I have seen 1/4” - 5/16” or so round patio table replacement glass tabletops
available at places that sell patio furniture for reasonable ( <$100 ) sums, and
my first thought was “who wants to build a really dangerous Wimshurst?!” ;D
I think they’d also make an excellent Eye of Thor or whatever this prop has
been called generically. (I personally don’t want to steal Ken S.’s thunder, heh)
- B(G)L
> On Oct 30, 2016, at 10:09 PM, Frank <fxrays@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
> Email me, I have plans. It uses an x ray transformer.
> You need a disc of tempered glass.
> Frank
>
> At 11:10 PM 30/10/16 -0400, you wrote:
>> Esteemed Group,
>>
>> With Halloween nigh upon us, I was thinking of more interesting things to possibly build for next year.
>>
>> Does anyone know anything about the circuitry for Ken Strickfaden's Lightning screen? I know there is a central disc electrode that arcs to a peripheral ring. I suspect the disc surface is smooth glass.
>> Phosphorescent paint (inaccurately called "radioactive" paint in the 1943 Popular Mechanics article) applied behind the glass results in afterimages of the discharges.
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out if the unit is driven with AC or DC, or AC with a capacitor across the output. I'm guessing AC, but don't know if there was any capacitance across the supply.
>>
>> Has anyone built one? Anyone ever have the chance to examine the original article?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
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