Re: How to make a "good" copper tubing clamp

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Original poster: "Eastern Voltage Research Corporation" <dhmccauley-at-easternvoltageresearch-dot-com> 

I've tried this quite a bit.  However, it cannot retain positive clamping
force after a bunch of times of removing the clamp etc...
The copper eventually deforms to the size of the copper tubing.

Dan


 > Try forming a copper strip about 1/2" wide or so around a drill
 > bit which is just slightly smaller than your tubing.  When you
 > tighten it up with a brass bolt thru the tabs, it should grab
 > nicely onto your tubing...it's always worked for me.
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 > 73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
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 > Details of my "Hyperbaric Gap" and Tesla coil are at:
 > http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~weazle
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