Re: plating xmas balls

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Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren-at-iinet-dot-net.au> 

Hi Jim
A museum coil at Scitech in Australia made by Stan Deyo was gold plated but
I don't know how long it lasted.  After 10 years or so they had changed to a
spun copper toroid. (It still had a lot of the other components intact
including the original Mylar tank cap). Not sure about price though.
http://members.iinet-dot-net.au/~pterren/Scitech.htm
Cheers
Peter (Tesla Downunder)

 >  > Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 > ...snip...
 >  > Perhaps Gold (a thin layer doesn't cost much) might be good, takes a
good
 >  > polish, looks nice, is a reasonably good conductor, doesn't tarnish.
 > Cost to polish and gold plate a nice big spun aluminum toroid, please?