Re: General Questions

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Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun-dot-com>

Wade,
     my favorite technique for attaching the secondary is this: the sec
tube slides down over a slightly smaller diameter tube that has been glued
to the base board. Make the smaller tube about 1 diameter high. This results
in a system where height adjustments of the secondary are trivial.

For large coils use a piece of the same tube that the secondary is wound on,
and take a length-wise slice of material out of it and glue it back together
as a now smaller diameter tube. I've even done this with acrylic.

-Peter Lawrence


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>Original poster: "Wade B AndB Anderson by way of Terry Fritz 
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <nabedaw-at-juno-dot-com>
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>What are some different methods being used to secure the secondary of the
>TC, to the surface that the primary is mounted on?
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>Is the the secondary exhausted of air? I mean, both ends of the secondary
>are capped, correct? And is the air inside removed, pressureized?
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>Is the angle of the windings on the primary critical to the operation of
>the coil? And if so, in what way?
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>What types of epoxies or uerthenes are best to use when sealing the
>secondary conductor?
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>I'm getting materials together to build my first coil and would
>appreciate any all input.
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>Wade 
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