Original poster: "James Zimmerschied" <zimtesla@xxxxxxx>
Hello all,
there is some good discussion going on concerning rotary gap design
especially with regards to electrode attachment. I haven't heard
much said about balancing the rotor. My friend Bob Svangren has
built a number of rotary gaps and one thing he is very concerned
about is balancing the unit. He has a balance machine used for model
airplane props or other small items. On a rotary I built and Bob
helped on, we spent a lot of time balancing and removing small bits
of mass ( hole drilling).
The end result is a very smooth running rotary.
As an aside, my next rotary gap set up will be using a metal rotor.
I am going to try a special saw blade or make a rotor out of
aluminum. Richard Hull used metal rotors on his machines and they
ran many extended sessions successfully.
Jim Zimmerschied