chamber.JPGI am thinking about a trial run using the original Hummer V vacuum chamber. It is 1/4" thick glass 5" OD 6" tall with elastomer gaskets on each end. It has teflon high voltage pass throughs built into the base and the cover. I hate to think what this would do to me if it imploded. This thing MUST have been built before OSHA ramped up.
I was thinking about making an implosion barrier by covering the chamber with a length of in 8" dia. PVC drain pipe for protection, with a lexan view port. Or I could probably dump the glass and use a lexan or plexiglass cylinder with O-ring channels cut in each end. Or should I just go with a slightly larger diameter stainless steel cylinder with stainless end caps and lexan view ports. With all the fittings I have, I could weld in short nipples on the sides of the cylinder, with a KF flange covered with a lexan disks. Do any of these ideas seem reasonable?
I know Richard Hull doesnt like cylinders for vacuum chambers, but its a lot less work for me to use stainless pipe. I was thinking of eventually playing with different anode geometry (ellipsoid or opposing parabolic) with possibly two cathodes, this would fit better in a cylinder.
Again if these photos are eating server disk space, I will remove them.
Created on Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:47 PM EDT by Thomas D Dressel Last Modified on Friday, March 16, 2001 12:02 AM EDT by Thomas D Dressel