Re: primary construction techniques

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Original poster: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

Kevin:  To construct a flat primary I use a table saw to cut 6 strips of
plastic I then clamp a strip to the table the size of my wire 1/2 inch from
the blade to use as a spacing guide. I tape all 6 strips together edge wise
and cut my first wire slot 1.25 x the wire thickness and depth. I then move
the strips to rest over the spacer strip and cut the next grove and continue
to cut all neaded groves. After positing these strips to hold my coil turns
I then glue or bolt these strips to a plastic base with plastic screws like
spokes to hold my coil. I then cut the center spacing and the outer length
to form a circle. By cutting the inside circle and the outer circle after I
assemble it  I dont nead to calculate these lengths for each spoke I only
mark and cut to fit . Hope this helps
    Robert  H


 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:16:01 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: primary construction techniques
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 > Resent-Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:22:24 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: "K Wilson" <teslamap-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > After building my new, bigger secondary coil; Im unable to tune my coil
 > with my existing primary. I need to build a bigger primary coil but before
 > I invest the time and money Id like to get some construction ideas. Im sure
 > theres a lot of good ideas that I havnt seen or thought of.
 >
 > Can you guys please post links to your web sites, or just describe your
 > primary coil construction techniques.
 >
 > Also - my uncle got me a big spool of 6AWG solid copper wire that I plan to
 > use.
 >
 > Thanks guys !!!
 > Kevin Wilson
 > teslamap-at-hotmail-dot-com
 >
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