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Registered Member #1370
Joined: Mon Mar 03 2008, 09:01AM
Location: Finland
Posts: 56
I have been working on my 10" 10kVA TC since march and the project isn't still ready. That has taken the most of my freetime (is there any).
Separate things that I have done (ordered by time): -max 8kV 100BPS synchronous rotary spark gap (march-april) -adjustable inductive ballast made from an old transformer core and 16mm^2 copper cable -I thought my brains out by thinking about tank cap, bought finally 75x 942C20P15K-F (april-june) -8kV 5kVA quad MOT stack (may) -10" secondary, almost 100e for all that copper (july-august) -welded 600x500x200mm 2,5mm/3mm aluminum box for all controlling electronics (september-december) -moar tank capacitance, 150x Wima FKP-1 0,1µ 1,6kV (currently working on caps' housing) -three phase 20+kVA 12 MOT stack, out 10,xkV and lots of amps (two phases ready, one waits for time to mount transformers and connect them (october->)
Misc not TC-related: -singing flyback driver -ham radio licence -lots of hours around the 13,8V 50A PSU (under construction) -big propane flames and misc propane experimentation
Registered Member #56
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:02AM
Location: Southern Califorina, USA
Posts: 2445
In all of 08?
Lets see.. (in order of personal importance) 1. met my current girlfriend 2. broke up with my ex 3. Was accepted at UCSB (reasonably decent university) 4. Got strait A's at said university (only been there for 1 quarter) 5. Graduated high school 6. Finished my audiomod tesla coil 7. built a big mazzilli flyback driver 8. Built a few 405nm 100mw laser pointers (haven't documented them yet) 9. built a little desk sparker (for girlfriend) 10. rebuilt my GPS Tracker rev3 (complete from scratch rebuild; taking it out for another launch this weekend) 11. Built 2 more rockets (sorry, no threads for them yet, largest one can be seen ) 12. countless little projects...
Registered Member #514
Joined: Sun Feb 11 2007, 12:27AM
Location: Somewhere in Pirkanmaa, Finland
Posts: 295
You just made me realize I haven't gotten anything done. This is probably mostly because I've been more into consuming alcohol every friday night, than working on projects. We'll, I've been working on a few things, but they're all something like 80% complete. I lack the funds to buy all the parts I need and polyprojectitis is starting to be a problem.
-Dual ignition coil power supply. -almost finished -3.6kVA variac-Almost finished, casing done, meters mounted, needs input and output connectors & fuses -Started work on a high power SSTC motor, has more parts missing than in place -Built a bike that was subsequently stolen and destroyed -Trying to get to be friends with our new cat (a Turkish Van). (WIP) -A bunch of small projects (<1 day), that were done out of boredom.
Yeah, I know, I've been lazy. I've been using more of my time on metaphysical pondering and writing, which might be due to the increased alcohol intake
Registered Member #1792
Joined: Fri Oct 31 2008, 08:12PM
Location: University of California
Posts: 527
Nothing too exciting this year, but progress nonetheless:
-Graduated with my BS in EE at UCSB -Stayed for PhD program in EE at UCSB -Submitted a NASA research proposal (didn't get accepted, so I'm working on more) -Quit smoking -Brought my HV stuff here from home, I hope to use it again soon. I have some doorknob caps that are just begging to be turned into a Marx generator.
Registered Member #902
Joined: Sun Jul 15 2007, 08:17PM
Location: North Texas
Posts: 1040
mainly, I have been designing future projects, then building small parts of them or gathering materials, etc... but not the major portions of builds. this coming year, now that I have my designs, I plan to carry them all out
also, this past year I designed what I think will be my greatest builds: universal pulse and HV supply, and a "unique" encryption program...
and the major things I did in 2k8 were to move my website to a dedicated server, and fix the dynamic IP issues, experimented with E-Ink display modification (still a work in progress), build a Calcium Carbide Cannon, vastly improved my High speed Photography unit (although, not quite to the desired specs... plan to finish that this year)
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