Five Minute FUSOR

[Darko2625]

Great, just take a deep breath and inhale absorb all that charged particles.

[cbk0verk1ll]

touch the caintainer

[bigglesworth5283]

It's leaking ions but stable. To low a field to contain. Only contained within the unit. Do the math and rework the concentric. Get a thicker containment vessel. Tune the input.

[clagwell]

@bigglesworth5283 As clearly stated in the description;

"Just a proof of concept idea regarding the fesibility of hardware store epoxy in a high vacuum environment."

At NO TIME was this ever made to be more than that.

[ObiTrev]

0:48 that is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on Youtube.

[ZzZShootedZzZ]

Is this a demo with deuterium gas, or just nitrogen from the air?

[Angularocillation]

What is the power supply to the confinement coils? DC, AC, volts and amps please.

[Lachieh923]

have you got deuterium in there? or air you just testing with plain air. And have you got anything to protect you from neutrons, gamma rays and x-rays? cos if not that is really dangerous

[AstralDragoon]

I'm assuming you need to wear protective clothing around these things?

[clagwell]

@chicagobanana11 Very good question. I have been using the same set of 4 NST for the past 11 years. They are all 30ma and range between 7500 and 15000kv. I have used and abused them for everything from Tesla coils and Fusors to capacitative discharge quarter shrinkers (can crushers) and halloween decorations. Still going strong! Had one hiccup with the 15kv unit, but nothing that a quick oven bake didnt fix...and that was about 7 years ago!

Oh, and when needed I used a variac.

[yomocy]

how do you build one of these things i must know.

[antonima1]

Ha, house of the rising sun. I just got it. xD

[coldarc]

when do some gonna make tony stark arc reactor chest piece for real? mix palladium and some high electron density radioactive element. tony stark iron man arc reactor is fiction based on real plasma physics.

[tarrasque420]

Sweet looks like something off Star Trek maybe the Borg.

[carebare47]

Where did you get your borosilicate tube-y thing?

[Dri0m]

is it emiting something? its really nice glow :D and i want to build it

[D34Df007]

what was the quality of the vaccuum this could hold?

[cortexedge]

0:50 <3

[1960Stonewall]

The polywell (polyhedral negative well) concept was proved by Dr. Bussard for the Navy. Cool book He3 (kindle ebook) worked through some of the politics of this idea.

[mtohair1]

looks great man maybe you can help me with a problem everytime i try to make a fusor it never glows it just arcs what am i doing wrong ty

[rehamkcirtap]

Me and a friend tried to build one of these and due to insufficient vacuum just started a small fire.

[catklyst]

id love to see some strong magnets waved near this thing

[otivaeey]

Is it hot to touch on the glass?

[bryandugan]

@clagwell are you using the pump-side wall as a cathode? It looks like you just clipped on to the outer wall but its hard to tell. Sweet setup though and what a perfect glow!

[interstei]

Music: The House of the Rising Sun (Instrumental)

Artist: propably Frijid Pink

have fun ^^

[Xu53r1X]

@clagwell how is it possible to run a ballasted setup because conrad farnsworth on fusor.net said it could not be done but if I am correct that electron beam is negative current and so wouldn't a ballasted setup turnoff/lower the power. Also please do not tell me to refer to fusor.net because they are not activating my account and I can't ask. Also the only info on this demo setup is by conrad farsworth and no one talks about ballast w/demo fusor. Thank you for your time and have a nice day.

[gabrielbenitosobrino]

How do you do that?

[alexandru315]

@clagwell how is this ballasted some one on fusor.net said it could not be done, do you have some special setup plz help as the search function on fusor.net is not

[aatmuri]

where did you get the NST and how did you actually wire it up? thanks

[Gaafaroof]

need to know what's the sound track ?

[PsycoHenny]

0:50 Jesus Christ almighty, what a light show!

[sandustanBrasov]

SandustanBrasov

The test for nuclear fusion realisation on Tokamak's installations and with LASER cannot bring anything new for the energetics' future. I bind the thermonuclear controlled reactor schedule by the Sun model , by the reactive electromagnetic motor schedule from Palenque stone's tombe. You see the my project for thermonuclear controlled reactor.

[ConnorXV]

Name of song?

[myrdale]

That is beautiful!!

[Xxfadedshadows1xX]

that is so fucking sexy now if only i can make XD

[117ty]

Am I the only one who found the music in the background mixed with the plasma ball a little sexy?

[carebare47]

Hello,

Was wondering what kind of pressure you had the chamber at, and if anybody knew a good place to get some borosilicate tubing.

Cheers,

Tom

[ConnorXV]

what effect would i get from a Rectified 15kv Flyback that i found. using this set up?

[sixpackwill1]

sorry just realized its star mode not real fusion

[sixpackwill1]

how can you be doing fusion with air

[Bluetorchproductions]

@sixpackwill1 its not, whats happening is the grids are causing ions in a partial vacuum to become grouped into a very small area and collide with some force. Very few fusions are happening, if any

[KarbineKyle]

AWESOME JOB! THUMBS UP!

