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Author Topic: RF safe coil support material from the Depot  (Read 2324 times)
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N3DRB The Derb
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« on: February 03, 2008, 05:59:28 AM »
anyone have any pointers on good rf safe coil forming material I can get from Home Depot? Wont melt or deform under munky swinging and slopbucket blastage conditions? I gotta roll my own supports that will work mechanically with what hammy hambone left me to work with.

planning on #8 or #10 solid copper, lacquered after soldering, for the coil itself.
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2008, 10:52:17 AM »
They sell quarter inch thick lexan sheet in 24x24 (and bigger) sizes at the local HD here. That should hold up well enough...
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2008, 11:56:39 AM »
ABS plastic tubing is better than PVC
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N3DRB The Derb
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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2008, 07:18:00 PM »
Just need the tubing to roll the coil on. The lexan might make good supports. Gotta look and think and see what the best way is to do this.
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2008, 09:08:07 PM »
Derb,

This is a crazy one but I use that white Plastic rain Gutter.

Mike WU2D
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