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Chandelier Candle Retro-fit

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 10/19/2009 - 13:19

When we moved into our house there was an electric chandelier in our dining room.  It was an adequate enough fixture but incandescent chandeliers are terribly inefficient, six 25 watt bulbs actually put out a fraction of the amount of light as a single bulb of half the combined wattage, and while they do make candelabra base compact fluorescent bulbs, I find their light cold, harsh, and they are not very dim-able.

Besides, nothing beats real candle light for a romantic dinner at home.

Read on for details on converting an electric chandelier back to candles . . .

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How to Build a Wimshurst Machine - Part 1

Jake von Slatt — Fri, 10/09/2009 - 06:42

Jake von SLatt's Wimshurst MachineLast year I wrote an article for Make Magazine volume #17 that described the construction of an electrostatic generator of electricity, a Wimshurst Influence machine, using parts and materials commonly available at your local home center and hardware store.

I was a little surprised and quite pleased when I realized that the contract from O'Reilly Media (the publishers of Make:) had me retaining copyright for the material I submitted.  What I sold to O'Reilly was basically a right to use and to publish first.

So here it is for your enjoyment! This is the first of a five part series detailing the construction of a Wimshurst Influence machine!  (UPDATE: added large dimensioned drawing.)

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Franklin's Bells - Demonstration of Electrostatics with Wimshurst Machine

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 10/05/2009 - 06:52

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How to Build a Wimshurst Influence Machine - Part 2

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 09/28/2009 - 16:12

  

This is part two in a series of articles describing how to build a Wimshurst Influence Machine with parts and materials available at your local home center and hardware store.  In this part I detail how to make a tool to cut the acrylic disks and how to prepare the drive components. If you missed part one you will find it here. This article was originally published in Make: Magazine volume #17

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How to Build a Wimshurst Influence Machine - Part 3

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 09/28/2009 - 16:11

  

This is part three in a series of articles describing how to build a Wimshurst Influence Machine with parts and materials available at your local home center and hardware store.  In this part I detail the construction of the base, supports, charge collectors, and neutralizing bars. If you missed the beginning of the series start here. This article was originally published in Make: Magazine volume #17.

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How to Build a Wimshurst Influence Machine - Part 4

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 09/28/2009 - 16:11

Building a Wimshurst Influence Machine - sparkyspark  

This is part four in a series of articles describing how to build a Wimshurst Influence Machine with parts and materials available at your local home center and hardware store.  In this part I detail the construction Leyden jars and the final assembly. If you missed the beginning of the series start here. This article was originally published in Make: Magazine volume #17.

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How to Build a Wimshurst Influence Machine - Operating the Machine

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 09/28/2009 - 16:11

  

This is the final part in a series of articles describing how to build a Wimshurst Influence Machine with parts and materials available at your local home center and hardware store.  In this part I detail setting the machine up and making some sparks! If you missed the beginning of the series start here. This article was originally published in Make: Magazine volume #17.

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Cheap Yaris Cabin Air Filter

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 09/21/2009 - 12:32

Every time I've brought my Toyota Yaris in for it's regular service I was surprised to find a $50 charge for replacing the "cabin air" filter. It always annoyed me, but they assured me it was a pain to change the "special" filter. 

Turns out that's bullshit. It's a cheap paper filter that takes about 30 seconds to replace.  Corporations use proprietary parts and slip through overcharges for simple maintenance to add to their profit, of course. But this is an ultimately dis-honest practice that risks making otherwise satisfied customers, like me, angry and desirous of revenge for being duped.

Well here's my revenge Toyota, a step by step set of directions on how to turn a $5 household furnace filter into two Yaris cabin air filters.  It took me an hour and a half to figure this out and make two filters and another half hour to write this page.  Someone following these direction should be able to make a pair of filters in an hour, saving them (and denying you) $100!

 

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Steampunk Strat Original Artwork

Jake von Slatt — Sat, 09/19/2009 - 12:40

This is my original artwork for the Steampunk Strat - Right click and choose "Save Image As" to download a copy.

 

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Skylights for Jake's School Bus RV Conversion

Jake von Slatt — Mon, 08/24/2009 - 18:56

As is so often the case this project began when I got tired of tripping over the two skylights I had pulled from the town dump a couple of years ago.

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