Re: [TCML] constructing a metal suit "ideas"

[Scott Bogard <sdbogard@xxxxxxxxx>]

If a suit is going to be too costly, why not generic-ize (yeah not
really a word) and just make shielding?  Get some fluorescent tubes,
and build various configurations to keep them from lighting up, a
light meter borrowed from the photography dept could be used for
measurements and show the least amount of material you can get away
with for 100% light attenuation at various distances...  This way you
can try cheap crap that would kill you if used in a suit, and you can
bring to light environmental issues about emf etc that will drive the
judges crazy (in a good way...)  How loose of a mesh can you go before
the bulb lights up, how much emf is actually getting through, what
does distance factor in???  Can you get non metallic materials to
work, metallic paint, it seems in your quest to make a suit you are
turning up a lot of fodder for what works as shielding...

Scott Bogard.

On 9/1/11, James Hutton <b-u-r-t-o-n-boy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> wow. I have posted A LOT of questions lately... i guess thats what happens
> when you finish your summer job a week before school and have nothing to do
> all day...
> I am wanting to enter a tesla coil into a science fair. (basef) After
> thinking for a while, I think I have come up with a good "problem" (or
> excuse for using a tesla coil in a science fair :P)"Is it possible to create
> a lightning-proof suit"... that way, I get the excuse of making an
> impressive coil and using lightning simulation to test my suit.
> I've been doing a bunch of research on metal suits, (and asked about metal
> paint on a morph suit... I guess not...).I have seen lots of clunky big
> looking things and I dont really like the look of those.I came across this
> video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aDt7loyEfUThat is exactly what I
> would want. Something that fits closely to the body and is smooth
> looking.I'm assuming they are using chain-mail in the video... but I have
> looked everywhere, and I cannot find full body suits. Not even all the parts
> to put one together (i.e. gloves, shoes etc..)Most likely those are
> custom-made and expensive...
> So i guess I'm just looking for the cheapest, but most reliable way to make
> a full body suit. Some other things that might work is using screen door
> mesh. but I dont know if that will give me enough protection. (maybe with
> more layers?)or maybe even simple clothes wrapped nicely with aluminum tape.
> Since this is a science fair, I want the suit to look professional aswell.
> Does anyone have any tips, other ideas, or input?thanks!
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