Okay thanks for the ideas and tips. I bought 1/8th inch copper tubing for the sake of cost. Was this a mistake or will this tubing handle the voltages just as well?
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> Okay so I'm going ahead with the spoke idea. Here's the plan:
> Get an 18" x 6" x 0.75" piece of HDPE.
> Using a tablesaw, cut strips along the 18" side, about 0.25" thick.
> Drill evenly spaced holes out using some kind jig.
> Thread my tubing through and mount the spokes to... something.
> What should I mount to and are there any flaws with what I outlined?
>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:17:43 -0700
> From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> On 3/26/14 5:32 AM, t-burns14 wrote:
> > Okay so I'm going ahead with the spoke idea. Here's the plan:
> > Get an 18" x 6" x 0.75" piece of HDPE.
> > Using a tablesaw, cut strips along the 18" side, about 0.25" thick.
> > Drill evenly spaced holes out using some kind jig.
> > Thread my tubing through and mount the spokes to... something.
> > What should I mount to and are there any flaws with what I outlined?\
>
> It is exceedingly hard to thread through holes. You're better off
> drilling the holes in a straight line, then sawing off the top piece of
> the hole, then snap the tubing down into the notch. You want a bit more
> than half the hole, so there's two fingers sticking out to hold the
> tubing down.
>
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> From: Krux <krux@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> With copper work hardening it's very hard to do. ?One trick I have seen to allign your spiral correctly is to line up your pieces so they are all next to each other with the top edge facing in the same direction. ?Then you can mark a slanted line that covers the distance of a single turn plus the space between each turn. ?Then you know where to cut your groovs for the winding. ?If I didn't have access to a CNC sheet router or laser cutter (at our local hackerspace) I would use a router to cut out each notch. You can even use a dove tail jig to get the allingment spot on.
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> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:49:14 -0500
> From: "Richard Schmuke" <rdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> A drill jig is super simple. Drill a hole in a piece of flat stock, move it
> off center on your drill press the distance you want between your supports
> and clamp it to the table. Drill your first spacer , place a pin in the
> first hole you drilled and now place the spacer on the pin, drill second
> hole, move spacer to next hole and so on. I attach a small angle to guide
> the edge of your spacer strip while drilling. When all spacers are drilled,
> trim the spacers to so you have just over 50% of the hole left so the tube
> will snap in. Remember if you are working with 1/4" tubing you want a size F
> or even a 17/64 because your tube is not a straight line but is on a radius
> so a 1/4 hole won't work with a 1/4 tube, same for 3/8, or 1/2. Adjustments
> have to be made.
>
> Rich, Kd0zz
>
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> On 3/26/14 5:32 AM, t-burns14 wrote:
> > Okay so I'm going ahead with the spoke idea. Here's the plan:
> > Get an 18" x 6" x 0.75" piece of HDPE.
> > Using a tablesaw, cut strips along the 18" side, about 0.25" thick.
> > Drill evenly spaced holes out using some kind jig.
> > Thread my tubing through and mount the spokes to... something.
> > What should I mount to and are there any flaws with what I outlined?\
>
> It is exceedingly hard to thread through holes. You're better off drilling
> the holes in a straight line, then sawing off the top piece of the hole,
> then snap the tubing down into the notch. You want a bit more than half the
> hole, so there's two fingers sticking out to hold the tubing down.
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