Re: trantorque gt for rsg motor attachment and maybe electrodes?

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Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>


This sounds like unsafe engineering practice.

It's probably best to use a 3 inch dia. alum. hub with 5-6 equally 
spaced fasteners that extend all the way thru the G-10 and then 
thread into an aluminum "backblock".

It might work but why risk the limb or eye of yourself or a friend? 
--- even worse, if doing any type of volunteer school or public work 
some type of rotor malfunction, where possible pieces of tungsten 
shards could fly off and cause injury, would be horrible --- and once 
the incident was "circulated" through any state or national school 
publications it could set the fun art of safe Tesla-coiling back 
decades.  The insurance companies might pick up the scent and warn 
schools not to allow any Tesla coil related devices in any classrooms 
or public events.

I don't want to sound like an extreme alarmist here but unfortunately 
in many hobbies such as drag racing, etc, this is the simple fashion 
in which things can go horribly wrong and "impale" the entire hobby 
with more restrictions, etc.

Safety first --- always!!!

Dr. Resonance



Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx

In a message dated 4/3/06 2:23:32 AM Eastern
Daylight Time, tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

>Do a google on trantorque gt.
>Lots of folks have them and specs. One would
>think that G10 would be strong enough.certainly
>they would be excellent for the motor attachmment.

    That is an interesting idea - would require
only a single accurately centered hole in the
center of the rotor, and would eliminate the
motor shaft key as well. And yes, interesting for electrodes as well!
    If I used a Trantorque on a good-sized RSG
rotor, I'd be sure to semi-permanently lock
everything with retaining compound (like Locktite
RC 609) just to be sure nothing slipped or loosened up...

-Phil LaBudde