drizzt

that would be hard to say because there are different kinds of chrome

the kit i use, has three steps first you coat it in copper, then nickel, and then chrome it.

then there is hard chrome wich is just a single layer of chrome on polished metal

this is just a guess mind you but i would say chrome is not transparent/translucent to uv or ir. its the same as a mirror but with steel your temprature range will be different so the image might not get distorted as much depending on the tinsel strength of the steel (anyway there are always so many variables if you ask me try the cheapest way first and then improve on that thats what i do )

im not sure about gold leaf but you would probably be better off getting the dish chromed, it wouldent cost that much, depending on where u lived. they also sell 5 gal trpiplechrome kits at caswell plating " http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/index.html?source=overture&OVRAW=caswell&OVKEY=caswell&OVMTC=standard ".

im almost positive chrome would produce a better image quality than aluminum foil or gold leaf

well scratch the triple chrome kit lol, or any of them they cost twice as much as a prebuilt hologram dish, but i left the link up anyway because they have good deals on powder coating and black krome kits. just in case any 1 is into do it yourself parts

arent hydrogen molocules small enough to seep through latex ballon material?

i typed in fun experiments with mercury and this came up (search engine)

cool, gonna have to check into that

agian platinum would be the ideal source, i have seen a thread on here that linked to an ebay site that was selling platinum wire for cheap!

thats good, just wanted to make sure you knew SS oxidized

i have taught a few welding classes b4 and have had students swear up and down that SS will not rust......until i proved them wrong lol

anyone know how to make a jacobs ladder?

those are cool lookin

lol if you want belladonna come down to where i live that crap grows all over the place.

there also is mescallin(peyote) down here but dont ask me where i dont have the time nor do i want to go looking for that stuff

wheres yt when ya need him lol

o and stainless steel will oxidize

so dont be fooled just cause it says stainless

carbon rods will work but only if used in high pwer applications.

you should try the sulphuric acid like YT siad its a hella better electrolyte and it

would produce very good results

use platinum for the electrodes you will get the best response.

and if your aying "yea right platinum i cant afford that"

well just fyi you can go down to the autoparts store and but some bosh platinum spark plugs carfully smash the cramic coating and pull out the platinum

i used this method to show my son electrolsis of cource if you want a bigger H production you can also use carbon rods out of batteries.

because platinum is too expensive

i usedthe ones from the sparkplugs on a small scale model but it worked great

hi i am drzzit,

i am currently a mechanic at a potash mine

i also serve as the backup mechanical and electrical engineer (fyi engineering in a mine is B.S.) they just want the tons they dont carte how or why if bubble gum works use it lol

other than that i love all different fields of science

a lil bit off topic here.

has anyone seen any specs on the new blueray lazer ?

i know its supposed to blow the standard dvd away in storage media capacity

and ive also heard they are having a hard time stabilizing the element that emits the blue lazer beam

o btw i guess i should not have said new because i dont really have enough knoledge about to say if it is new or not, please excuse my arrogance

cool, ty yt.

i have messed around with a few magnatrons b4 but never really tried to focus the waves. sound very interesting and cool to

but again if the rules do not allow it thats alright

true but schoking the hell outa them would be cool too

if you can insulate the shed handles you could also hook up some hot wire.

my dad has one for horses that runs on 4 d-cell batteries and it shocks the hell outa you.

just wire it in the same circut as the send button and put a nice sponge or some other type of moisture holding matwhere the victim will be standing

then you get to listen too them scream when they touch it

of course its non leathel though

if your really hardcore buy a tazer and do the same thing ehehehe.

basically a novelty item.

the ones that i have read about can pop a ballon and make a person feel uncomfortable if pointed at them.

really i just wanted to learn more about ions and how to focus them

wow very interesting

thank you very much

and if anyone else has and homeade ideas let me know as well

ok i seen some 1 selling plans for an ion gun that can pop ballons at a 8' range

i love trying electronics projects but this one seems a little far fetched.

does any 1 have any experience with this type of application

and any links if possible

should make this a mandatory video when signing up

/bump

first off sorry about the spelling.

secondly

i have been wanting to purchase or build a telescope, my son is getting old enough to enjoy looking through one, im not into space photography to much.

i like it an all but it is just too expensive

so i would like to hear your opinions. me i personally want a dobsonian becuase i like to view deep space entities.

and because a 12" schmiddt is like 8-14k $$$

but without price in mind let me know what you think

we just need to carbon date some black matter

j/k