Re: Back to Brass :)

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Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com>


>Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Hi,
>
>I just wound my primary with a copper strip roll, and
>it looks like crap :) It's just too darn malleable,
>like trying to wind it with tinfoil Christmas ribbon.
>:)
>
>It bends when I try and push it into place or pick it
>up. I believe this would be a problem no matter how
>thick, it tends to kink up because it has no
>torsional (did i spell that right?) strength.

Jeremy,
I wound my copper strip primary without too much problem.  Your copper 
strip at .016" is much thinner than what I used however, mine is .030" thick.
http://teslacoils4christ-dot-org/~mark.stolz/4inch/4inch.html

Rev. Mark Stolz
Houston, TX
http://teslacoils4christ-dot-org/