Re: Rubber toroids

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Rubber toroids
From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:25:25 -0600 (MDT)
Approved: mod1-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com


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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:45:46 -0400
From: Kevin Christiansen <kevin+-at-cs.cmu.edu>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Rubber toroids

At 11:57 AM 10/12/97 -0600, you wrote:

>

>It works! When I was no longer able to find spun sheet iron globes to 

>use for Van De Graffs and Tesla coil terminals, I started 

>experimenting with various manufacturing techniques and ended up with 

>using paper mache and then spraying it with Aqua-Dag spray ( a 

>conductive graphite based paint used in the T.V. industry to create 

>ground plains in cabinets ect.) then plating the entire surface using 

>a foam brush connected to oe terminal of the power supply and the 

>other terminal being connected to the Aqua-Dag surface periodicaly 

>soaking up some plating soloution onto the foam brush. Using this 

>technique I hae so far manufactured a 6 foot sphere for my last Van 

>De Graff generator and a 48 inch x 12 inch toroid for one of my 

>Tesla coils. Using this method I hae no doubt in my ability to make a 

>conductive surface of ANY size or shape I so desire!

>

>                               Sincerely

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Hello there!


Thanks for such an informative post!  I am glad that such things are possible.

Is Aquadag something you purchase or something you make?  If you make it, what's

the recipe?  Can it be done with conductive lampblack (which I just happen to 

have...)?


Also, what's the recipe for this plating solution that you are using?


Thank you very much!


- Kevin



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 dust.  Galaxies themselves are composed of space, stars, and

interstellar dust.  From the omnipresence of dust, we conclude

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