Sep 19 2017 wood burning with 2000 volts of electricity. Dont use plywood like i did.
Lichtenberg Fractal Burn Wood Art Poster By Bearfootblues
Lichtenberg wiring diagram. I show you how to wire a lighted leviton 5226 pilot switch for a lichtenberg wood burning machine. Lets first figure out the prongs. How to burn once you are set up with wood probes in place and borax solution applied doing a burn is a three stage process. Lichtenberg figures are now known to occur during the electrical breakdown of gases insulating liquids and solid dielectrics. You can make it for y. This project uses high voltages.
This way you. A friend is looking to do some fractal burning google it edit. You can use a microwave transformer to build a machine that will produce lichtenberg figures. Sorrythis is a really fun and simple project that almost anyone can make. Lichtenberg figures youtube. How to make a lichtenberg burner with a microwave transformer.
I wire the switch where the light comes on as soon as the power to the switch is on. Also called lichtenberg figure and has salvaged a microwave oven transformer mot for this purpose. They look like a tree and its branches grown in hell. However he likes to think big and isnt satisfied with the 2kv output so has asked me to look at increasing it. Lichtenberg figures may be created within billionths of a second nanoseconds when dielectrics are subjected to very high electrical stress or they may develop over years through a progressive series of small low energy partial discharges. Build at your own riskthis is also my first project on instructables so it might not be formatted too well.
The 2 flat prongs are the 2 hot leads the l shaped prong on both outlets is the neutral wire. First get a power cord for the receptacle from a hardware store for about 10 then set a multimeter to the continuity setting. To make the figures on a wood. Lichtenberg figure is a general term for such figures made by high power electricity passing through wood grass glass or whatever where the electricity can leave an impression. To wire up your mot to these receptacles you need to know the wiring of the outlets. A solid piece of wood does better.
Lichtenberg figures are formed when high voltage electricity passes along the surface of an insulated material. Turn on the mains power source the double throw switch and press and hold both bell press switches and the burn commences.
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