Re: [TCML] Rotary Gap Balancing

[Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Probably a failed hope.  One way if you have an axle that sticks out of
the disk is to balance it between two knife edges.  You could probably get
away with two pieces of sheet metal or something. 

Make sure the edges are level in both directions.

Thinking about it, if you have access to a dining table that has a leaf,
open it up, take out the leaf and balance the disk by letting the disk go
into the slot and the axle resting on the table top.  Again, make sure 
the table's level and wipe off any crumbs.  :-)

Chip

On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Christopher Karr wrote:

> 
> Hello, I was wondering if there was any good method of balancing a rotary spark gap disk. I don't know of any extremely simple methods, but I was thinking of taking an electric sander, while it's rotating at high speed, and sanding down the imperfections in the wheel from the side. This would allow it to balance the wheel by mainly sanding down the imperfections, due to vibrations.
>  
> Am I right in guessing this, or is this just a failed hope?
>  
>          - Christopher
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