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Re: glass laminate - Bah, Humbug...



Subject: 
        Re: glass laminate - Bah, Humbug...
  Date: 
        Thu, 3 Apr 1997 00:00:39 +0300 (EET DST)
  From: 
        Kristian Ukkonen <kukkonen-at-cc.hut.fi>
    To: 
        Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Tesla List wrote:

>         "Daryl P. Dacko" <mycrump-at-cris-dot-com>
> I've about given up trying to find a supplier of glass laminate
> that will sell less than a 4'x8' sheet, or require a morgage on 
> the house for a smaller piece. ;'{

G-10 and equivalent glass-epoxy composites are dirty-expensive if you
have
to BUY them :) . Here in Finland one company wants about 200usd for a 4'
x
4' sheet 10mm thick of G-11. The cost is the same for a smaller piece of
sheet as well because of cutting expenses.

Thanks to a friend I managed to acquire a piece of G-10 with
"reasonable" 
price and talked one company with a special lathe to make it into a
disk. 
There aren't many companies that will work with these materials - dust
is
dangerous and diamond-tools are required etc. SO: check before acquiring
G-10 that you can get it machined somewhere!!!! 

> I'm planning to use some thick walled rubber hose with a plastic
> rod in the center as an insulated flexable coupling.

Watch out : some rubbers are conductive.. at least a bit. Might
be a danger at 10+ kV..

> Does anyone know of suppliers for laminate that are fairly 
> inexpensive ?

How about pheholic laminates with cotton? They are not as good as G-10
but
much cheaper, easily available etc.. Usign a thicker piece should work
fine.. If I hath not found G-10 I'd used these. Also called
"cotton-enforced bakelite".

> Does anyone have a cure for "Tesla Fever" ?

No. 

  Kristian Ukkonen.