RE: rotary construction

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Original poster: "Ted Rosenberg by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com>

Justin:
Although my SRSG is on hold for a future coil, I have all the parts for it.
When it came to building the ring, I thought about it and decided why must
it be a 'ring???' So, I bought 1-inch wide brass strips from my local Ace
Hardware (standard stock item) which, some day, will go from electrode to
electrode over the 1/2 brass bolts that hold the tungsten welding rods.
So my ring will be square. Actually I will solder each strip on top of the
next for best conductivity.

And all of the above may be moot (not mute) by virtue of the trigger gap
which I will be using on the rebuild of my current 900W coil. We live in
interesting times!!

Safety First

Ted

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Subject: rotary construction


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Cydesho-at-aol-dot-com>

I have my rotary sprak gap just about finished, but I had a question about 
the conducting ring that goes on the rotating disc. Right now, I have a ring

made out the aluminum used in pie pans, but I'm concerned that It might be 
too thin to handle the current that will be going through it. I'm running my

coil off of a 15kV 60mA NST. Any comments on this? I hate to ruin my disc 
because the conductive ring overheated. Can anyone suggest a material that I

can find at an average hardware store?
                                Justin