Re: Help - Primary Supports

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 > A very good holder material for primary coils it white acetyl commonly
 > called Delrin.  It's easy to machine.  We use size 1 inch high x 3/4 inch
 > wide x "X" inches long for most all of our primary holders.
 > Stagger the offset on each piece by approx 1/8th inch and cut sideways with
 > a 1/2 inch ball nose cutter on a milling machine.  Most machine shops can do
 > this for you in approx 15 min.  Use double sided masking tape to help them
 > stick together when doing the stagger offset setup.  If you take the blocks
 > in all taped together the shop won't need to do any setup and the price will
 > be less expensive.
 >
 > Dr. Resonance

	Delrin is neat stuff but, at least right around here, pretty
expensive.  Won't well-dried and varnished wood (not as nice in
appearance, to be true, but more "old-fashioned" looking) be a more
economical choice for the average guy?

Ed