Good morning everyone, I am a new member to the group, and a new school technician, requiring information on the Wimshurst machine. At present I am unable to...
Eric, The Neutralizing brushes should just touch the surface. Set the gap on the output terminals to about 1/16" to 1/8"; increase this to get a longer spark....
... It's also important where the neutralizer arms are sited. They should be about 60 degrees apart from each other. They can't touch any of the other parts,...
... gap ... get a ... be ... or ... this ... should ... the ... and ... The ... work. ... The only other advice I can add is to place the output spheres close ...
Some comments: A Wimshurst machine must be clean and placed in a dry place to work. The disks shall run in opposite directions, in the direction from the ...
Hi everyone, Last weekend I got a Wimshurst machine for a birthday present. It's probably the most inexpensive model available but it works great! One or two...
... A foil electroscope is too sensitive for the power of a Wimshurst machine. You can use one as an electric field meter by just moving it close to the...
Thanks for the info. I reread A. D. Moore's book on Electrostatics over the last few days - he also made lots of similar practical tips on working with high ...
I don't understand what my Wimshurst machine is doing - can anyone help explain it's behavior? I've only had it for a couple of weeks, and it's been working...
It was 5 years ago this month ( the 19th to be precise ) that I founded the VDG group on yahoo groups. Currently, we have almost 250 members, and can have...
Derrik and all the Sparkies: Happy Thanksgiving and Holiday greetings whatever they may be to all. This Forum has been a great example of the coming together...
... Derrik, Thank you for the group, it has been an invaluable aid and a place to ask advice and share ideas with other like minded people. I hope everyone...
... snip ... run ... corona ... If you get a small flourescent light, you can try some neat stuff. I found a 6 inch tube that I can balance between the...
... Humidity and dirt on the insulators, specially on the disks, are the most common problem. ... When you draw a spark from one terminal to ground, the...
Thanks for the tips. I have an old flourescent tube from a copier machine, so I tried having the Wimshurst light it. I had some success, but had to go do some...
I was just reading the history of the double-domed Van de Graaff generator at the Boston Museum of Science. Apparantly the original design had the domes...
The original configuration -- two domes with a vacuum tube beteween them -- never really worked. It was re-purposed as a high energy X- ray generator for MIT....
I was searching Google patents for electrostatic generators and came across a 1991 US patent (link below) for a method of reducing blood glucose using a VDG....
I have a hard time believing this. It seems like quack medicine, like those "violet ray" quack machines. Can you find some publications in medical journals, or...
Steve, When I first saw the patent, I assumed it was a Victorian-age invention that was granted when electricity was promoted as a cure-all. The "violet ray...
... There is a guy who managed to patent several flying saucer propulsion/anti-gravity devices, too. But they are really just high-voltage lifters. ... I hear...
Steve Greenfield Wrote: (snip) ... All your points are valid. I figure that, since no reports of harmful effects of the "hair-raising" VDG demonstration have...
Hi All I have finally been able to make the rollers and the belt and have finished my VDG except for the terminal. I now have a problem that I have the combs...
Elmer: Traditionally the "combs" are located on the same side. That is the bottom comb right where the belt leaves the roller and the top comb right where the ...
Dick I will try to change the position of the top brush. And no I did not try to measure the current with the terminal in place, I have not built the terminal...
Dick I tried to push the amp meters wires to the sides (plastic casing) so they would not touch but still nothing on the amp meter. But when took the top brush...
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