RE: [TCML] Creative Ideas for Toploads

[James Hutton <b-u-r-t-o-n-boy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I always use aluminum ducting with pie plates. It looks really nice and pretty professional if you do it right.I don't like wrapping it in wrinkly aluminum tape. I actually use super glue to attach the two ends. So when it's done its hard to notice the part where they are being attached.There is another cheap alternative I found if you like spherical toploads. I made this for a van de graff generator, but it should work well for a tesla coil.I bought two large salad plates with no rim or lips from Ikea. There are other sizes...http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/search/?query=blandaThey are perfect half spheres.They could then be welded, glued, or carefully taped together. 



> From: brandonhendershot@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:36:03 -0700
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] Creative Ideas for Toploads
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Let's hear what you've used (or thought of using) as a topload on your tesla coil. I'm sure all of us have spent a great deal of time thinking about what we could use when we made our very first 'budget' coil. When I first started coiling, for months, I remember constantly keeping an eye out for anything toroid shaped. To this day, theres still a few things that occasionally catch my attention and bring up the fond thoughts of coiling...
> Back to the point, let's get a creative 'thread' going here. 'Post' Ideas that you think nobody else here has ever thought of.
> I've always been on the lookout for a fan shroud with just the right curves and without the plastic rim. I think that would work perfectly if I could find one... Let's hear what you've got!
> 
> 
> Brandon H.
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