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I've never had any issue. The only heating issue i've ever had was attempting to us mu metal to shield some electronics in a very early DRSSTC i built. The mu metal, which is designed to shield low frequency magnetic fields, got so hot it was glowing red!
Registered Member #7267
Joined: Tue Oct 16 2012, 12:16AM
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 407
In my opinion I think you will be fine. I Used zinc plated corner bracket thingys to hold up my vertical primary, I also use the same thing to securely mount my pancake coil supports.
I have not had any problems with them heating at all. Ideally, all nylon hardware should be used. But this was much easier. Fres of my coil is 77kHz and I run peak currents of about 800-850A. So yeah, I think you'll be alright
By the way, looks very well made. Excellent craftsmanship! Looking forward to seeing sparks. Good luck
Registered Member #10052
Joined: Thu Feb 07 2013, 11:31PM
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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Thanks!
I belong to the local community workshop. I've got my milling equipment at home, but they have a laser cutter and CNC router in house. The MDF shelves were cut on the router, and the primary supports were laser cut from delrin.
I've been on my toes as far as double posting, but I'll try to work in build pictures where I can. My last discussion thread died and I'm powerless to revive it without a double-post... Not sure what you guys do.
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HighVoltageFeathers wrote ...
My last discussion thread died and I'm powerless to revive it without a double-post... Not sure what you guys do.
If it's new information or nobody has responded in 2 days its okay to repost. You can edit in photos without double posting by going to the attachments thread and adding your pictures there, copy the image info and edit it in whichever post you need.
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HighVoltageFeathers wrote ...
Thanks!
I belong to the local community workshop. I've got my milling equipment at home, but they have a laser cutter and CNC router in house. The MDF shelves were cut on the router, and the primary supports were laser cut from delrin.
I've been on my toes as far as double posting, but I'll try to work in build pictures where I can. My last discussion thread died and I'm powerless to revive it without a double-post... Not sure what you guys do.
Thats great. You have a great set-up with that! We just purchased a large Camaster CNC Router, but haven't gotten it all hooked up yet - still waiting for the vacuum pump for the hold-down.
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I use Librecad, a nice open-source 2d cad. Its tricky to get the handle of, but is pretty capable. I've used autocad, and in comparison was surprised at the features it included.
They have a computer with Vectrix Cut2D at the workshop, for establishing toolpaths and creating G-Code.
As for the software used to execute the G-code and talk to the drivers, I'm not entirely sure. As far as I'm concerned, that's just a screen, a mouse, and a keyboard. :P
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Accidentally cooking steel fasteners near primary?
