Re: Spark gap adjustment

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Original poster: "bob golding by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>

Hi David,
    What I use for my rotary flying electrodes are "bulkhead connectors"
These are
available from any shop that deals in hydraulics or pneumatics. They can be
seen on
the pictures of my gap (hot streamer /bob g's gap) They have olives on each end
which clamp on to the electrodes. I am using 4.8 mm electrodes with 5 mm
olives.
These are off the shelf and only need drilling out in the centre. The hole is
slightly smaller than 5 mm thought the connector. They come in different
sizes up to
22 mm and are also cheap (about 5 dollars each).. Contact me off list if
you need
more info or a better  picture. Thanks to Ian Jackson for the idea.

cheers

bob golding

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>
>
> Hi all,
>
> The problem that I have w/ trying to
> employ tungsten is that I can't seem to come up w/ a prac-
> tical way to properly secure smooth tungsten rods to the
> rotory disc and to the stationary supports. I don't have the
> fancy machinist tools or skills to tackle this task at this
> point, nor do I have the big $$ to have it done  :-(
>