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anorlunda
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dlgoff said:I can't wait to fire up this beauty. Don't worry; safety first.
Just think of all the skills required to build that thing.
dlgoff said:I can't wait to fire up this beauty. Don't worry; safety first.
Indeed. I was very thrilled that it arrived in one piece. I'm still in the process of determining it's authenticity but it does appear to be a Victor Electric Company tube.anorlunda said:Just think of all the skills required to build that thing.
[PLAIN]http://www.gendex.com/history said:Only[/PLAIN] a few years after Roentgen’s 1895 discovery, Victor Electric Company of Chicago, started manufacturing X-ray equipment for the medical and dental community and offered these products through its subsidiary, Victor X-ray Corporation.
dlgoff said:I'm still in the process of determining it's authenticity but it does appear to be a Victor Electric Company tube.
You're awesome Jim.jim hardy said:i was going to say - there's similar looking contraptions in the Philo Farnsworth museum in Rigby Idaho... Farnsworth was a vacuum tube designer of some note.
His "Fusor" is a desktop fusion device using electric field confinement but it doesn't break even just makes neutrons. Makes sense an accomplished vacuum tube guy would be drawn to electric field approach...
I'll keep my eyes peeled for one for you !
I didn't read closely enough the first time to realize that you now have an old X-ray tube. I hope that you have good detectors and lead shields for when you fire up that puppy.dlgoff said:I can't wait to fire up this beauty. Don't worry; safety first.
Oh yea. I've got the stuff.Borg said:I didn't read closely enough the first time to realize that you now have an old X-ray tube. I hope that you have good detectors and lead shields for when you fire up that puppy.
I'm thinking this should be okay.Borg said:I hope that you have good detectors ...
Thank you.Planobilly said:Very cool collection of stuff.
Now that would be a great supplement for the Narco radios. Thanks.Planobilly said:I may have an old open cockpit biplane head set to add to your collection. I will see if I can dig it up.
Planobilly said:And for all you guys that think morse code is long dead and gone we still use it to identify the VOR today!
Even though the Butler station is ~100 miles away, I can clearly hear their Morse ID (- ... ..- --).dlgoff said:... radio receiving the Butler VOR signal at 115.90 MHz ...
Wow. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing the PDF reference.Planobilly said:
dlgoff said:We should get together and built a reaction chamber.
I bet @mfb would be willing to help.
Cool. Do you have a photo you could share?jim hardy said:i do have a pretty good vacuum pump
Will get one posted.dlgoff said:Do you have a photo you could share?
dlgoff said:I can't wait to fire up this beauty. Don't worry; safety first.
Safety should always enter the equation. Knowing that you feel the same, maybe a sticky for dangers and safety in engineering would be appropriate. We haven't lived this long for not respecting electricity. I'm sure others would have great advice.berkeman said:I'm glad you took safety aspects into consideration.
Interesting idea. That might make a good EE forum stickie thread. Let me think on it a bit...dlgoff said:Safety should always enter the equation. Knowing that you feel the same, maybe a sticky for dangers and safety in engineering would be appropriate. We haven't lived this long for not respecting electricity. I'm sure others would have great advice.
dlgoff said:Here are two photos; one up close un-energized and one at a distance energized.
https://www.physicsforums.com/attachments/x-ray_off-jpg.96459/
[PLAIN]https://www.physicsforums.com/attachments/x-ray_on-jpg.96460/[/QUOTE]
The images are broken.
I am also unable to see the pictures. And, when I click on them to "view image", I get a PF permission error.berkeman said:Images seem fine to me. Are you not seeing anything?
I re-uploaded the images. Can you see them now?DrClaude said:The images are broken.
That's exactly what I'm getting also. It seems that PF is blocking access to some of us.jim hardy said:Click "View Image " yields
Working for me now.dlgoff said:How about now Jim?
How'd you fix it for them?dlgoff said:How about now Jim?
I re-uploaded the two pics. Initially, I used the ones from the Conversation we had, hoping to save a little server space.berkeman said:How'd you fix it for them?