RE: drying coil forms

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: RE: drying coil forms
From: "William Parn" <parn-at-fgm-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:00:55 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

These are all great ideas.
Do coils work better when they are wound around
fiberglass forms as opposed to PVC pipe?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla List [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 1:35 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: drying coil forms
>
>
> Original Poster: NDWhitaker-at-worldnet.att-dot-net
>
> > Hi Guys,
> > I just thought of a great way to stay dry and possibly make the
> job easier.
> > Try wrapping  a sheet of that Home Depot vareity polyethelene
> sheet around a
> > pvc pipe (how you are going to get it to stay there is beyond me though.
> > Nothing seems to stick to this stuff). You can use the 4 or 6
> mil stuff, it
> > doesn't matter. Apply the windings and then the coating. After
> it cures you
> > could probably slide the whole thing off the PVC pipe and then the
> > polyethelene sheet could then be removed with a simple tug!
>
> <snip snip snip>
>
> I made a custom port for a speaker box about two years ago in a similar
> fashion.  I made a insert out of Styrofoam and covered it with poly
> sheeting.  I
> then wrapped the form with 1" wide fiberglass strips in a cross
> weave pattern.
> When the entire unit was built up to where I needed it I simple
> poured some
> Acetone into the center cavity dissolving the foam insert then
> removed the poly
> and finished the port off.  I do not see why this would not work for a
> secondary
> coil as well.
>
> Neal
> NDWhitaker-at-worldnet.att-dot-net
>
>