Re: Annealing copper was (My Primary Coil disaster)

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Bob,

Try hooking a husky arc welder across both ends of the tubing to
resistance-heat it to something below red hot, then reduce the power
gradually if possible, otherwise, just shut off the welder and let the
tubing cool naturally.

A torch will work, but the arc-welder seems like it would be quicker, more
uniform heating, and more interesting.
--Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: My Primary Coil disaster


> Original poster: "Bob Bozarth by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jbdetails-at-prodigy-dot-net>
>
>     Due to similar problems I'm sure happen to many "coilers", does
anybody
> out there know how to anneal copper? I've seen aluminum annealed using
> acetylene, but not sure of the process. I noticed in an earlier post to
this
> thread Ed Phillips said something about annealing copper with a torch.
> Personally, I would be really interested to hear some details on the
> subject. Any help there Ed?
>     Thanks,
>         Bob Bozarth
>         Experimenter
>
>
>