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Re: torque conv./ inner tubes
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: torque conv./ inner tubes
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From: Chris Cudahy <ccudahy@calumet.yorku.ca>
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 11:51:01 -0500 (EST)
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Subscriber: ccudahy@calumet.yorku.ca Wed Jan 8 22:29:56 1997
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> I used this idea last year in constructing the small toroid that I
> have. I used a 15"(?, not sure) wheelbarrow tire and stuffed it with
> newspaper for rigidity. I then covered it in Al tape, then smoothed. It
> works fairly well, but I have since moved on to a Duct toroid, as this one
> wasn't large enough for my six inch coil. I plan to wind a 4" sometime
> soon, and then the wheelbarrow tire will again see service.
>
> Stan Harle
> Alamogordo, NM
> >>
>I want to rub down a tire of this size with graphite and somehow keep it
>under a solution of CuSO4 and plate it with copper to a thick coating. I just
>dont know how to keep it covered with solution with air in it and it has to
>have the air to maintain shape. Any ideas? Stephen
Try filling the tube with water. Where are you getting the CuSO4 from ?
Chris
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