Re: Mother of all gazing balls

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Original poster: "cd by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <vbprg1-at-hotmail-dot-com>

> would need some serious support for a VDG or on top of a secondary coil
>   ;)

Yeah thats kind of why I was thinking yard art steel sculpture...need steel
to elevate it
the walls of the sphere are at least an inch thick...It is truely a monster
ball...:)

oh and it is HQ Stainless
I had a dream the other night where I built a really big rail gun and shot
it at the moon....
I think Ive been reading to many High Votage pages.....
Chris

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Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Mother of all gazing balls


> Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> Tesla list wrote:
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> >Original poster: "cd by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> >no sorry its 2000
> >about 3 feet diameter maybe bigger didnt measure
> >charged by pound weight of steel as scrap
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> >I wrote the mesage sent it, then read it and went woops I hope they get
it
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> >Anyway Its like the biggest darn silver sphere Ive ever seen
> >Id buy it in a heart beat if I had the cash...maybe not for TC but steel
> >scuplture yard art
> >I was thinking a robot hand made from I beams holding it up :)
> >Chris
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> hmmmm...
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> standard scrap steel selling price in this area is 70 cents a pound...
>  SS is 75 cents    2000.00/.75 = 2666 lbs
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> 4' dia ( for example ) would make this thing better than an inch thick
> shell wise...  ( think my math is right) ...
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