Re: A cardboard tube by any other name would work the same.

["Albert Hassick" <uncadoc-at-xxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

Hi  David.  Good to hear from a cardboard tube user.  What kind of sparks
did you get from your cardboard tube?  And would you use a cardboard form
again?  AL. 


On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:20:13 -0600 "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
writes:
> Original poster: Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com 
> 
> In a message dated 10/26/00 5:11:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
> 
> << "Albert Hassick" <uncadoc-at-juno-dot-com>  >>
> <<And also I remember
> seeing Richard Quicks recommendations on baking/sealing a plastic 
> tube to
> drive off moisture, and he is 100% correct.   But it would take a 
> lot of
> work to do that.  How does an average coiler bake a plastic or 
> cardboard 
> tube in an oven? No way a decent sized coil will fit into an oven of 
> the
> average coiler like myself.>>>
> 
> Hi Al, all,
> 
> When I prepped my Quiktube for use as a secondary coil, I simply
> let them sit out in the sun for a day or two, since it was during 
> the 
> summer in Memphis:-o Of course I took it in at nightfall to prevent 
> moisture from dew. With ample blazing sunshine and temps well
> into the 90's or even 100's, drying was not a problem. The only pro-
> blem was when I applied the urethane, insects would like to land on
> the tube before the urethane completely dried and would get stuck
> to the sticky mess like it was flypaper :-O. I would assume that bug
> carcasses are somewhat conductive:-(
> 
> One coiler in Memphis (maybe the only one)
> David Reiben
> 
> 
>