[Amps] [BULK] - Fabricating Chimneys from Gasket Material

[Will Matney]

Some good heavy fish paper will do it too, say about 30 to 40 mil thick. The blue-gray stuff is what to look for in the paper. Has a high temp rating to it and absolutely non-conductive. This is used in seperator layers, and bobbins for HV plate transformers. One plus is it's easy to glue/fasten and really easy to work. If you can find some electrical paper tubing with the right I.D., it's the berries.

Best,

Will

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On 5/2/05 at 9:38 AM Steve Katz wrote:

>Why not just use high temp silicon rubber, wrapped around the tube and
>held
>in place with a stainless steel hose clamp?  I've been doing that for about
>25 years...got the idea from my first Alpha.  -WB2WIK/6
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: w2cqm at juno.com [mailto:w2cqm at juno.com]
>Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 9:31 AM
>To: Amps at contesting.com
>Subject: [BULK] - [Amps] Fabricating Chimneys from Gasket Material
>
>
>Need some assistance ! I'd like to experiment  fabricating  some small
>chimneys for a ceramic tube from heavy machinery gauge, nonmetallic head
>gasket material I have at hand.   The plan is to  snugly wrap the
>material around the tube body (like a skirt)  with a small overlap and
>them drill small pilot  holes and secure it with hand stitches. The
>Question! Is anyone aware of any  automotive hardening  "gasket seal" 
>material that can be used  in the overlap as an added bonding  that will
>withstand the heat and maintain the circular   integrity of the chimney ?
>Any suggestions would be appreciated. Ron W2CQM/3 
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