Re: Mirror Ball as VDG Sphere?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

WHy not have a auto body shop do the drilling work, and then they can roll
the lip inwards, as well.  Someone who's good with hammer and dolly could
whip that out in an hour and it would be pretty good.  (In contrast to
someone like me, who would not only wind up getting blood all over it, but
it would bear no resemblance to a sphere or a VDG top terminal).




Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> Howdy Folks,
> 
> I got this link from this list awhile back:
> 
> http://www.waterscapesweb-dot-com/orbs.html
> 
> I was eye-balling the stainless steel "mirror balls"
> as possible TC discharge terminals, but I've had mixed
> results using spherical terminals. The sphere doesn't
> seem to shade the top turns the way a toroid does, and
> the breakout goes any which way, including back to the
> base of the secondary! Plus, it causes problems with
> breakout from the top turns. Anybody getting good
> results with spheres?
> 
> Now what about a VDG terminal? I was thinking I could
> hire a machinist to bore a nice round hole in one of
> these and have myself a professional-looking VDG
> sphere. However, I anticipate trouble with corona
> leakage at the rim of the entry hole, since it would
> not be beveled inward. Has anyone tried one of these
> atop a VDG?
> 
> =====
> Gregory R. Hunter
> 
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg