Reply To: New Coils For An Old ELTO

[Monte NZ]

Buc, thanks for your kind words.

I housed them in a piece of plastic (ABS) downpipe. The pipe here in NZ is metric, so I got a piece of 100 mill diameter (approx 4 inches) and split it down one side and rolled it into 2 inch diameter and then cut off the excess, which I  used to reinforce the joint on the inside of the tube.

The overall length of the tube including caps is 6 1/4inches.

The wall thickness is 2mil (about 1/16th inch). I glued it  with Araldite (two tube epoxy glue) and I held it in the correct diameter, while the epoxy set, with 4 nylon ties.

The ends were made out of  3 laminations of flat ABS glued together, which after cutting out roughly by hand, I put in the lathe and turned them to fit……..the outer layer was machined to fit flush with the outside diameter……..same as the original coils.

I used 1/4inch countersunk brass screws to hold the end caps………3 at each end like the original.

After the glue had set, I bored a series of 1/8th inch holes either side of the joint over the length of the tube and filled the holes with epoxy forming a series of “epoxy rivets” to strengthen it.

 

Tubs, I thought you would be interested to see the positioning of the coils……..needless to say that I was delighted to see the system works!!!

Thanks again boys for your interest and help……..much appreciated!!

Monte NZ

PS I will put some more photos up when I can get some more help from my “computer wiz” friend.