Re: [TCML] Quick and Cheap Toroid

[W5als <w5als@xxxxxxxxx>]

To me they work better and weigh about 20% of the weight of wood centers.
Lot easer to make.
Alton

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On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:53 PM, Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 3/13/13 11:07 AM, w5als wrote:
>> HI Everyone
>>       I don't normally post to this site because I am really new to
>> Tesla coiling,
>> but I want to through my two cents into this discussion. I use the flexible
>> ducting too. I try the wood center but for the time it takes to make it,
>> and
>> the tape you have to use, I look for a better way to do this and easier and
>> cheaper. I went to walmart  and bought 9in and 12in solid metal pie pans
>> to make my centers with and at $3 a pie pan I think it cheap. Now this
>> is good for 4 to 8 in toroids up to 24in. I have put pictures on my Flickr
>> site to see what I am doing. I also see no difference on my coil we these
>> than the one's made with wood and Spackle. This is me just playing with
>> my tesla coils.
> 
> I've always used pie pans. Either heavy duty foil ones (e.g. the Marie Callendars style) or inexpensive reusable ones.
> 
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