weird nst

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Original poster: "jimmy hynes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chunkyboy86-at-yahoo-dot-com>

i killed this nst the day after i got it :-( but i unpotted it and it works 
again :-) i wanted to take some shunts out, but they were part of the core. 
in the picture 
<http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/weirdnst.JPG>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/weirdnst.JPG 
the arrows point to where the core is put together. what holds it together? 
it looks like just tar. i was thinking about pulling the core apart and 
grinding down the shunt thing then putting it back together. would that 
work? or should i drill holes it? i was thinking i could tap the holes and 
put bolts in as a varyable ballast. would the bolts have too much eddy 
current loss?

JImmy