Re: Vortex Research - bust

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

I know it is a bit late. I make PC board caps without etching. I just scribe
a line where I want the copper to end. Then I use a wide soldering as a heat
source and peal the copper with pliers while hot. The copper is easy to peal
while hot. No chemicals and it is fast.
   Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:00:56 -0700
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> Subject: Re: Vortex Research - bust
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> Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:18:22 -0700
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> Original poster: "sundog by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>
> 
> Yup, Been slacking a bit lately.  I've the tank cap fixed now (more
> panasonics, so I should get 2 hours runtime out of it without much
> trouble).  Tonight I won't have to stay late at work for a change (4 14
> hour days in a row, I'm dyin over here!)  Never fails that when the
> coworkers "colonize" a new office, the desks never go where they were on
> the map so all but 2 of the computer drops need to be re-done >:/
> 
> Anywho!  I'll try to drag the coil out either tonight, fri night, or over
> the weekend and get the pics.  Camera is fully charged, 64 meg smartmedia
> is empty, and life is goin' good for at least a little bit.
> 
> On the GU10A's progress, - Almost all the GP03 bits are cut out and need
> only minor work, and I'll have the primary wound. I'm going to use the
> polepig for a plate tranny, run into a FW rectifier with the negative
> shorted to ground.  Debated on it a long time, as I'll have to still
> ballast the pig (that whole 2000+A it'll pull on it's own thing...), but it
> should work.  Now we'll find out how well diodes in parallel like 60hz AC
> on 'em ;)
> The filament tranny will require a bit of work later on, I'm just going
> to put a new primary on the one I'm using for the Quad 833 coil.  Once the
> GU10A is running, I'm chopping the Quad 833 back to a Dual 833 and donating
> the 2 extra tubes to 2 buddies that'll put 'em to good use. Doing my part
> to Spead the Tube Coil Joy.
> The home-made flat cap first prototype failed miserably, the etchant
> didn't get all the copper off of it that it should have, and under
> high-volt test it flashed around the side of the cap at 8kV.  I left 1/2"
> space all around with rounded corners. BUT!  The PCB didn't puncture even
> at 8kv, so I should be all set for the GU10A's tank cap.  I figure, "Let it
> get hot and burn, it's cheap enough to make".  Submerging it in oil
> probably won't help, but I'll consider it if all else fails. It'll be more
> for cooling than dielectric.
> 
> So much to do, so few weekends...
> 
> Shad G2-1203
> 
> 
> At 10:36 PM 3/27/02 -0700, you wrote:
>> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>> 
>> Hi Shad,
>> 
>> Hey!, some of us were really looking forward to seeing the "results" from
>> this experiment of yours! ;-))  So, your batteries are dead, the coil is
>> blown up, and the house is burnt down.. ;-))  Just minor problemos!!  ;-))
>> If "I" can do anything to help this to get going again (I got them caps
>> ;-)) let me know...  Seems like a lot of great and interesting things are
>> coming up these days that we don't have the "bandwidth" to figure out...
>> Gary's saturating coil (that's a BIG one!!), John's jittering spark gaps,
>> spiral arcs...  Many questions that we have to investigate...
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Terry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At 01:27 PM 3/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>> Hi All.
>>> 
>>> Well, good news and bad news.  The good news is that I had
>>> everything together for the experiments, ready to go.  The bad news is that
>>> the batteries in my camera were dead, and while I was playing with the quad
>>> 833 waiting for them to charge, my tank cap bit the big one.
>>> 
>>> No need to panic, it was a quiet death (literally), the VTTC just drifted
>>> out of tune and the caps got extremely hot. I already know the cause of
>>> death was overcurrent, and I'm working on replacing the tank cap with
>>> something a bit more robust.
>>> 
>>> So Stay Tuned, I'm workin' on it!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Shad (Sundog)
>>> G-2 #1203
>>> "Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"
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>>> 
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> Shad (Sundog)
> G-2 #1203
> "Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"
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