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Re: Strong Rotor Material???



Original poster: "S&JY" <youngsters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Gary, McMaster Carr sells GP03 electrical grade fiberglass that works great for rotors. www.mcmaster.com. Recommend 3/8 inch thickness. A 12 x 12 piece of this only costs about $13. Part # is 8549K47. Be sure to have enough space between hub and your electrodes so there is no way sparks can jump between them. I would say you need at least a 5 inch diameter rotor. --Steve Y.

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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 6:17 PM
Subject: Strong Rotor Material???


> Original poster: "Gary Weaver" <gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Where can I buy some strong rotor material. My rotor is going to be 5 > inch diameter maximum maybe only 4 inch diameter with 1 sheet metal > contacts held on with small bolts. The rotor will be bolted to a 2 inch > diameter metal hub turned by a motor. There will be a 2 inch diameter hole > in the rotor material with eight 1/4" x 28 bolts holding it to the hub. > The material needs to be strong enough to turn 7500 RPM's without self > destructing. > > This is NOT going to be a spark gap rotor. The rotor will be used to > direct sparks to 4 different places. I worry about having a fire ring or > spark ring around the rotor. I have seen rotors that produces a continuous > circle of sparks that shorts out all the contacts. I thought about using > the distributor from a car engine but I think the voltage will be too high > for that and would jump across all the contacts on the inside of the > distributor cap. > > Gary Weaver > > > >