Does This 200-year Old Invention Capture Lightning in a Bottle?
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How did we first discover electricity? In this video, we build the early device that first helped us harness and understand this powerful force: the electrostatic generator!
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@Hatiro563 Жыл бұрын
Love your video! If I want to do project like you, what would be your go to project for a beginner?
@Thejennyshams Жыл бұрын
After electricity, gasoline. The internal combustion engine. Air planes? Can wait to see what's next. Keep it up
@justinwebb8831 Жыл бұрын
Talk about catching lightning in a jar!
@LORDENGLISHVETERAN-nx6rk Жыл бұрын
Hi there...just a suggestion... why not hammer out some sleeve/tubes into your spindle holes ... then it metal on metal and hopefully more reasonably round.... then just apply oil....👍👍 it's what we used before bearings were invented ...soft metal sleaves...👍
@iKuzilize Жыл бұрын
dude, u need to connect the outside of the jar to ground, then disconnect it from ground when u wanna do the discharge.
@michaelbondt8202 Жыл бұрын
I would humbly suggest, the wobble in your device is preventing charge build-up, also etching the glass with an acidic solution will allow better glue adhesion.
@austinbevis4266 Жыл бұрын
Ooh you’ve done it now, this guy hates valid criticisms and friendly advice😬
@dylancool Жыл бұрын
@@austinbevis4266 he is always trying to improve and looks for his own flaws?
@julianward5436 Жыл бұрын
Sodium hydroxide will do it. HF is a little nasty and hard to get
@austinbevis4266 Жыл бұрын
@@dylancool not from fans he’s not
@joanmm2930 Жыл бұрын
Sand paper would do the job. Back then i don't think they knew fluoridric acid. Anyway, a really concentrate NaOH solution also dissolves glass.
@danc6167 Жыл бұрын
Huge leap ahead in terms of technology but also Andy's craftsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds over the years. Really impressive work
@kiyosenl.3889 Жыл бұрын
Personally i dont really see it as a big jump in technology, its a really important discovery, but completely useless technology, not really a leap seeing as anyone could have discovered this even thousands of years prior and have had it go absolutely nowhere, the big technological leap is discovering how to use it practically
@Embassy_of_Jupiter Жыл бұрын
yeah, not as half-assed as his earlier products, still I think there is a mindset issue that prevents him to do things properly
@DH-xw6jp Жыл бұрын
The only reason it looks as good as it does is the factory cut boards, professionally shaped glass, and the factory made tools. If _he_ had attempted it, with tools he made, it would look just as rickety as his first attempts at anything.
@KRYMauL Жыл бұрын
@@kiyosenl.3889 That's kind of the reason we never pressured it until it became apparent that steam was useful for moving mine carts. We've been flirting with steam and turbine power for 2000 years, and finally pulled the trigger in the late 1700s.
@RmRoyalflush Жыл бұрын
He still lacks a lot of precision and refinement for some things to work properly.
@V3RTIGO222 Жыл бұрын
Probably one of the more underappreciated or unknown parts of your influence is not only paying a craftspeople for their work but also showing off many wonderful artisans and small businesses who craft by hand. Keep it up, Andy!
@DreadKyller Жыл бұрын
In the examples shown the fabric/leather was almost always in contact with the glass and the comb was a consistent distance as well. Your machine has a lot of wobble to it, meaning it's not always in contact with the fabric so you only get a little charge each rotation, similarly the cylinder is often far too far away from the comb to actually transfer the electrons (at least until the voltage gets higher), that's why you have to spin it so much more.
@TheScarvig Жыл бұрын
i am also like 99% sure his leiden jars were barely functional (if at all) as well. the metal rod did not properly contact the inner foil nor was the outer foil connected to ground (or rather the felt) and on the water filled one you are supposed to fill the inside with saturated saline and wrap the outside in foil, or actually you can also place your jar into a second slightly bigger jar also filled with saline and just stick your contacts into the saltwater. the actually important part of the leiden jar is that the glass creates a thin insulator between two conductive materials holding opposing charges. saltwater is just a convenient way of having something conductive as close as possible to the glass so that the gap between the two conductors is as small as possible. the glass serves as dielectric aka insulator to allow the two "plates" of the capacitor to get closer while preventing a discharge between them. you can build a capacitor out of two metal plates and air but its maximum voltage will be limited by the air becoming ionized between them to the point where a spark strikes and the opposing charges get equalized.
