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Re: some more sstc progress

Original poster: "K. C. Herrick" <kchdlh@xxxxxxx>

Thanks kindly, Paul & others. The bucket is an 18 quart food-service bucket bought from a local restaurant-supply house that, happily, sells to anyone (lotta good stuff there!). The primary-one is apparently made of butyrate while an identical one, cemented inside the bottom of the secondary, is apparently polyethylene (it was cheaper). The secondary's bucket plops down perfectly over the primary one and both, being 1/8" thick or so, will (prayerfully tho I'm not religous) prevent a secondary:primary zap. Also happily, the i.d. of the "White Cap" brand of sonotube that I used for the secondary perfectly matches the o.d. of the bucket at the bucket's flange.

Bucket mfr: Cambro; p/n's RFSCW18 (the butyrate one) and RFS18. They have a Website.

As you may see in the photo, I used the left-over rim of the secondary's bucket to extend the primary bucket, for supporting the capacitors.

I support the coil with McMaster-Carr's #2216T13 "multi-slot routing mount"--a plastic clip-set used for supporting 1/4" tubing. I've fastened those to the bucket with nylon screws (use 4-40 flat head if available; otherwise, fillister-head), from the inside thru tapped holes in the bucket, then snipped off the excess screw-lengths on the outside so that the other bucket will fit on smoothly. Also--leaving no holes or metallic paths for zaps thru the bucket.

I've left room on the heat sink for the bigger Powerex bricks so that if & when a) I get it all to work and b) I find some used Powerexes, I can up the ante, so to speak.

Ken Herrick

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Original poster: "Paul B. Brodie" <mailto:pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx><pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ken,
I second Dave's sentiment. That is some mighty fine workmanship. It really is beautifully done. I just hope mine turns out even half as good as yours has! BTW, where did you get that acrylic bucket? Is it an upside down acrylic bucket? Good luck with the rest of your work. I can't wait to see pic's of the final product.
Paul
Think Positive

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Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: some more sstc progress

> Original poster: <mailto:Davetracer@xxxxxxx>Davetracer@xxxxxxx
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> In a message dated 5/22/2005 10:45:45 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> <mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Original poster: "K. C. Herrick" <<mailto:kchdlh@xxxxxxx>kchdlh@xxxxxxx>
>
> Hi List & Steve-
>
> I send to Terry a photo of where I am so far with the new
> sstc:
> <<http://hot-streamer.com/temp/kch_pri4.jpg>http://hot-streamer.com/temp/kch_pri4.jpg>http://hot-streamer.com/temp/kch_pri4.jpg>http://hot-streamer.com/temp/kch_pri4.jpg. 

>
>
>     Ken, this is one of the most beautifully done Tesla Coils I have ever
> seen -- nice, nice work!!
>
>     -- Dave Small
>
>
>