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December 10th 07, 11:25 PM
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Where can I get aluminium foil (0.5 cm thickness) for HomebrewButterfly Capacitor
The post has been out there a while and we all assume it's a typo (I've
never seen the original poster reply about that) but 1/2 a centimeter would make HUGE plates...1/2 a mm sounds MUCH more realistic... Scott Denny wrote: On Dec 10, 6:58 am, Scott wrote: Here in the USA, 0.020" aluminum is a standard thickness. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...eet_2024t3.php Scotthttp://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version) terry wrote: Rough and ready. One inch is 'about' 25mm? So 0.5 mm = 1/50th of inch? Which = 0.02 inches? That correct? So 0.016" would be close???????????? -- Uuuh, I thought the OP said .5 CM, not MM... Slight difference by X10 denny -- Scott http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version) |
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December 11th 07, 12:47 PM
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Where can I get aluminium foil (0.5 cm thickness) for HomebrewButterfly Capacitor
On Dec 10, 6:25 pm, Scott wrote:
The post has been out there a while and we all assume it's a typo (I've never seen the original poster reply about that) but 1/2 a centimeter would make HUGE plates...1/2 a mm sounds MUCH more realistic... Scott Denny wrote: On Dec 10, 6:58 am, Scott wrote: Here in the USA, 0.020" aluminum is a standard thickness. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...eet_2024t3.php Scotthttp://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version) terry wrote: Rough and ready. One inch is 'about' 25mm? So 0.5 mm = 1/50th of inch? Which = 0.02 inches? That correct? So 0.016" would be close???????????? -- Uuuh, I thought the OP said .5 CM, not MM... Slight difference by X10 denny -- Scotthttp://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Ahhhh jeez, there you go again - wanting reality! And on usenet to boot... denny / k8do |
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December 11th 07, 11:15 PM
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Where can I get aluminium foil (0.5 cm thickness) for HomebrewButterfly Capacitor
Who, me?
 Scott N0EDV Denny wrote: On Dec 10, 6:25 pm, Scott wrote: The post has been out there a while and we all assume it's a typo (I've never seen the original poster reply about that) but 1/2 a centimeter would make HUGE plates...1/2 a mm sounds MUCH more realistic... Scott Denny wrote: Ahhhh jeez, there you go again - wanting reality! And on usenet to boot... denny / k8do -- Scott http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/ Gotta Fly or Gonna Die Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version) |
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