Re: Can it work?

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Original poster: "tmoorezz" <tmoorezz-at-adelphia-dot-net> 

Thats how i made my toroid for my six inch coil, i bolted to pizza pans
together. The od was about 12" and i used 6.5" Al flexduct and it is very
nice and sturdy, although my pizza pans looked sturdyer than the one you
have a picture of, you can get nice 9" od or 12" od pizza trays at Target.

Nolan

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Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: Can it work?


 > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > At 12:48 AM 10/4/2003, you wrote:
 > >Why imagine the pan without the pizza? High voltage discharges are
perfect
 > >for heating things back up! Great for leftovers! Also, just make the
telsa
 > >coil remote control for complete say over who gets a share of those
 > >leftovers! <ZAP!> "No billy, you've had enough."
 > >On the more serious side of things, it could work as an ultra-thin, wide
 > >toroid in itself, but if you wanted to make it larger, it would act as a
 > >great conductive support on which to set the rest of the toroid on top
of.
 > >Something like a dryer duct which is slightly larger than the pizza
plate,
 > >so it hangs over a little bit. With my larger toroid I did approximately
 > >the same thing, only with a hot-water heater pan.
 > >
 > >Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > >Original poster: "Christopher \"CajunCoiler\" Mayeux"
 > >
 > >
 > >When I saw this pizza pan, I started pondering if this might
 > >pass as an el-cheapo, half-way-decent toroid.
 > >
 > >http://members.cox-dot-net/cajuncoiler/cheaptoroid.jpg
 > >
 > >It's 13 inches wide, made from 18 gauge aluminum, and the
 > >edges are rolled about an inch. I figure it to be about
 > >10.3pF or so. When looking at the picture, you need to
 > >imagine it without the pizza on it.
 > >---
 > >Christopher 'CajunCoiler' Mayeux
 > >http://www.cajuncoiler.tk
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >-Chris
 >
 >
 > All of my homemade toroids use pizza pans.  I would suggest two, one each
 > side of say aluminium duct with an all-thread rod in the center.  You can
 > sort of clamp the duct between them.  It is sort of hard to tape the pan
to
 > just one side and have the tape stay stuck.  But, buy clamping it with
two,
 > the thing is nice and solid.  I note that stainless steel pans or often
 > cheaper than aluminum ones too.
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry
 >
 >
 >
 >