Re: electrodes

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

David and all,

I swung by the local Osco store (Chicago, Illinois area) - they've got a
10" diameter mirror polished stainless steel sphere mounted to a base via a
steel bolt (looks like either 5/16" or 3/8" diameter by a couple of inches
long. While not perfectly spherical (you can see the seam where the halves
were put together), it's actually pretty nice looking! Cost is about
$29.00. It was on a high shelf, so I wasn't able to look at it closely -
will check it out this weekend. Not too bad a deal for a spherical
electrode of large diameter.  :^)

-- Bert --

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "David Huffman by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <huffman-at-fnal.gov>
> 
> Fellow spark maker.
> 
> I haven't checked this out yet but thought I would pass it along. This
> message came to me second hand from the Chicago land area.
> 
> Dave Huffman
> 
> >  You know those big silvered glass "gazing balls" that people sometimes
> >put up in flower gardens?  The new vandal-resistant ones are made of
> >stainless steel!  Osco had some in the seasonal aisle.  They're 10"
> >diameter and polished to a mirror finish with a scarcely visible seam.
> >About $28, comes with an iron stand.

-- 
Bert Hickman
Stoneridge Engineering
Email:    bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net
Web Site: http://www.teslamania-dot-com