Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h@xxxx> Russell,The spheres and the various corona rings and toroids are not turned from solid stock, but spun from sheet metal (spheres and toroids) or bent out of tubing.
Google for metal spinning. I am not familiar with the Machinex 5. Cheers, Finn Hammer Tesla list wrote:
Original poster: Russell L Thornton <Russell.L.Thornton@xxxxxxxx> Hi all,I have a question about the lathe work that I have seen on many Tesla coils. How do you turn the spheres for terminals and corona reduction?That was question 1. Question 2 is:I have just purchased a used Machinex 5 and wondered if anyone else had one who could contact me off the list for a couple of questions on the milling column?Thanks, Russ