Re: First Failure and Help

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Original poster: "robert & june heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

Just a small comment.  As the wire bends inside the holes it requires more
room than the diameter of the wire/tubing so make your holes large enough to
provide for the bend.
   Robert  H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 00:13:07 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Fwd: First Failure and Help
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 00:13:51 -0700
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 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>
 >
 > In a message dated 12/27/02 12:45:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 >
 >
 >
 >>> Also, does I'm trying to use strips of a cutting board I made as the
 >>> supports for my primary. Does anybody have a quick and easy method for
 >>> drilling all the holes with the necessary spacing? The current way I'm
 >>> looking at doing it is where I'll have to drill a hole, measure .5 inch,
 >>> drill a hole, ad infinitum. Help would be appreciated.
 >>
 >> A $150,000 CNC milling machine is faster...  But you are doing it exactly
 >> the way I would... ;0)  I guess you could mark all the hole locations first
 >> and then drill them...  That poly cutting board would probably just gum up
 >> a CNC machine anyway... ;-D
 >
 > Hi Alan,
 > If you stack your supports with a slight offset, you can drill the entire
 > stack at once. Say you had 8 supports and you want the turns to be 1/2" on
 > center.
 > 1) Mark the top one in the stack every half inch and then offset each one
 > under it 1/16" from the one above it.
 > 2) Fasten the stack with strong rubber bands.
 >
 > 3) Number the pieces in sequence!! VERY important!!
 > 4) Drill through the entire stack, preferably using a drill press.
 > 5) Slide them onto the primary coil in sequence, working from the 
outside in.
 > This reduces the number of holes to be drilled in this case by 82.5%.
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 > In general, for N supports with primary on D in. center-to-center, the
 > offset should be D/N
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 > Hope this helps,
 >
 > Matt D.
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