@Meg_A_Byte Жыл бұрын
Just awesome to see everything in this video. The trip to the museum, a visit to the glassworks and I especially enjoyed the woodworking montage. It really shows how much you improved over the years and how polished the results can be.
@collintwiss162 Жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I thought too! It's a much more polished finish, feels like we've truly hit a new era
@Geeksmithing Жыл бұрын
Well yeah, when you have experts doing part of the build, those parts are going to come out nicer.
@Guru_1092 Жыл бұрын
I swear glassblowing is basically magic. It's wild that it acts like a weird jelly and then as soon as it cools it's a solid.
@brendanroos7102 Жыл бұрын
As someone who used to blow glass, if you ever get the chance to try it, you should. It's different than anything else I've ever done and was so incredibly satisfying when a project came together.
@Ravenrocalex Жыл бұрын
I think technically it is still liquid, we just can't see it move because it is so slow.
@dakotareid1566 Жыл бұрын
@@Ravenrocalexno that’s just a myth.
@Ravenrocalex Жыл бұрын
@@dakotareid1566 I looked it up and it is in a position between liquid and solid.
@Bleepbleepblorbus Жыл бұрын
@@Ravenrocalex source
@RocketChild Жыл бұрын
I liked this episode. Really good to see the team colaborate with the glass blowing workshop, and the museum. Also, Andy's woodworking is looking so well polished compared to the start of the series. Such a great evolution.
@beserkergang Жыл бұрын
Great video. You may want to consider bearings in your moving assemblies. You can do that with either babbitt or bronze. That could also go with the history of precision, which is essential for everything we have today.
@ramboturkey1926 Жыл бұрын
yes precision is the key to advancement im glad some else is saying this
@BillySugger1965 Жыл бұрын
Indeed. In this case what’s lacking is concentricity between the axle and the glass cylinder.
@diogomartins9016 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video. This gives me hope that eventually HTME will consider looking into the RF side of electricity and try out a crystal radio- it’s the very foundation of modern communications and so easy to build!
@hedgehog3180 Ай бұрын
A basic trench radio would also be a pretty good place to start.
@gameyord7182 Жыл бұрын
He has metal,he has salt,he has glass, he just needs a vaccum and he is off to radio
@velazquezarmouries Жыл бұрын
He rushesd a bit from just building a treadle lathe to glassworking
@dock2647 Жыл бұрын
Shouldnt need one for a trench/foxhole radio device should be able to make it right now
@isaacm1929 Жыл бұрын
He has fool's gold. He can make one now. Or by using an anodized/rusted razor blade.
@pineberry212 Жыл бұрын
Technically, just needs liquid mercury for making a vacuum
@isaacm1929 Жыл бұрын
@@pineberry212 So you also seen Mr. Eletric Bucket (Cody's Lab) videos huh?
@jessicav2031 Жыл бұрын
To me, one of the most interesting quirks of history is that, though the materials and techniques required have existed since antiquity, the principle of electromagnetic induction (that passing a wire through a magnetic field produces a current) was not discovered until 1831. It would be quite easy to imagine an alternate history where this was discovered by the ancient Greeks, Romans, or Chinese, and the step from an electric generator to an electric motor is trivial. Perhaps the biggest limitation would have been the lack of supply of metal for wire?
@rkirke1 Жыл бұрын
Very true, and an interesting but plausible alternate history (e-chariots anyone?!).. So much of technology is knowing what to use and how. Another commenter here made me realize that once HTME's unlocked batteries (next ep I'm guessing!) there would technically be no reason they couldn't do telegraph or early radio with those materials available, although they're currently a fair bit earlier than that point in history.
@danilooliveira6580 Жыл бұрын
after you discover iron and learns to work work with it, there is nothing stopping you from making generators. it would indeed be interesting to imagine people using electricity long before things like steam engines and complex machining.
@hedgehog3180 Ай бұрын
Well they wouldn't be able to do a lot with the knowledge since they lacked the materials to make effective electric motors, also they didn't have the math to really understand electricity since that requires linear algebra.
@milesdawkins1278 Жыл бұрын
I fell like this video is just a great culmination of everything this channel has done and it shows all of the tools and materials he has "discovered" very nicely. Watching this as an electrical engineer is just reinspiring. Cant wait to see you try and recreate the first radio AKA the spark gap radio with one of these jars lol!
@rkirke1 Жыл бұрын
Agreed! It's going to be great to see HTME head into the electrical era. Thinking about it, there's not much more that would need to be unlocked to do early radio; copper for wire & coils, oil & paper for insulation in an induction coil, iron for the coil cores and the filings in a coherer. Telegraph would be a great stepping stone towards that too - only thing not unlocked so far would be a voltaic cell and it looks like that's next!
