[Fwd: Building big top loads]

["Kurt Schraner" <k.schraner-at-datacomm.ch> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

This mail was meant to go to the Tesla List, by using the reply
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kind reply already. I didn't realize, that by now, the replies to
the Tesla list mails go directly to the author, and NOT
automatically to the tesla list.

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Hi Alan, All,

very impressive, how you make your big toroid, as well as the
Corby Teslathon results with "Bride of Frankenstein"! But it's a
lot of work, and I guess: not too cheap as well?

I got the 1.6m/0.4m (63"/15.7") topload for my somehow big
hobby-coil "Black & White" 2 weeks ago. The coil is yet in the
make, and has not yet seen first light. Pictures can be seen on:

http://home.datacomm.ch/k.schraner/index.htm

goto the equipment page and then to 16"Tesla coil Black and
White.

BTW  Chip, I cannot express it better than Robin Copini:
> It's amazing how much you take something for granted until you
> lose it - i.e. this list. I and I'll bet lots of others have missed it!!
>
> Many thanks to Chip et al for all the 'unpaid' work in maintaining
> this list for all of us to enjoy.

Kurt


"Alan Sharp (by way of Terry Fritz )" schrieb:
> 
> Greetings All,
> 
> I've got the skeleton built for one quarter of my next top load,
> its a 48" by 18" psuedo toriod which will be extended to 72" by 18".
> It could be scaled up to almost any size.
> 
> It uses a series of hardboard rings of dimininishing diameter set
> about 1" apart. It wasn't to bad to build and its quite strong. I fixed a
> bit
> of angle iron as an arm to my jigsaw, bolted the other end to the centre
> and cut the rings quite simply. I worked out from the centre (I used
> plywood
> for the centre ring.
> 
> Pictures on:
> 
> http://ourworld-dot-compuserve-dot-com/homepages/alansharp/
> 
> goto the toriods page and then to megatroids.
> 
> Alan Sharp (UK)