Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:55:01 -0700
From: Gomez <gomez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)

On Monday, January 12, 2004, at 10:05  AM, High Voltage list wrote:

> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:17:52 -0700
> From: Terrell Fritz <terrellfone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Van de Graaff generator safety question (fwd)
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> Hi Ed,
>
> ..........
>
>>         I haven't calculated the weight but it must be considerable.
>
> It weighs 5 pounds 12 ounces...  The "official" diameter is 50cm or
> 19.685
> inches.
>
>> I can see
>> why you're not anxious to take a pair of snips to the stuff!
>
> I did put a slight dent in another one.  But the metal hardness is way
> up
> there.  Probably harder than the metal on the tin snips ;-))
>
>
>> Having the
>> hole there to begin with is an advantage, but one that's hard to
>> exploit.  I wonder about a power nibbler?
>
> Some stainless steels are among the hardest metals known!!  All they
> have
> to do is mix them right.  These seem to actually have been cast rather
> than
> spun.  If all so, they may shatter a power nibbler!

/me suddenly remembers that you can get carbide bits (somewhere) for
Roto-Zip tools...