New comer needs any and all help

[jhsmith87]

Great idea on the platters. Only thing is id have to drill a hole in them. It would be tough to find the center I would know how to find the center of a circle ha..
Makes good sense I wouldn't want a metal rotor after thinking about it 

I with I'd have known about not getting a half watt pot sooner. Just got back from the shack and I didn't know witch one to get and it its half watt my resistors are 1/8 100k ohm and 1/8 1k ohm of course I got some from computers and other parts to. I hope I got the right resistors.
Transistors I got 2n222, 2n3904, 2n4401, tip3055, tip31, and 2n3055. I hear that the 2n3055 works really well   

Diodes I got in4001, and a pack of 25 assorted 1 amps.
And 2 12v 50ma neons.

I know I got at least one good transistor. I just hope I can make the other stuff work some how. Maybe the pot will work if I run on 9v?
Any suggestions?

[WilbyInebriated]

i'm busy doing some gun smithing at the moment.  when i finish i will go dig out my hard drive platter rotor and take some pics of it for you. no drilling is needed, just epoxy.  the magnets can be scavenged from any cd/dvd drive.

[jhsmith87]

Ok thanks a lot man.. I got plenty magnets all shapes and sizes but all neo.
I think I may have to run on 9v I don't have the bigger wire not enough any way. I have lots of. 30G 26g and 18g. 20G, 22g I only have at most 35 to 40 feet. So I'm going to make my coil with 30 & 26g that along with having a half watt pot. I think I'll have to drop  the voltage.

I'm going to make my new coil. So take your time workin on your gun.
When u do send the pic be sure it shows the base of it. That's the more complicated of the rotor to me. How and what it sits on how its held in place and all that..

Again thanks a lot man

[WilbyInebriated]

Ok thanks a lot man.. I got plenty magnets all shapes and sizes but all neo.
I think I may have to run on 9v I don't have the bigger wire not enough any way. I have lots of. 30G 26g and 18g. 20G, 22g I only have at most 35 to 40 feet. So I'm going to make my coil with 30 & 26g that along with having a half watt pot. I think I'll have to drop  the voltage.

I'm going to make my new coil. So take your time workin on your gun.
When u do send the pic be sure it shows the base of it. That's the more complicated of the rotor to me. How and what it sits on how its held in place and all that..

Again thanks a lot man

i'd go 20 or 22 gauge and 26 for the trigger...  i'll have some pics up for you in a couple hours.

erf... just re-read your post and realized you said you're short on 20 and 22.  i'd use up your 18 gauge then.  the bigger your 'power' coil gauge the better, the trigger coil is just triggering the transistor to switch so it doesn't need to handle much.  but then again you're not wanting to charge batteries so... play with it.

[jhsmith87]

The only two I have enough wire for is 30 & 26g should I use the bigger wire for the trigger