Re: hydroforming : was water spark gaps

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> 

except that a steel donut will weigh a lot more than a thin aluminum
toroid..

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> Subject: RE: hydroforming : was water spark gaps
> Date: Saturday, December 02, 2000 1:16 PM
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> Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com> 
> 
> >Hi all,
> >         Ok guys and girls, who will be the first to produce an
hydroformed
> If you can get a big piece of pipe bent in the proper shape, why bother
> messing with explosives, etc, and just use it as-is?  KISS!  Of course,
> getting such a pipe is the trick, isn't it?
> 
> Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA USA
> 
> 
> >toroid. It sounds like it might be easier than spinning. Get a big piece
> >of steel pipe bent into shape, chop it in half, weld to the bottom of a
> >tank, place aluminium sheet in bottom of tank, fill with water, insert
> >spark gap, cover and stand clear, throw switch. BANG!! one half >toriod,
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