"geoff smith" ) writes:
Can anyone suggest an interesting use for microwave oven transformers .

Only if you ask in the proper place.

This newsgroup is about the repair of electronic equipment. Your's is
at least the third post today treating it like a general purpose newsgroup.

There is the whole sci.electronics.* hierarchy to ask such questions,
and I can immediately think of at least two of them where the question
would be infinitely more on-topic.

See Mark Zenier's guide to the hierachy at
ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/m/mzenier/seguide9706.txt

Michael