Parts for the coil power supply. Just received a 600v step-up transformer from ebay:
My shop-mate Stuart has a Variac laying around:
Coils Formed
25 02 2010I received the 18 AWG (1mm diameter) magnet wire today. Now we have actual coils. 10 turns each coil:
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Categories : coils, Sydney Experiment
Project of the Day
17 02 2010We are the project of the day on Kickstarter:
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Categories : Fundraising
Around the Shop
16 02 2010Today Stuart received a donated two arm SCARA robot and controller:
SRX-340: High speed assembly robot.
The controller is: DRX double arm robot controller.
The equipment is in great shape. The controller turns on, but it seems to be hitting an error with some missing external dependency. Interesting how difficult it is to unlock the value represented by this machine.
We can’t find any documentation on google. If you know details, let us know.
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Categories : robots
Coil Former Complete
16 02 2010
I plan to replace the screws with stainless steel screws and clean it all in muriatic acid before putting it in a vacuum.
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Coil Former Progress
15 02 2010Did some more work on the coil formers. Stuart and I used the computer controlled milling machine to precisely drill the holes. First we mount the teflon coil former in a chuck:
Then we center the spindle:
Drill the holes:
Next we take some aluminum angle bracket:
Drill the holes:
And tap:
Assemble:
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Emergency Stop
14 02 2010I put together an emergency stop button for the reactor:
This will be positioned a safe distance from the reactor, so you can kill the high voltage from a distance. I’ll wire it up and test it today.
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Categories : High Voltage, Safety
