Re: Treenails??

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Original poster: "teri mckenney by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <mck-at-ezy-dot-net>

Mellomine (I don't know if I spelled it right) is fairly cheap and comes
prefinished in black or white
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Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: Treenails??


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<uncadoc-at-juno-dot-com>
>
> Hi All,  The waferboard, flakeboard(oriented strand board) and particle
> board work reasonably well for Tesla stuff.  We have used all of them and
> have found that they all work OK within reason.  Matter of fact, we had a
> problem with good quality hardwood plywood as a primary platform that had
> actually arced through the lower part of the secondary tower ground
> terminal through a three inch long open internal spot in the center of
> the plywood(about the size of a long skinny splinter)and back up to the
> primary tubing through a miniscule hole or flaw in underlying areas, and
> carbon tracked clear out to the primary tubing right through the 1/4"
> wood dowel standoffs!.  And this was so called 'pro' hardwood plywood
> with many laminations with no voids. Ha, ha!  Well, it had a big air void
> in the center sandwich and carbon arced and smoked and drove us nuts
> trying to find out why our coil shorted,buzzed and sputtered and would
> not fire at full intensity.  The best laid plans of mice and men........
>   Al.
>
> On Fri, 06 Apr 2001 11:57:55 -0600 "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> writes:
> > Original poster: "ebyng by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> > <ebyng-at-netlimit-dot-com>
> >
> > Matt D. & ya'll
> >
> >
> > >Treenails may be somewhat overkill, but their presence in a project
> > of
> > >today indicates a pride of craftsmanship that I can relate to.
> >
> > Yeah, I kinda like them. There cool to make and they look nice.  I
> > also
> > could use all the insurance I can get. heheheh.
> >
> > Do you know if that comp board is any good for the primary base (not
> > the
> > wire supports, the base top)?  Its thin wood ships pressed into a
> > board
> > with copious amouts of glue.  Its pretty strong, and once its sealed
> > with
> > poly, it doesn't soak up much water...  Before, though, thats
> > another
> > matter.....
> > i would hope it would... Buying 3/4 inch ply is killing my wallet...
> >
> >
> > >I think only those with an internal PFC Cap would be capable of
> > biting.
> >
> > No caps in mine, but I read about it happening on a website.  If I
> > find it
> > I'll post the addy, see what ya'll think.
> >
> > thanks
> > Erik
> >
> >
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