Mad Scientist´s Ionizer, a Steampunked Beacon Light for Time Travellers
Introduction: Mad Scientist´s Ionizer, a Steampunked Beacon Light for Time Travellers
Hi everybody!
Last year I got into contact with the famous neon-glass-blower <PERSON>, Hamburg who creates neon signs for more than 20 years.
And some months ago he surprised me with four small gas filled tubes which he blew for me especially for testing them with my favourite flash units of disposal cameras and as well with some different modified hand cranked voltage generators / inductors, which I built from very old electrical insultation testers. (I will write a separate instructables about it later) and in case of success he asked me to create steampunk objects with them.
<PERSON> used very rare brown coloured glass tubes 18 mm in diameter and filled one tube only with pure neon gas and three others with a mixture of 75% neon 25% argon and an very small drop of mercury. This dark brown colour supports the red colour of neon very well and the blue colour of the gas mixture changes through this brown filter into bright green light. Well I succeeded and here comes the first result of my efforts.
I now proudly present the „Mad scientist´s ionizer, a steampunked beacon light for time travellers" to you.
This light stand is also very suitable to explain and test the behaviour of noble gases in Physics education at school. 51
All important parameters can be measured and testetd by the pupils.
Please take first a look at this video other small videos will follow at the different steps.
Please note!
In this project it is really important to take care about your health. Dont wreck it! Use safety gloves, eye protection and even ear protectors if necessary when you work with machines, sharp metal parts, or glass. Take also care and obay the technical rules when you are working with high voltage! See also this tutorial .
And now let´s start with the description of the making. I hope you enjoy it and if you like it please vote for it at the „make it glow contest“.
Yours Aeon Junophor
Supplies
It is one of my principles to work with already used parts or things from the scrapyards so it is very difficult to name links but it is always up to your own creative ideas which parts do you choose if you like to rebuild this item. 438