[crossposted alt.binaries.schematics.electronic,sci.electronics.design,sci.electronics.basics please manage followups intelligently, thanks.]
There have been threads about hacking Microwave Oven Transformers, and there are a lot of websites, and I'm sure you've all seen my MOT:
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(the penny was just to see if there were any eddy current effects. None was perceptible. :-) ) So, today, I scrounged a hank of #18 magnet wire, from some guy back in the shop at
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. All I did was do a google search on "transformer rewinding whittier ca" and this outfit came up. Well, it's just down the street, and it's a pretty respectaby-sized shop, in a nice part of town, and I called them on the phone. "Well, I'm looking for about 25 feet of #18." So, just on my good looks, this guy hands me a remnant (about 2/3 of one layer, on a spool about 4" diameter and about 5" long) of wire, and it's on the house! I asked, "Do you want me to mention you in my blog?" (figuring that "blog" would be easier for a motor rewinder guy to grasp than "USENET group") and he said, "Sure!"
So, I'm going to wind a 15-turn pie on my MOT right up close and personal to the existing primary, but first I have to get those pesky magnetic shunts out of the way.
I'm thinking prop the tranny up on a couple of 1-2-3 blocks on the steel welding bench, and just whack them out. How do you guys get your magnetic shunts out of your MOTs?
Thanks, Rich