@KainYusanagi Жыл бұрын
More importantly it also shows Andy's willingness to admit that he can't do everything at a professional level himself with the glass, and like our ancestors of yore, turns to professionals in their fields for more expert work (though he's no slouch in the crafting department himself, he's more a jack of trades, able to do some of many fields).
@filmfan4 Жыл бұрын
Your metal and wood work has really ramped up a couple of levels, keep going!
@iPsychlops Жыл бұрын
The comb needs to be a consistent distance from the jar. I think that would help. It just means that the spindle isn't centered and the jar isn't perfectly round. You might be able to fix it by making the comb hang rested against the jar, with a spacer (wood?) that leaves only the smallest distance between the collecting jar and the comb. That way the imperfectly round glass jar still works.
@Bob1923Dobbs 9 ай бұрын
I had the same idea. And use the same setup for the fabric. That would keep the fabric against the jar and the brass comb a consistent distance away regardless of wobbly jars.
@oshimia6746 Жыл бұрын
I'm starting to get the impression that the newer videos are taking a lot more time and resources than older videos did, just because they require so much more with more modern tech. Maybe it would be a good idea to start doing them as in multipart series?
@crypticcorgi8280 Жыл бұрын
One thing I love about this show, is how honest they are about the more than humble beginnings of our technology. It puts things into perspective for me.
@Peanuts87 Жыл бұрын
I've seen glassblowing before, but not one where they were explaining what they were doing. Very cool :)
@1234567890CAB Жыл бұрын
Also for the Leyden jar, you want the glass to be as thin as possible, and the surface area of the foils to be large. In capacitors, the closer the two plates get the more charge is stored, however depending on the insulator, the less voltage. This is probably why the plastic one they used at the museum worked so well, because the plastic is much thinner.
@KurtBlanken Жыл бұрын
The problem is the static generator not being very effective. Increasing the capacitance of the jar would make it harder to charge up.
@1234567890CAB Жыл бұрын
@@KurtBlanken these two issues are not mutually exclusive. Both can be contributing to the problem. Just because one thing is wrong doesn't mean it is the only thing wrong.
@1234567890CAB Жыл бұрын
@KurtBlanken At 17:25 he demonstrates that the static generator is capable of charging the Leyden jar he made. I'm sure there was a lot of cranking that was not videotaped or included in the video. The Leyden jar has a limit on how much charge it could hold, and there is a point of diminishing returns where more cranking won't increase the charge stored in the jar. After this point any static generator could continue to run without producing a noticeable increase in charge. The quality of the static generator would mostly determine how quickly you get to this point. You can increase the charge stored by using more jars, for increased surface area, or by improving the design of the jar used. I suggested one way the design of the jar could be improved to hold more charge.
@atmega16a5 Жыл бұрын
So electricity? Make magnets and copper wire next. Build a generator and power it with a water wheel.
@Jazu64 Жыл бұрын
I think the comb might be doing a coronal discharge, and making the points sharp might help.
@joshuabrigden4820 Жыл бұрын
Awesome to see HTME uploads regularly again now! I have been subscribed for years now!
@AgentFood01 Жыл бұрын
just in awe of your attention to detail and how thought out that build was. You're really showing you're experience with this upload
@curtishoffmann6956 Жыл бұрын
I had a bad experience with Medtronic in the 80's. I interviewed for a job as a tech writer and was eventually turned down for it. After talking to a few other failed candidates, we realized that HR was collecting everyone's suggestions for how to improve the company's documentation and docs department, and then they used all of that to do the work in-house based on "free advice."
@BlackDawnYaoiLover Жыл бұрын
I like that you're allowing professionals now that you've unlocked certain aspects, like the glassblowers and blacksmith friend
@melissahauke8682 Жыл бұрын
Love everything about this video 🖤 the amount of improvement is stunning.
@chrisbolland5634 Жыл бұрын
We just finished covering static electricity in school, and air humidity plays a big part in it. Make sure it's not too humid where ever you are, that could make it appear non-functional.
@laytonpratt Жыл бұрын
For the Leyden jar with only water, you should try putting foil on the outside. Also salt the water. I did this and it held some crazy voltage.
