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Re: mishaps and oscillator former suggestion



Original poster: "colin.heath4" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com> 

hi christoph,
                     i owuld say the only prob with that shapew coil could be
breakout on the sharper turns but i think giving a go would be the best way
to go

cheers
colin

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Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 7:43 PM
Subject: mishaps and oscillator former suggestion


 > Original poster: "Christoph Bohr" <cb-at-luebke-lands.de>
 >
 > Hallo all!
 >
 > With the beginning og the cold part of year I decided to redesign my
 > somewhat unfaithful magnifier construction from last year. To make a long
 > story short: It arced over in many places due to the unfinished wood
soaked
 > up water during storage.....but the whole setup was more of an
experimental
 > one...and the right time of year for bonfires
 >
 > Now I was loking for some tube with 25 or 30cm ( about 10 to 12 inch )
 > diameter and 30cm length.
 > This is unavailable or very expensive where I live ( I would have to buy
 > much larger lenth ). Are there any ideas around for a cylindrical former?
 > I thought of an octagonal arrangement of 8 HDPE posts made from kitchen
 > board, but this would of course result in an octagonal coil....would this
 > harm the performance...after all this could look pretty cool if built
 > properly. ( spells not built by me )
 >
 > note to Antinio M. de Queiroz: your great inca program has become a almost
 > daily companion with such desing questions, can I take octagonal für round
 > coils...or will the results differ to much?
 >
 > any suggestions are welcome.
 >
 > MfG
 > Christoph Bohr
 >
 >
 >