Re: [TCML] Could this be a breakout point?

[Sfxneon@xxxxxxx]

Steve,
 
I made mine out of wood, since large PVC fittings are expensive! Oven dry  
the wood first to remove moisture, which will also cause it to shrink  
slightly...so dry it first overnight in a warm (<160*) oven, cut it out to  fit, and 
then seal it with 2 or 3 coats of clear lacquer or polyurethane. Hold  in place 
with 3 or 4 screws or bolts around the top of the coil form. 
 
I bored a hole in the center and glued a 2" PVC fitting in it, threaded on  
one end with a smooth female coupling on the other. I had already installed 3  
plex baffles inside the coil form so the hole in the top cap didn't matter,  
otherwise don't drill through it. Different lengths of PVC pipe can be  plugged 
into the coupling on top, and to one on the torroid to change the  height. 
This also makes working on or changing toploads fast and easy.
 
Tony Greer
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In a message dated 9/7/2008, bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  writes to Steve:

(Snip)
...I recommend you consider this a 
temporary solution and begin looking  around for a more permanent top cap 
connection. It's not that difficult to  make a top cap. It would be nice 
if we could find a ready-made cap, but  sometimes that's not possible, so 
we must then fabricate something. It's at  that point we start taking 
these shortcuts which can end up a hasty and poor  decision. But top caps 
can be made from many materials (even wood if  necessary).
 



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