 
pointers 
 on
  how to join the ends to each other in a secure, non-lumpy manner.
   
  Thanks,
  --Steve Young
   >>
 Steve,
 
 I have made a couple of these.  I used a 1/4" acrylic center disk cut out on 
 a band saw.  Then I used 2" wide clear packaging tape and started taping the 
 plastic pipe to the center disk.  As I came around to where the ends need to 
 meet, I used a razor knife and cut the ends so they join nicely.  Next I 
 drilled matching holes in each end, about 3/16" in from the ends and used 
 nylon lacing cord to tie the ends together.  It worked out quite well.  I 
 covered the whole thing with the clear tape, fixing it to the center disk 
all 
 the way around.  Then I covered the whole thing in aluminum tape.
 
 Ed Sonderman
 
  >>
Steve,

I should have mentioned that it helps a great deal to set the plastic disk on 
a table, sitting on a spacer that places it correctly in the center of the 
plastic pipe.  So, the spacer height needs to be one half the diameter of the 
plastic pipe less one half the thickness of the plastic center disk.

Ed Sonderman