Updates on TC Project

After spending 376 years overseas, 9W2MAL comes back and the TC project is go again. Because of my busy working schedule, we are still unable to meet up as often. Mal has finished with the wiring up of the coil, spark gap and cap bank. While i finished wiring up version 1.0.0 of the controller box. Version 2.0.1 will be better, cosmetically.

Update on latest project.

Looks over sized.
Winding supposed to be 20" long but now 27".

:-}

Drilled 3, 1mm holes and threaded ends of the wire to get tension on the windings.

The remaining wire comes out from then inner side of the tube.

Winding up.

Went to a machine shop and used this lathe.
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Placed the 4" x 3' lacquered pipe in the machine and ran it at a blistering speed of 25rpm. Thats the slowest setting. :-) Should have started the winding a about 3 inches lower....would have had more winds.

Magnet wire winding completed.Measured 21ohm total resistance.

New project in the works.... :->

Thanks to Basir, 9W2BSR, managed to find the shop selling magent wire. Shop was closed on Monday and Tuesday and finally opened today. I told my buddy they would be closed for Raya, but we went junst in case on the outside chance that they might not be celebrating raya.... :-) Shown here a spool of 0.60mm 2Kg of wire. GET IT BY THE KILO, IT'S ALOT CHEAPER. My evil rich friend is financing this project. Actually only wanted about 310 meters, but not sure if 2Kg is sufficient. If your buy by meter it costs RM1/meter.That work out to be RM310. We paid about RM100 for 2Kg. Price varies depending on copper price in the market. We hope there is enough length in 2Kg to get our project going.

TTFN for now.
73.