Huge Update

Friday 14/11/14

After hours of hard labor a large amount of work was done today. The Control Board is nearly done, the stand and base are complete; the main part of it has been cut, screwed and fitted together. The top half is on hinges so it can swing open to reveal wiring. The surface of the board has already been fitted with some screens and switches. Now all we need to do is paint it, mount it on the stand and fit the rest of the controls onto it. The the massive task of wiring can begin!

We also started work on the primary coil mounting. We cut up wood to make 8 strips, 4 for each primary. We then proceeded to cut out little delves in this wood for the microbore to fit in. Later we will attack these to the secondary and hot glue the primary coil form onto it. We even made mounting for a strike rail as I am sure this coil will need it.

As perspex plastic was on hand, I took the opportunity to measure out 3 sheets that we will mount the capacitors on. They have not yet been cut out.

Finally I brought over a motor and started on the rotary spark gap assembly. The motor was mounted to a wooden base along with the safety gap. We used rivets to make the structure stronger and to give it a nicer finish. The whole assembly will then sit inside the Control Cabinet.

There is still lots of wood work to be done before we can move on to electrics though.

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