Re: Construction techniques (attaching toroid and secondary coil)

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

Brett,

You can use nylon bolts, such as those used to fasten toilet seats to the
toilet.  Or, make the form a bit longer and use an internal baffle made out
of something line a plastic kitchen cutting board.  Then you can use
whatever you want (e.g. metal bolts) to secure the secondary.
--Steve
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Subject: Construction techniques (attaching toroid and secondary coil)


> Original poster: "Brett Error by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<bretterror-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> I'm building my first Tesla coil (4" secondary).  I have the base, primary
> coil, spark gaps, transformer all put together, and was about to start the
> secondary coil while the materials for the MMC I've ordered arrive.  My
plan
> was to cap the ends of the coil with wood disks perforated with carriage
> bolts.  I was going to use a bolt on one end of the column to attach the
> secondary to the base, and the bolt on the other to attach the toroid
> (hadn't worked out the details yet).  I just, however, read Richard
Quick's
> coilbld series where he describes how important it is to NOT drill holes
in
> the end caps and seal the column.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) What is a good way to attach the secondary coil to the stand without a
> bolt running through the end cap?  Anyone have any suggested techniques?
>
> 2) What is the best way to attach the toroid to the top of the coil?
> Richard wasn't very specific on how the toroid could/should be attached.
> Anyone have experience with specific methods that seem to work well?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Brett
>
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