RE: Machining an Egg

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Original poster: tesla popp <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>

sounds good... I will be contacting you shortly...

,Jeremiah


--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince"
> <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Jeremiah,
>
> Thanks for you offer to help with the machine
> work... I've finally settled
> on a platter for the egg you can see here:
>
>
http://www.teslauniverse.com/members/cprince/images/egg_of_columbus/
>
> I found it at this store we have in the area called
> Hobby Lobby. It's like a
> wooden fruit bowl, but it is the closest thing I
> could find to what I saw at
> the museum and memorial and believe me, I searched
> everywhere. I'm going to
> saw the sculptured edge off and build a fence like
> structure around it like
> Tesla did.
>
> They also had the eggs you see in the photos. The
> larger one is wood, the
> smaller is a plaster like material. I can spin them
> both by hand and they
> stand up in the bowl as they should albeit the
> smaller one does better.
>
> I bought the eggs to give you a pattern to work
> with. I overestimated in the
> original post when I stated a 3 inch diameter. The
> larger egg in the photo
> is just slightly less than 2 inches. The smaller one
> is about 1 and 5/8
> inches. I like the larger one better, but I'd like
> you to machine one of
> each size just in case. I believe a 6 inch long 2
> inch diameter section of
> copper round stock would be enough to do them both.
>
> If you will give me your address off-list, I'll have
> the rod drop shipped
> directly to you. Please also tell me your charge for
> the labor and I'll mail
> you a check for it and the shipping fee to get them
> to me when you've
> finished.
>
> Thanks, I really appreciate your help with this.
>
> Cameron
>
>
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
>  > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:14 AM
>  > To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>  > Subject: Re: Machining an Egg
>  >
>  > Original poster: tesla popp
> <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  > If you can get it to me in milwaukee, wisconsin
>  > (53219), I can do it...  could even have them
> ship it
>  > dirrectly to me here?  save a shipment price.
>  >
>  > Anyways, it's up to you.
>  >
>  > ,Jeremiah
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > --- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >
>  >  > Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince"
>  >  > <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >  >
>  >  > Man, that's a strange sounding subject, but
>  >  > applicable nonetheless...
>  >  >
>  >  > As you all know, I'm in the process of
> building a
>  >  > replica of Tesla's Egg of
>  >  > Columbus. I have a variac core that I'm
> planning to
>  >  > use and I've pretty well
>  >  > decided on using a plastic automotive wheel
> cover
>  >  > turned upside down and
>  >  > trimmed down as the platter. It's either that
> or a
>  >  > plastic lens from a light
>  >  > fixture. The wheel cover is thicker and more
> solid
>  >  > which is why I'll
>  >  > probably go that route.
>  >  >
>  >  > But you can't very well build an Egg of
> Columbus
>  >  > without an egg... I'd like
>  >  > to have one made of solid copper 2.5 to 3.0
> inches
>  >  > in diameter by probably
>  >  > 3.5 to 4.0 inches tall. The onlinemetals.com
> site
>  >  > has 3" round copper stock
>  >  > and you can buy in any length. I just need
> someone
>  >  > with a lathe to cut or
>  >  > trim an egg out of it. Can anyone help?
>  >  >
>  >  > Thanks,
>  >  > Cameron
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
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