RE: construction materials

["Richard Barton" <richardbarton-at-caving5.freeserve.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi there
	Yes ! They have been thought of before-
They are described in "Tesla Coil" by George Trinkaus, a thin little
book that came out in 1989, published by the High Voltage Press.
I gave 'em a try, but wasn't very impressed.
						Richard Barton.

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Subject: Re: construction materials


Original poster: MShock8073-at-aol-dot-com

Just a thought, but what about the electrodes from spark-plugs? Are they
made
out of something that is going to cause cancer? I was thinking of using two
for the gap electrodes in my small ignition coil powered tesla. Any body
used
them before? I have already broken down a couple (wal mart clearance $1) and
they appear to be a copper rod about 3/32" in diameter brazed/crimped to
some
very hard silver colored metal. The copper should give a very workable
surface for brazing, threading, etc. and I would expect the tip to stand up
very well in this application.

Lurking, listening, learning,

Marc