frazeur1, you betcha and thanks for looking in. *G*
'Real Life' concerns still top the list of 2do's at this time but I'm still plotting plans. Reliable means of cone forming still concern me...although I've created positive and negative forms to 'hand shape' them, I still would like to investigate slip rolling them. Nothing seems to be available that can go that small in diameters and that thin in material so I'm faced with either making a slip roller that could do just that. Or a variation that would act like a pivoting roller over a sheet of rubber or foam, which would be easier to fab up.
Another issue is an improved adhesive for the cone's seam. One comment that came in on my YouTube video of the current V3's is 'buzzing', which could be generated by flaws in the seam. Any potential gaps would create such....closing that seam is a hat trick, since fingers and any 'off the shelf' clamps don't fit into truncated cones top to bottom. And holding the cone in alignment while applying one or more really calls for another pair of hands attached and controlled by the same nervous system. The + & - forms could manage this, but I'm faced with a means of keeping said forms from attaching themselves to the cone itself; the proverbial 'sticky wicket'.
Next is the cone structure itself...a 5 mil version with 3 'windows', creating a tripod with 'rings' at top and bottom. This to reduce the weight of the cone, which I've been advised is a bit on the heavy side. Laminated to the interior will be a second 'full' cone of 2 mil, infilling the windows and creating the primary radiating elements. The forms will help in this assembly, but will still be a bit of a nail biter in alignment.
*L* These are the things I think about when I have the moments to spend on the subject while hands are occupied doing something more 'automatic' and the mind is free to wander about...
That, and pursuing a 60 hz hmmm that in the system on idle...mild, but there and annoying. Which may disappear with the revamp of the electronics' wiring and connections that has been long delayed.
Too much to do, too little of me to splay about...*L*
