Hi Greg, Yes, I certainly agree with you there. $100 for a 10# spool of magnet wire of any guage is rediculous, especially now that the spot market cost of copper has collapsed and I have refused to buy it myself until the prices come down to more reasonable levels. Aren't you on the lower end of Mississippi? I am in the Memphis area in TN, but very near the far NW end of MS. (about an hour from the Tunica casinos). Take care, David Rieben----- Original Message ----- From: "G Hunter" <dogbrain_39560@xxxxxxxxx>
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I've been patiently watching copper prices too, as I often squirrel away coiling stuff for the future. The fact that world copper prices have collapsed is only just now reaching Lowe's. My local Home Depot hasn't budged a bit on prices for copper or anything else--I've just about given up on them as a coiling source. Last year a 50' spool of 1/4" refrigeration tubing was about $50. At the time I also considered using thick THHN wire to save money, but it was so expensive, I couldn't see any cost advantage. These days that 50" spool of Cu toob is about $30 at my local Lowe's. I went ahead and bought one. I still miss the late 90's / early 00's when I could get it for $16-$18 per spool. Wish I'd bought a few and stashed them.As far as Cu magnet wire...what's the deal? Has anyone found a rational price anywhere? I'm still living off my stash. $100 plus shipping for a 10 lb spool? Nuts! I'll give up coiling before I pay that.Still money grubbing in Mississippi, Greg --- On Sat, 2/28/09, Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [TCML] Primary Coil Copper Saving Idea To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 8:43 PM Raw and finished copper is WAY lower than it was just a few short years ago. In fact, it's lower than it's been in quite some time. We're stockpiling cable and transformers like mad for several of our projects at work. There's a real good chance that commodities will only go up, as stimulus/pork (take your pick) money starts getting spent. I don't think we'll hit the highs we saw just a few years ago, but if you think you may want to buy copper, now may be the time. Adam --- On Sat, 2/28/09, ConorPerry@xxxxxxxxxxx <ConorPerry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: ConorPerry@xxxxxxxxxxx <ConorPerry@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [TCML] Primary Coil Copper Saving Idea > To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 6:31 PM > With the price of raw and finished copper still pretty high > I've struggled with the idea spending so much on my next > coil. An idea struck me (that's probably not original.) > Why not use standard wire for the main section of the > primary coil, then switch to copper plumbing pipe only > through the tuning region? I've got various large gauge > high-quality left overs from other projects. Without > measuring I'd guess that 4 gauge is a bit small, but 2 > gauge and larger might work. The wire would be more > flexible and might require more support to maintain a > radius. > > What'cha think? > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla_______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxhttp://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
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