Re: Toroid Construction - Need something good . . .

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Original poster: "Daniel McCauley by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

No, what i meant by half a**ed was like someone taking some aluminum
ducting, holding it together with clothespins, and loosely packing it with
aluminum foil.  That type.

Dan



> Hi Dan,
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> I dont know if you will call this half-a**ed but it works exellent for my
> coils.  Take some 4" ( or whatever you want) diameter black flexible drain
> pipe.  Form a toroid of whatever size you want.  Tape the ends together.
> Then wrape the whole thing in duct tape to help get rid of the dips in the
> corrigation.  Then when its all covered, cover it again with aluminum tape
> strips.  My 4" tall x 14" diameter toroid has no problem putting out 1 or
2
> arcs of 30" or so.  If you want bigger arcs go with a 5" or 6" pipe, and a
> resonable outer diameter as to not load the coil down to where it cant be
> tuned.  But 4" is what was handy, and its big enough to build up arcs in
the
> 30-36" range fairly well.  You may have already seen this, but maybe you
> dont know that it really makes a good performer, for very little money.
Im
> sure that you are looking for a good looker too, but this doesnt look too
> bad.
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> Steve Ward.
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