Re: Making Flat secondaries - disaster #1...

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Brass tube in a drill press and abrasive slurry is the old fashion way, and
expedient if on a low budget.
Modern way is diamond grit coated hole drill.  Most decent glass shops will
have the latter.

Don't try it on tempered glass.

They couldn't temper it after drilling?  I confess I haven't seen a big
tempered piece with a hole in it, but I have seen a variety of pretty weird
shapes that were successfully tempered (of course, they may have shattered a
few in the oven.. I only saw the finished products).

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Subject: RE: Making Flat secondaries - disaster #1...


> Original poster: "Pete Komen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<pkomen-at-zianet-dot-com>
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> Terry,
>
> A local glass shop here in Las Cruces drilled holes in glass for
reasonable
> cost.  The glass cannot be tempered.  You could get it cut in an octagonal
> shape to get rid of the pointy corners and large overhang.  I think they
can
> even smooth the edges.
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> Regards,
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> Pete Komen
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> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 7:53 PM
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> Subject: Making Flat secondaries - disaster #1...
>
> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I worked on my new flat secondary tonight and I wanted to warn you 'not'
to
> try this method ;-P
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> I took a sheet of 18 x 18 inch plate glass 1/4 inch thick and I glued a
1/4
> inch brass bolt to the center with silicone.  I got a big "Lazy Susan"
turn
> table bearing to rotate the glass on.
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> The plan was to use double sided tape on the glass to hold the #24 wire
> windings as I turned them to place:
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> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/flat0.jpg
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> Once done, I could spray coat it to make it stronger.  An alternative was
> to use spray adhesive in place of the tape.
>
> This is how it turned out:
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> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/flat1.jpg
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> I think the inductance is sort of low :o))
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> The basic materials are all sound but the #24 wire could easily pull away
> from the tape in large chunks.  The tape was no match at all for the
> stiffness of the wire.
>
> "Next", I am thinking of using a second sheet of glass (I really worry
> plastic will not be stiff enough) and spacing it at 21.5 mil to wind the
> coil between the sheets.  I will probably have to glass drill a hole in
the
> sheets for the terminal and bolt to hold the sheets together.  Wow!!  I am
> really looking forward to drilling the glass =:O)))  The winding will have
> to be loose enough so as not to press against the sheets too much.  A tiny
> bit of pressure from each wind could add up to a ton (maybe literally)
when
> 500 winds are in place.  One disadvantage of having the wire between
sheets
> is that I can't probe it for secondary voltage profiles.  Maybe not a big
> deal since Paul's programs are real good :-))  I sort of wonder what
effect
> the coil holding forms will have on the coil...
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Terry
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