Re: Dissolve Xfmr laminations

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Original poster: "Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg-at-webryders-dot-net>

Hi, heat will usually soften the varnish making it possible to get the wire
off. cul brian f.

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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: RE: Dissolve Xfmr laminations


> Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>
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> Hi Daniel
>
> I would be concerned about stripping the coating on the laminations that
> protects them from eddy currents. I have never had any trouble getting
apart
> the laminations with a butter knife once a few of them have been removed.
Of
> course it might be very difficult to get out the first few laminations,
and
> the extraction might even destroy them.
>
> Godfrey Loudner
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> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:23 AM
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> > Subject: RE: Dissolve Xfmr laminations
> >
> > Original poster: "terry oxandale by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <toxandale-at-cei-dot-net>
> >
> > I would be concerned that anything that cuts the glue, will also cut the
> > insulation around the windings too.
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:04 AM
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Dissolve Xfmr laminations
> >
> >
> > Original poster: "Daniel Hess by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> > <dhess1-at-us.ibm-dot-com>
> >
> >
> > Forgive me if this has been discussed on the list previously but does
> > anyone know what will dissolve the stuff that they use to glue
transformer
> > laminations together with? I've recently come across two large power
> > transformers that I want to disassemble and rebuild as a current
limiting
> > inductor for my pig.
> >
> > The transformers look as if they were literally dipped in the stuff;
Root
> > beer color and is brittle. Chips off easily. I've tried acetone, lacquer

> > thinner and mineral spirits but this stuff just laughs at these
solvents.
> > I'm tempted to invest in a five gallon pail of Berryman's B-12 Chemdip
> > (carburetor cleaner) but I'd hate to invest $90.00 just to find that it
> > won't work either.
> >
> > My goal is to reassemble the laminations in an 'E' config with an 'I'
> > plate, separated by a plastic shim to provide current adjustment.
> >
> > Daniel
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