[magicstix0r]

No grid based fusor is ever feasible... ;P

[clagwell]

@magicstix0r If you are referring to power generation, no one will (or should) disagree with that. For neutron production via thermonuclear fusion, they are quite feasible and real. 

[TheTeddyIsALiar]

@clagwell Do these produce any energy? Even in small amounts? My knowledge in he area is quite limited =[

[Kalatiso]

what about the neutron radiation?

[ConnorXV]

@Kalatiso i dont believe this is really achieveing much fusion to cause any more than 1/1000th of the background radiation if anything at all, just a pretty plasma ball.

WHICH IS AWESOME BY THE WAY!

[HybridWaterMan2]

Beautiful example of low cost creativity. Love the Farnsworth style fusion reactor...good job!

[stalkersas]

what can i use for vachum? is a car tire 12 compresor good enough? or a refrigerator compresor? (i ask of this 2 because i have both riged as compresor or vachum pump)

[K0W0O0N0]

0:49 What a beautifull moment!

WoW!

[huki07]

will this thing warp me far far away?

[scienceprimo]

How high vacuum are you using & how did you reach it?

Am attempting to construct a fusor and need a vacuum pump. would a modified fridge compressor work?

[sixpackwill1]

@clagwell also where did you get your vacuum pump

[clagwell]

@sixpackwill1 Please go to fusor.net and go to the forums. Everything you ask is at your fingertips in the forums.

[HaploTR]

@clagwell If you're going to take the time to answer pointing him somewhere else, why don't you at least include the actual answer to his question?

[clagwell]

@HaploTR /watch?v=z3rXoJdu_Ek 

[HaploTR]

@clagwell Your response to me is spam? I don't follow. You could've at least linked to a decent product, like Discraft, instead of the shit that is Wham-O.

[sixpackwill1]

@clagwell are there any risks to this fusion reactor by means other than electrocution.

[shadowOrgon]

wow thats very cool is there a place to figure out how to make one? and also i heard on other videos that these things release radiation...thats only for really high power ones right?

[brandonhughes7]

that is so cool

[HaploTR]

I had no idea there was video as well! I thought there were just pictures... brilliant!

[Xu53r1X]

@clagwell Please Please Please answer my question because i am loosing my sleep over this and it is driving me to insanity. my question is the folowing:How do you wire the damn fusor(capable of fusion)here is the schamatic: the location is on the front page fusor.net on the right hand side #3 WHY IS THE POSITIVE AT GROUND AND WHAT IS THE OTHER GROUND LABLED V ON THE - WIRE? AND HOW IS THIS A CIRCUIT?! Also how can a hv power supply be at negative output(ex. -20kV)when you have 2 wires + and -?

[frotz661]

The House of the Rising Sun... Very appropriate music.

[mikeprosser81]

Why type of gas are you using for the plasma?

[clagwell]

@mikeprosser81 Air

[Bluetorchproductions]

@clagwell I like how when you fire it up the plasma arced from one side of the glass and into the grid. in the process of designing one of these using a microwave oven transformer. My pet star in a jar =P

[iminyourbasement]

@clagwell does the glass get hot after using it, and if you left it on would it melt? also how many milliamps at 9kv?

[hydrogenman15]

Where did buy your borosilicate tube?

--Hydro15

[clagwell]

@hydrogenman15 Sundance Glass in Paradise Ca.

[hydrogenman15]

@clagwell

Thanks so much for the info. I'm planning on building a non-nuclear Fusor for my senior project and I really like your setup. I'll probably be using the same tubing as you did.:) I've been looking around a lot on their site and I'm trying to see if they can cut the tubing for me.

--Hydro15

[solomonXR1]

is there an inner grid?

[clagwell]

@solomonXR1 No. The brass caps are big enough to support ion recirculation. For neutron production, effeciency may be hampered a bit. However, neutrons were never made with this ultra-basic demo model. Probably couldnt anyway due to a wide variety of factors. As an interesting side note, the system (as pictured) was self rectifying. In other words, it was powered by pure 60 cycle AC.

[TheChemlife]

does this device release neutron radiation?

[clagwell]

@TheChemlife The pictured device does not release neutron radiation.

[TheNuclearWatermelon]

my ticket to MIT :D

[spinafire]

Very cool! That's probably the coolest small thing I have ever seen. Is it reusable? I was thinking of possibly making one...

[clagwell]

@spinafire Yes. I am sure I could pull it out of the display and make it work. The epoxy is just as strong as it was a couple of years ago.

[spinafire]

@clagwell So you don't need special gas? I heard you can use tritium, but I haven't really researched fusors that much...Do you know a place where I can research plans?

[clagwell]

@spinafire For what I have shown in this video, no special gasses are required. Go to fusor dot net and use the search function. The archives go back more than 10 years and is rich with excellent data. Pretty much every question that could be asked has been and answered quite well.

[spinafire]

@clagwell Thank you very much, I watched more of your videos and they are awesome.

[TheNuclearWatermelon]

@spinafire Actually, using tritium is EXTREMELY illegal. In order to get fusion, people use deuterium. But if your not aiming for the goal of fusion, you can use almost any inert gas to make a plasms light show like in this video.

