Re: mdpe tubing for secondary form

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

hi
    there is no prob getting the wire to stick to the form i coated it all
with lots of varnish and it stayed there for 2 months no probs with temps
from 0 deg c to 25 deg c
go for it
cheers
colin

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Subject: Re: mdpe tubing for secondary form


> Original poster: "Mike by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<megavolts61-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have found a source of MDPE tubing (thanks to Mark
> Finnis).  The
> tubing they have is 200mm (8") but the walls are 8-9mm
> thick.
>
> I have heard that the thickness of the tubing will
> affect the
> performance of the coil?
>
> Is this thickness going to be a problem?
>
> Justin,
>    The thickness should not affect performance
> noticibly due to the low dissipation of PE.  I think
> the hardest part will be getting the wire to 'stick'
> to the form.
> Mike
>
>
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