@gooball2005 Жыл бұрын
Very cool to see you getting into electricity! Some basic building blocks of circuits (batteries, resistors, capacitors, inductors and vacuum tubes) are not terribly difficult to make, especially with your guys' craftsmanship. I'd love to see you build a simple circuit like a single diode AM radio receiver from scratch somewhere down the road! Looking forward to the next video as always.
@pietpaaltjes7419 7 ай бұрын
Nice, 4:52 this is the Teylers museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands. My fathers grandfather was curator in this museum. I remember my father telling that they at home jokingly referred to these Leiden jars as "grand fathers pocket batteries".
@Sanity016 Жыл бұрын
I wish there was a way of improving precision because I think that's where the majority of your "work" losses are coming from the inconsistencies in the rotation of the glass and the differences in the distance between the glass and the comb and reducing the efficiency of the system. the same can be said of the lathe. that being said it is overall immensely impressive you were able to get the results you have. I am not discounting the work that goes into your machines. Keep up the great work. I love the progress you're making.
@ramboturkey1926 Жыл бұрын
its defiantly one of the biggest flaws in the show
@mikeyjohnson5888 Жыл бұрын
It would be neat if you could show how early magnets were made. Iron bars aligned with the poles and being struck by a hammer impart some magnetic force to the bar. Done over multiple instances, you can get a semi strong magnet. Once you make one magnet you can make other by moving the bar in one direction over another bar, aligning poles. Once you get a couple you can make a basic generator and motor.
@danilooliveira6580 Жыл бұрын
early magnets were found, not made, like the Lodestones. the name actually refers to the fact that they were the first compasses, it means "leading stone".
@mikeyjohnson5888 Жыл бұрын
@@danilooliveira6580 They were definitely made. Look up Joseph Henry. Many were made using the method I described. The earliest dynamos utilized these methods to make their magnets. Lodestones could be used to make more magnets but what I detailed was the typical method used before Electrical Magnetizers came into prominence.
@CoolAsFreya Жыл бұрын
This is an early version of the Van De Graph generator which are a fun science demo! They refine the process to get the biggest charge possible for impressive arcs and hair raising ability!
@RektalReptil 10 ай бұрын
I looked at many videos of you now and I really like that you maybe not do everything by yourself but you show us how to donut and how much work it actually is. This makes me appreciate the old old masters, engineers and scientists a lot more than before. As we have it hard for our next step in development on any fronts from biology to engineering it was as hard for them even if we think now it is easy!
@alexparadi522 Жыл бұрын
I feel there is a chance that you need your axle to be more centered so you can get the comb closer. That walnut stain looks great by the way!
@SapioiT Жыл бұрын
Nice! I think the lack of precision while spinning, is what caused the lower-than-expected efficiency. Now I guess the next step would be making the glass jars yourselves, and using rollers to get very thin metal sheets. And then to replace the laden jars with capacitors made with paper sheets and metal sheets. 4 layers, rolled together: paper sheet, input metal sheet, paper sheet, output metal sheet.
@therandomguy1315 Жыл бұрын
the shots in this video are so good, give the camera person a raise
@gamebugfinder Жыл бұрын
I couldn't see it in the video but did you ground the outside of the leyden jar? cause grounding the outside would make the inside more willing to accept charge
@pwnzerelli Жыл бұрын
your knowledge your skill set and resources are growing thiiiiick boiiiiii, love the vids, ty
@vimalp12 Жыл бұрын
Would have been a lot easier to see in the dark but thank you for putting your blood, sweat and tears into making us more knowledgeable.
@normancocksmell Жыл бұрын
All that hand sawing made me think that for your next project you should reinvent and build a table saw to make future projects easier. I bet that will be a super safe project.
@robertzarfas9556 Жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the coolest and best finished things I’ve seen you build
@angusmacgyver Жыл бұрын
This was a cool episode! So many things you had unlocked.
@dcanaday426 Жыл бұрын
I think if you connected the felted wool to the earth pin of your ac wall outlet you may have more luck. Basically, the wool is going to become more positive as electrons are stripped from it. it can only become so polarized with such a small surface area to pull from. A cable up with a banana plug on one end, and an alligator clip on the other is perfect for the situation.
@samstewart4444 Жыл бұрын
I got to watch your video several times. There is so much information. I was interested to see you using olive oil/bees wax mixture to preserve your wood. I use that mixture to preserve the handles on my custom landing nets.
@Couchgaming761 Жыл бұрын
You are one of the best at what you do.
@alexparadi522 Жыл бұрын
Is the foil you used actually the same foil you hammered out? That looked amazingly consistent!
