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The Core
I’m preparing to have the core fabricated. I have a number of considerations to consider. Welding. We have to weld the lids to the chassis. Maybe TIG welding will work. My concern is that heat affected...
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E-Gun + Polywell Setup
All Photos Now that we have a working electron gun, the next challenge is to pulse the Polywell core while we shoot a beam of electrons into it. Trivial as it may sound, the hardest part of this is...
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Electron Gun + Polywell Results
All Photos Today, we tested the electron gun in tandem with the Polywell core. Right now, our goal is to simply understand effect the e-gun has on the potential well, if it has any effect at all. We...
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Armature Upgrade and More Trials
All photos(1/2) All Photos(2/2) We weren’t satisfied with the layout of the inside of the chamber last time. The alignment between the center of the polywell core, the electron gun and the lagmuir...
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Symmetry Test
All photos This project is moving into a new phase. Now that we have a working electron gun/polywell setup, it’s time to begin studying the way they interact. To do this, we need a more comprehensive...
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Safer Coil Power Supply
All Photos (1/2) All Photos (2/2) The capacitor bank which powers the coils is very lethal; when fully charged, it dumps more than a megawatt into the coils. Needless to say, If I were to...
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Polywell Assembly Overhaul
It’s clear from the inconclusive results of the symmetry test that our experimental apparatus isn’t durable enough. It needs to for a long period of time over the course of many trials, without...
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