Hello from Mexico!

[Pablo Llaguno]

Hi, my name is Pablo Llaguno, I am from San Pedro, Mexico currently in my high school sophomore year (I am 16 years old). I've been interested in Nuclear energy since I was a kid, but I never thought I would actually try to do a Fusion reactor, even less that they were possible to do without spending millions but thanks to fusor.net I now know it's possible to get a working fusion machine that produces neutrons. My plan is to first build a demo fusor for a science fair that I will have in 6 weeks (yeah... I am in a hurry), then with proper times and resources I will make a real working fusor. The demo fusor will be simple but maybe some parts could be used later on the neutron producing fusor, at least that's what I hope. I have some background in pneumatics and high pressure (4500psi) but not in vacuum systems, also have some mechanical skills and have access to lathes and quite a lot of tools thanks to my dad and the school, as for electricity... well I am a complete noob in that area, only real project I did with electricity was a H20 electrolyzer, in which I used a 12VAC transformer and a rectifier bridge. I hope to learn more things now that I've joined the forum, as of now my first task is to get the HV supply, I am thinking of either a 100kV x-ray transformer that's on ebay, though I don't know if it will work, or a 10kV NST.

[Dennis P Brown]

Welcome and good luck! As for getting an odd x-ray transformer to work, do ask that question for that specific transformer in the appropriate section before buying. From what I understand about those types of x-ray transformers, those devices require not an insignificant knowledge of electronics to get working - they are not generally turn key units. As for a NST, most people (me included) have those for both running a demo plasma or for experiments; very useful if a real NST (heavy iron transformer, and better yet if not center tap grounded (very rare or a lot more expensive.) Again, read about these units before buying one!