Matt,
Yes, that should work just fine. I'm thinking as long as the spacing between each adjacent turn of the selected tubing is equal to or less than the diameter of the said tubing, you should be just fine. Indeed, some coilers have already used your idea for really large coils, as far as winding 1" to 2" diameter aluminum tubing in reference to the major diameter of the toroid shape. Well, actually they are arranged in a vertically stacked ring formation, not one continuous long tube coiled into the shape, like this:http://www.lod.org/Projects/120L50K/toroidsmall.gif
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I assume that you are referring to winding the tubing in reference to the minor diameter of the finished toroid? Either way, as long as you can manage the fabrication process, it should work fine. One thing that you may want to keep in mind, too, is that a large toroid (say like 8" minor dia. x 40" major dia. or larger) that is fabricated from copper tubing is going to start getting really heavy!
David
On Thursday, June 2, 2016 11:05 PM, Matthew Edwards <matthew.n.edwards@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I wanted to see if anyone had ever experimented with using a single piece
of copper/aluminum tubing to wind a ring toroid for use as a top load. By
that, I mean coiling the copper/aluminum in the shape of a toroid but as
one continuous piece similar to winding a primary coil. It seems like it
has been done before but I cannot seem to find much information on the
subject.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
Matt
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