@TOGthatoneguy Жыл бұрын
love to see you upload content.
@sebastianucero7535 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video thank you!
@linecraftman3907 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this another great video! The woodworking on the piece is really impressive!!! It looks like a replica for a museum. Looking forward to the voltaic pile video!!! Also I'm wondering why the sticky glass does not stick to the metal plate on 6:09?
@AaronC. Жыл бұрын
I'm loving the evolution and steady development that the technology level is getting. Also, electricity so soon? I thought that you would harness first some mechanical ways to automatize work... But electricity is great too!
@Stillpoint23 Жыл бұрын
Not sure why your videos haven't been showing up in my feed, but today this one popped up! Sweet! People went through great pains for the smallest result; "oooo, we can make an electrical spark!" Prima facie, it seemed pointless, but many electrical devices now rely entirely on the discovery of this electrical property. The things we take for granted...
@jameswoodlake541 Жыл бұрын
Lots of cool stuff in this one! beautiful craftsmanship and fun old science facts! ha
@randomguy1769 Жыл бұрын
I remember watching a documentary about this level of technology, and I seem to recall it saying that experimenters would create a vacuum in the glass cylinder to increase the amount of charge. Maybe that will help?
@DH-xw6jp Жыл бұрын
This man can barely cut a board, and you want him to try drawing a vacuum?
@harms123 Жыл бұрын
If I understand what you're saying correctly, then no, I don't believe it would change anything.
@randomguy1769 Жыл бұрын
@@harms123 OK. I thought maybe it would affect its ability to generate a static charge. I admittedly don't know much about the science behind this sort of thing.
@harms123 Жыл бұрын
@@randomguy1769 I only know the basics of electrostatics, so maybe it does. I suppose we'll just never know lol
@hedgehog3180 Ай бұрын
The voltage is stored across the glass so it doesn't really matter what the jar itself is filled with.
@RealAndySkibba Жыл бұрын
Great video! Electricity - what you learn will shock you!!
@CityPlannerPlaysChair Жыл бұрын
No
@vinceraineing Жыл бұрын
Best work yet
@nickg5250 Жыл бұрын
excellent as always
@rogerrabbit80 Жыл бұрын
At the voltage and amperage involved (high voltage, low amperage), wood is less of an insulator and more of a resistor. It can drain the charge fairly rapidly. Found this out when trying to build an electroscope in my teens. Using a wooden lid for my container rapidly drained the charge from the electroscope. Replacing the wood with plastic, or insulating the metal from the wood, produced much better results.
@Bakers_Ville Жыл бұрын
It might ruin the authenticity, but you could throw some bronze bushings in the holes to extend the lifetime of the wood on wood shaft and supports. Same for the lathe, if not taking an attempt at making iron/steel bushings for that.
@urishima Жыл бұрын
Headband, glasses with flip-down shades. This might be the most radical dude alive right now. Tubular, man!
@Ordolph Жыл бұрын
I mean, electricity wasn't exactly invented, it just kind of exists.
@joshuabrigden4820 Жыл бұрын
No it was invented! records show thunderstorms didnt exist pre-electricity 🤣
@october1310 Жыл бұрын
I think the main reason this didn’t work the best was that the fact that the needles were to big in the beginning and probably still are. It also probably didn’t help that the comb kept touching the glass. As a science teacher: I absolutely adore this!
@sleora Ай бұрын
For the water version of the Leyden jar you need to keep your hand around the jar to produce a difference in potential. + go in but without the - on the exterior the jar can't stock energy. The creator of the Leyden jar himself made that mistake by putting the jar on a piece of wax for nothing to happen. After multiple tries, he forgot to put down the jar and received a nasty zap after filling the jar with electricity.
@ShroomedMisterCraft Жыл бұрын
You inspire me to keep pressing on even through the hard times
@redwire1233 Жыл бұрын
Try these and you get better resoults:👍 I looke there and i see that the whool is not touching enought the glass ...place the sheet closer to the glass and you get better resoults (or create bigger and thicker whool sheet)( or just add a spring betwen whe wool and the frame) And the needles are not to close to the glass ....min 2 or 3 milimeter must be betwen the glass and the needles
@ericblenner-hassett3945 Жыл бұрын
Nice work, now to the workmanship. You need to remove the glue on the glass jar and try gluing while spinning in order to get it to be more concentric while spinning. The electron distance varies too greatly per revolution to get a consistent charge and the first attempt had the comb contact the glass ( returning the charge ) a few times. If you look in a modern Van de Graaff Generator, the comb is a set distance, from the rubber band as well as offset to be on the ' leading ' side of the rotation. The same principles are here so the comb works better before the center line of the jar. Considering this was a first attempt, it is amazing and love how well the wood looks with just walnut juice, olive oil an wax.
