Took a stab at fabricating the grid today. We used Oxyacetylene torch to braze the welding wire together.
I managed to make the rings:
Tried putting it together, but I kept breaking previously brazed joints. I think I need to attach heat sinks. 
Grid Fab
2 05 2009Comments : Leave a Comment »
Categories : Fabrication, Fusor
Vacuum Chamber Update
2 05 2009So I installed the bourdon gauge, which measures down to -100 inches of water, which equals 200 torr. The ion gauge starts at 0.05 torr, roughly 4 orders of magnitude apart.
When I fired up the pump, the bourdon gauge quickly maxed out (and spun another 1/2 revolution past that). Turning the pump off, I did not see any immediate re-pressurization.
I’m going to let it run longer today, see if we can get in range of the ion gauge.
UPDATE
So it’s been running for 11 hours now, and still has not made it to 5e-2 torr.
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Categories : Vacuum
Prometheus Fusion Perfection 