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Re: Was Terry's DRSSTC - First light ;-)) - now BIG sparks!

Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

A good place to start for this kind of thing is http://www.mcmastercarr.com/
Won't necessarily have the lowest price, but a huge, huge selection and very
fast delivery.

Nylon screws are commonly used in electronics.. I'd also check Mouser and
DigiKey.  You'll want to buy 50 or 100 screws, I suspect.

If you're buying more than a few screws, it's worth it to find a decent
fastener supply place local to you.  Check the (paper) yellow pages under
"bolts" or "fasteners".


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: Was Terry's DRSSTC - First light ;-)) - now BIG sparks!


> Original poster: "Paul B. Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Terry,
> I went to Lowe's to purchase some #6 nylon screws in order to duplicate
> your primary mounting. They want $0.56 for 2 screws and $0.58 for 4
nuts!!!
> Counting the screws you used and multiplying their prices out comes to a
> small fortune just for the screws and nuts. In fact, it is way more than I
> paid for 50 ft. of 1/4 inch copper tubing. Do you know of a source for
less
> expensive nylon hardware? Thanks.
> Paul Brodie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:07 AM
> Subject: Re: Was Terry's DRSSTC - First light ;-)) - now BIG sparks!
>
>  > Original poster: Terry Fritz
>
<<mailto:teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>  >
>  > Hi Greg,
>  >
>  > They are #6 nylon screws.
>  >
>  >
>
<http://hot-streamer.com/temp/SmallPrimary.jpg>http://hot-streamer.com/temp/
SmallPrimary.jpg
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  >
>  >         Terry
>  >
>  >
>  > At 06:31 AM 3/16/2005, you wrote:
>  >> > >Original poster: Terry Fritz
>  >> > >
>  >> > >>I presume you are using some type of grounded
>  >> > strike rail?
>  >> > >
>  >> > >Yes.  I put on a nice new rail "since" I blew the
>  >> > last IGBTs:
>  >> > >http://drsstc.com/~terrell/pictures/StrikeRail.JPG
>  >> > >But ya know how sparks sometimes just don't
>  >> > behave...
>  >> >
>  >>
>  >>Hey Terry, how's that primary coil bound to the base
>  >>plate? Are those push tacks or what? Little insulators
>  >>of some sort? Very neat looking whatever they are.
>  >>
>  >>Gregory R. Hunter
>  >>
>  >>http:\\hot-streamer.com/greg
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>