Re: [TCML] Support brackets for a flat spiral primary - right tool for the job?

[Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/2/12 8:13 PM, Brian Hall wrote:
> Today I 'machined' the bracket supports for what will be my 1/4"
> copper tubing flat spiral primary on my mid-size Tesla coil. I
> documented the process here:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1hKE2Ms-tk
>
> And I am curious - what other approaches have been used to milling
> the material?  I know that two tools now on my wish list are a drill
> press and a jigsaw/band saw/small table saw (that would have left
> much less of a mess on the pieces and less re-drilling to get the
> notch depths right)

table saw is what you want for this, to get long straight cuts.  A band 
saw is hard to get real straight cuts, even with a fence.  A jigsaw and 
a guide can do pretty well. You can also cut circles with the jigsaw.


It looks like I am going to end up using zip ties
> in combination with these brackets, through the clear plexi top.  Or
> do some folks just glue the copper tubing down? How do you cut this
> insulating plastic cutting board-type material into long lengths and
> with a smooth edge?
>
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> Brian Hall
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