From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Strong Rotor Material???
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 18:17:19 -0700
Original poster: "Gary Weaver" <gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Where can I buy some strong rotor material. My rotor is going to be 5
inch diameter maximum maybe only 4 inch diameter with 1 sheet metal
contacts held on with small bolts. The rotor will be bolted to a 2 inch
diameter metal hub turned by a motor. There will be a 2 inch diameter hole
in the rotor material with eight 1/4" x 28 bolts holding it to the hub.
The material needs to be strong enough to turn 7500 RPM's without self
destructing.
This is NOT going to be a spark gap rotor. The rotor will be used to
direct sparks to 4 different places. I worry about having a fire ring or
spark ring around the rotor. I have seen rotors that produces a continuous
circle of sparks that shorts out all the contacts. I thought about using
the distributor from a car engine but I think the voltage will be too high
for that and would jump across all the contacts on the inside of the
distributor cap.
Gary Weaver