Re: hydroforming : was water spark gaps

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> 

swimming pool, a pound of HE, and you're all set..

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> From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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> Subject: Re: hydroforming : was water spark gaps
> Date: Saturday, December 02, 2000 4:04 PM
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> Original poster: "bob golding" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net> 
> 
> Hi gary,
> 	It is not that difficult to get a piece of pipe, I have seen plenty of
> 1/4 toriod bends in the scrap yard, Get two of them grind them down the
> middle, weld, hey presto one half toriod.  I am thinking of a BIG toriod
> here say 6 foot by 12'' cord, but if it is made of steel it will be very
> heavy. If it made of ally it will be a lot lighter. This idea is to
> compete with getting a mold made for spinning remember. I agree with
> wholeheartedly with the KISS principle by the way.
> 
> cheers
> bob golding
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
> > 
> > Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
> > 
> > >Hi all,
> > >         Ok guys and girls, who will be the first to produce an
hydroformed
> > If you can get a big piece of pipe bent in the proper shape, why bother
> > messing with explosives, etc, and just use it as-is?  KISS!  Of course,
> > getting such a pipe is the trick, isn't it?
> > 
> > Gary Lau
> > Waltham, MA USA
> 
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