Homemade Wimshurst Machine in action
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IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! ALIVE!!!!!!
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@magx1 you could also use salt water as the interior conductor. the only prob with that is if the foil on the outside gets wet it wont work till the water is cleaned off. had it happen with my peanutbutter layden jar.
How much did this cost you to build? can you post a how to?
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@tzkelley i think the metal touches INSIDE the wood like two holes to the middle that join into a 90 degree angled hole?
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I noticed your balls where the conductors make a hard turn are wood. Don't they need to be metal to be effective? Can't argue with the results, I guess. Works great!
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How much voltage do you figure you are jumping? more than 100,000? Do you have equipment to test it? Great Job!!!
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How far apart are the records?
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Wow, that's excellent! Is there a performance difference between Al tape and steel wool?
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I wonder, could you use something like warm gallium or mercury on the inside of the leyden jars?
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Hi there,
i was just wondering,
what did you use for the drive belt on this machine?
and what are those two white things with the metal domes? Where did u get them?
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hi there
Really big spark there in fact the biggest ive sen ever what are the discs made of ? old 78s or modern vinyl records ?
keith sinclair
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I'm officially jealous. What'd you do for the ?lyndmann? jars? Just tubes with tinfoil?
ymi2b 3 years ago
I used plastic 'Crystal Light' containers: aluminum AC duct tape on the outside, and steel wool on the inside. Be warned: steel wool is very dangerous. I have had the steel wool, on the inside of my jars, catch fire on several occasions. This results from internal arcing. I recommend, instead, metal foil on the inside, as well as the outside of the jar, as opposed to using any steel wool.
magx1 3 years ago
I've found that vinyl records work great for the disks.
mitchrichie 3 years ago
They do. You might need to clean them first, however. I use Turtle wax (hard shell paste). I apply it to the disc first, let dry, and then buff off. It helps with all disc types, but might be especially helpful if using vinyl records.
magx1 3 years ago
That is so sweet. What is the diameter of the main disk?
Fraxerfone 4 years ago
12 inches
magx1 4 years ago