Re: My Primary Coil disaster

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Original poster: "pjj by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jjenkins-at-satx.rr-dot-com>

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Doh outlook crashed, this is my 2nd time writing this

Use gregs set-up for the primary works awesome, Home depo should
carry it, dont ask the morons in the isles check the referderation
Isle and pulmbing (dont ask me to spell)

gregs site is on hot-streamer-dot-com


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Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 10:54 AM
Subject: My Primary Coil disaster


> Original poster: "Patrick Bloofon by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <transactoid-at-home-dot-com>  
> 
> Okay, this whole tesla coil thing has not been going my way. First,
> the wire breaks while winding the secondary (perhaps you've seen my
> post...). Now, my primary coil is all but an expensive hunk of
> copper.
>  
> I cut out and drilled 5 really nice offsets. I mounted them onto a
> surface, and began feeding 1/4" copper tube through it, starting
> from the outside.  After about 5 loops, the tubing was so bent,
> twisted, and demented out of shape I couldn't go any further. 
> Loops were overlapping and the tube was flexed in multiple planes
> (ie, bent side to side as well as up and down...). I'll try to get
> some pictures up so you can see this mess.
>  
> What I'd like to know is:
>  
> -Are there any good ways to re-bend or straigten the copper tubing
> when it is in such a state? (ie, is this thing salvagable)
>  
> -Seeing as my method of winding failed miserably, I'm guessing it's
> not how others do it. What is the "proper" way to wind it?
>  
> PS. This copper tube is extremely expensive where I live. The
> cheapest I found was $30 for 50 feet.  Home Depot doesn't even
> carry it around here. 
>  
> Thanks,
> "A very frustrated coiler",
> Patrick
>  
> 
> 

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