Re: Spun Toroids

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tb3-at-att-dot-net>

Well, I never got one, because I found out about the 
bulk buy of spun aluminum toroids.  But this is what 
Dave said;

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Terry,

Our economical toroids are made from a very smooth 
fiberglass form covered with aluminum foil tape.  

They are aluminum heater duct, covered with fiberglass 
and then sanded down to a very smooth surface.  The 
center disk is a solid sheet of aluminum.  We smooth the 
foil tape down on the fiberglass into a very smooth 
surface.

Their performance is very similar to that of a spun 
aluminum toroid.    They are very similar in weight to 
the spun aluminum toroids.  The surface is very 
durable.  Furthermore, our toroids are easily repairable 
if they do become damaged.  If they should 
become "dented", take some bondo, fill in the dent, sand 
smooth, and apply some aluminum foil tape over the 
repair, smooth the tape down - voila! good as new!

We also sell 2" x 8" and 3" x 12" in the spun aluminum 
toroids.

Dave
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I was sent the following hi-res photos of the 8" x 30" 
toroids.  They do look very good.

http://home.attbi-dot-com/~tb3/8x30Toroid1.jpg
http://home.attbi-dot-com/~tb3/8x30Toroid2.jpg
http://home.attbi-dot-com/~tb3/8x30Toroid3.jpg


You can have Dave make you almost anything you want.

6"x20" Toroid        $89.95
8"x36" Secondary     $99.95
1/2"x8"x36" Primary $219.95

Total  $409.85

Not bad for a good sized tesla coil.  Mind the shipping 
though.  It can get expensive for very large 
components.  Dave is in Tampa, Florida.  

Terry Blake
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> Just wondering, do those toroids from D&M work pretty equally to spun? The
> picture on their site looks pretty good. 
> 
> Mark 
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> In a message dated 1/7/02 3:50:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes: 
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> > For bigger toroids that look like spun aluminum, but are 
> > really aluminum duct covered with fiberglass, smoothed, 
> > and then covered with aluminum tape, try D&Ms High 
> > Voltage. 
> >
> > http://pw1-dot-netcom-dot-com/~davmckin/DMsProducts.htm 
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