Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:23:57 -0700
From: Terrell Fritz <terrellfone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

At 10:04 PM 1/8/2004, you wrote:

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>Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 13:42:18 -0800
>From: John Pepper <jspepper@xxxxxxx>
>To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)
>
>Greetings All,
>
>I have recently completed a functioning pumped Van de Graff using a 20"
>waterscapes gazing ball.   Using the small tooling hole as a guide I laid
>out a
>circle for the belt/support hole.   A small dremel with a cut off disk and
>a bit
>of patients were used to cut the hole with satisfactory results.  The
>hardest part
>was getting the edge rolled in on the hole.  I managed to get about a 3/4"
>radius
>at best.  I tried making special tools and using heat but that stainless
>is tough.


Wonderful!!  John has already done it!!  Apparently, it all went well and
was fairly straight forward.  Cool!!!

Cheers,

         Terry