Re: Help

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz> 

Hi Emmett,

On 11 Oct 2003, at 14:34, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: "Emmett Secrest" <secrest2032-at-msn-dot-com>
 >
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 > Okay, I've always thought of myself as a capable do it yourselfer. Years of
 > experience with woodworking, metal fabrication, etc.  But tonight when I
 > tried to place the .25" copper tubing in my form, for my primary coil, all
 > my previous experience went out the window and I turned into some kind of
 > greenhorn with two hands that were all thumbs. GOD there has to be an easy
 > way to accomplish this task.  Would someone be so kind as to tell me how
 > this can be accomplished without totally screwing up the roll of copper or
 > without the use of drugs. LOL
 > All advice and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.  I started out
 > trying to feed the tubing through the holes in my supports but quickly
 > found out that wouldn't work.  I then cut the support in half along the
 > centerline of the holes thinking this would ease the problem and that then
 > I could fasten the upper half back down to hold everything in place. This
 > isn't working either since you cant keep the individual turns in place
 > while you try and place the other turns.

As you've found, holes are no go and the semi-circular cutouts are
the way to do it. Have a hot melt gun at the ready and drop a blob
into the slot just prior to pushing the tubing into it. It is a good
idea to avoid bending the pipe at all prior to winding or it will
work-harden and make the job a nightmare.

Malcolm