Re: Elkonite

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Original poster: "Edward Wingate by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <ewing7-at-rochester.rr-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:
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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

Dave,

I have tried copper/tungsten alloy and the erosion factor was worse than
brass! Functionally it was OK, but not worth the money.

Ed Wingate RATCB