Re: Hows the flat coil

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Bart,

I was replacing the hard drive in my old 24/7 computer tonight and it was
"interesting".  But it is all fixed now after four hours...  Didn't have
time to work on the flat coil tonight.  I have about a six inch coil wound
so far.

Let me go see if the wire is lifting with time...   Yes, there are a few
wires that are sneaking up but they push right back into place.  Nothing
terrible but it looks like we need something to stick them down permanently.  

I noticed that the carpet tape adhesive is VERY susceptible to solvents.
Almost any solvent will weaken or destroy it.  I think we need to "test"
the adhesive first before applying it.  Hot glue or "maybe" water based
polyurethane or paints would do it.  Artists use some gentle fixers for
charcoal drawings.  We will just have to try things and see.

I'll send this to the list too.  Maybe someone "really knows" what types of
fixers will not hurt the carpet tape adhesive but will fix the wires in place.

Maybe very thin coats of poly but you can't go pushing the wire back down
if it goes bad.  Since the wires like to lift, fast drying would be a big
plus...

Cheers,

	Terry

At 07:13 PM 2/19/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Terry -
>
>How's the flat coil coming? I'm kind of curious, I used a clear lexan
>sheet over the top of my windings. Still, I can see there are a few
>wires that still want to try to lift off of the tape. I'm comtemplating
>the best method to secure the windings and haven't really come up with
>anything yet. I've considered running a bead of hot glue runners, but
>not sure if I want to do this yet. Have you noticed the same and if so,
>have you come up with anything?
>
>Bart
>