Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:17:52 -0700
From: Terrell Fritz <terrellfone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

Hi Ed,

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>         I haven't calculated the weight but it must be considerable.

It weighs 5 pounds 12 ounces...  The "official" diameter is 50cm or 19.685
inches.

>I can see
>why you're not anxious to take a pair of snips to the stuff!

I did put a slight dent in another one.  But the metal hardness is way up
there.  Probably harder than the metal on the tin snips ;-))


>Having the
>hole there to begin with is an advantage, but one that's hard to
>exploit.  I wonder about a power nibbler?

Some stainless steels are among the hardest metals known!!  All they have
to do is mix them right.  These seem to actually have been cast rather than
spun.  If all so, they may shatter a power nibbler!

>Any idea if the stuff work
>hardens?  I'm been considering buy a couple of these but figured they
>were much thinner and easier to manhandle.

In your case, you may be able to get damaged ones (cheap) where you can
just cut out the damaged areas ;-))


>Ed