Elkonite

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

Hello all, 

With some of the recent talk on brass vs tungsten electrodes 
( I agree, tungsten is the best, but brass will do ), I noticed a 
webpage a few months ago that showed a coil whose SG elec- 
trodes were make of threaded copper/tungsten alloy ( elkonite ) 
bolts. I wrote him asking where he got these elkonite "bolts" but 
never got any response. Unfortunately, I don't know the URL, but 
I was hoping someone out there may know about this. I'm sure 
elkonite may be purchased in plain roundstock from some indus- 
trial supply companies, like Mcmaster-Carr, but I've never seen 
any tungsten alloys that were precision machined with threads. 
The threads make for much simpler mounting and securing of the 
electrodes and if I could locate some elkonite bolts, I could try re- 
placing my all-brass electrodes on my coil system with the elkonite 
ones (if the price was right). 

Sparking in Memphis, 
David Rieben