[DavidBurnward]

he has made a star, your argument is invalid

[TheNuclearWatermelon]

@DavidBurnward He has made plasma. No fusion occured in this video. Air was used as the gas, not deuterium.

[DavidBurnward]

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[dlouis95]

Is there anything you can point me twords to contrast something like yours? Everything Ive seen is complex but yours is elegant simple.

[dlouis95]

This is amazing. Truely beautiful. I wish i could construct something like this, if not exactly like this.

[psilonox]

i want to live inside one of those.

[AnselmoFanZero]

Looks real cool...

[iordacho]

Is there any radiation and how many volts using for that.

[iminyourbasement]

your videos inspire me, i will make one of thos one day...

[iordacho]

What is the gas in it.

[clagwell]

@iordacho As pictured, air. Tried Argon before retiring the system.

[lezsmokehaze420]

I'm just curious is that just plasma int the tube??If you could please reply to this I'm just wondering whats going on it that tube it looks pretty cool.

[clagwell]

@lezsmokehaze420 Yes, it is plasma. For a full description of whats happening, I suggest you go to fusor.net. Its about the most informative site regarding the fusor.

[gun844]

what is an epoxy?I dont know.

[clagwell]

@ChmodLabs There was no instrumentation on this run. For visual effect, I fluctuated the vacuum from atmosphere to between 40-60 microns at its deepest. Just a guess based upon the bugle jets and the lack of a electron beam which is indicitave of a much deeper vacuum. 

[rukoche]

this thing is beautiful

[Tab54o]

Hey, out of what and how did you make the filament and grid and what are you using for the vacuum?

[yakkit]

what sort of pressure do you need before it starts to form the poissor?

[clagwell]

@yakkit I think around 200 microns a fuzzy poissor with multiple bugle jets begins to form. In the video, I fluctuated the vacuum from atmosphere to about 70 microns. Below that, bugle jets disappear and electron beams form. The poissor also gets very small and well defined.

[yakkit]

@clagwell Excellent, thanks

[TheSmashFiles]

hey brother what's the amperage on your NST?

[clagwell]

@TheSmashFiles 30mA

[TheSmashFiles]

@clagwell thanks mate, i'm having shaky results with 9 so i'm gathering info

[Longstreet77]

Very well done.

[karkrashful]

can someone please link me to a list of the materials and how to make this?!

[frotz661]

Rising sun indeed. It seems that this is operating as little more than a gas discharge tube. If some sort of refractory adhesive (like what's used to seal some types of halogen tubes) was used, is this safe enough to run for extended periods of time? It looks like there might be an appreciable amount of UV in there. Any danger of x-ray?

[13baldjj]

Music: House of the Rising Sun.

[AerialTheShamen]

@13baldjj Modulate it with that song through outer electrodes with a tube amp (tube oscilloscope deflection circuit??).

[iminyourbasement]

tho small you may become irradiated with neutrons if you was to use dueturium gas so be carefull.

[Mrbeast1131]

Its just a demo fusor and obviously never designed to fuse. No neutrons there!

[Collserra]

Great work!

[SantisNight]

not to sound disaproving (because it looks badass) but what would something like this be used for?

[clagwell]

More or less its a platform for fusion research. I would recommend some reading on the fusor web group. Search "fusor research consortium" on google.

[SantisNight]

I see, thanks!

[hal970fx]

@SantisNight

It also makes a very good neutron source, which has multiple applications in commercial industry.

[SantisNight]

@hal970fx

i see.

[TheNuclearWatermelon]

If the wall is not made from stainless steel, then cant neutron radiation penetrate and cause radiation poisoning?

[teslafredde]

wounderful! did you use a glass cylinder or plexiglas cylinder?. if it wasn´t plexiglas do you know if it would work in high vacuum?

[clagwell]

The cylinder was made from heavy walled borosilicate glass. I m confident that it can handle a fairly deep vacuum under normal conditions. However, the fusor heats up really quickly. If allowed to run under full power for any length of time, I am just as confident of its failure. Regarding the epoxy adhesive, it works great as long as it has no direct contact with electron / particle beams, or plasma.

[legomaniac150]

@clagwell Is the centre grid negetivley charged? If so how did you achive it with a NST?

[clagwell]

@legomaniac150 Believe it or not, the small fusor self-rectifies. I havent tried it with a larger one, but this tends to operate fine on its own. Otherwise, I have a bunch of salvaged HV MW diodes that work just fine.

[onthecuttingedge2005]

do you have a neutron counter?

[clagwell]

I do have a rem ball (bonner sphere type) neutron counter. However, I would never attempt at generating neutrons with a device like this. I only put this together to test different types of epoxies.

Someday soon I will make a quick video on the neutron counter. Its been on the "list" for awhile now.

[dc100GHz]

Wow, that's impressive. Did you fill some gas or is it in vacuum?

You could add a hydrogen isotope to make some neutrons.

[clagwell]

Just an air vacuum. No plans on introducing any kind of gas to this device.