@maxixam100 Жыл бұрын
Best thing to see on a Sunday
@toolzshed Жыл бұрын
Whoa glass making is cool 🤘🏽🔥
@laurdy Жыл бұрын
Make sure that the outer foil of the leyden jar is connected to ground, Also old time radio tubes used a glue made from a mixture of shellac and wood flour to hold the base on
@ChrisMoewesBystrom Жыл бұрын
The Bakken is such a local treasure
@Lingu42 Жыл бұрын
Wow, you just made it to the electric age! What a huge step!
@OffGridHacks Жыл бұрын
I love how everyone just brushes past the fact Ben Franklin used to electrocute turkeys basically to see what happened. The best part? In the process of trying to microwave Thanksgiving diner he zapped himself so hard he lost consciousness and learned the value of grounding himself.
@matthewmarting3623 7 ай бұрын
Beautifully made
@appa609 Жыл бұрын
This guy really be prepping for the day a time machine takes him back to 1053 and he has to rebuild society from scratch
@CaptainCocktale Жыл бұрын
The next time you want to stain wood you should try vinegar & metal shavings. It takes a few days to make but works really well. Using different metals give you different colors. Lots of people use steel wool, pennies, copper etc and you will get different colors on different wood based on the tannins in the wood
@vinceraineing Жыл бұрын
Andy , can you please do a video about your discipline and determination? You have more than everyone else
@SOOKIE42069 Жыл бұрын
I think the problem with your generator is that the fork and wool weren't in constant contact with the drum so you were generating electricity only during like 4 degrees of the drum's rotation.
@jaratt85 Жыл бұрын
Now you need to make Seika's copper and magnet hydroelectric generator.
@yukonxl5723 Жыл бұрын
Nice. You might want to make the glass jar run smoothly instead of wobbling, then you can get the combs closer and you should get a better static capture.
@ashkan_1339 Жыл бұрын
great video!
@AJMansfield1 Жыл бұрын
Instead of gluing sheet metal to the leiden jar, what about using a chemical process to apply a coat of silver (e.g. via Tollens' reagent)?
@KurtBlanken Жыл бұрын
You should try grounding the outside of the Leyden jar while charging it. Also, you should do these experiments in the dark so you could more easily see very faint static discharges.
@masonrunnels2934 Жыл бұрын
Love this video! Also, don't forget regular H2O does not conduct electricity! Only the minerals and other substances found in water are conductors. You may have better results using creek water than tap or distilled. Or maybe a bottle of mineral water.
@jaisere Жыл бұрын
I wouldnt use the word "regular" as what most people consider regular is the stuff from their taps that do contain the minerals, i would say "pure H2O does not conduct electricity" because obviously in its pure state there is no minerals
@harms123 Жыл бұрын
@@jaisere That's one hell of a nitpick.
@jaisere Жыл бұрын
@@harms123 yes, yes it is
@anon_y_mousse Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy watching you struggle. It makes me feel better about anything I might be struggling with myself. However, I think I'd enjoy it more if you actually pulled it together in the end and were successful instead of just giving up and moving on to something else.
@trombone_pasha Жыл бұрын
The glass blowing lady is very cool
@jasonyesmarc309 Жыл бұрын
I have limited electrical engineering knowledge (and might have missed a detail in the video), but is there some kind of resistive material between the glass jar and the wood? Theres a chance the wood might be sapping your charge a little...
@noneneed Жыл бұрын
Hey man, next time you need to notch out wood like that, you should make a bunch more relief cuts, about 1/4- 1/2 inch apart. Then use the chisel to break the strips out.
@antiisocial Жыл бұрын
Wow very cool!
@schwig44 Жыл бұрын
yo, you can totally see the discharge at 17:12, the last one before you cut back to cranking some more.
@khuongvonhat Жыл бұрын
I thought you would try capturing some lightning out there. LOL.
@ThomasMcMillan1 Жыл бұрын
Check out a water drop static generator. Could be possible to build with older technology.
@MedicMainDave Жыл бұрын
I have a suggestion to make your life a little easier regarding the generator. As you are using Glass, it's best to use Cat Fur (don't kill your cat, your local vet may have some by chance), it will greatly strengthen the charge you get. Glass also produces a positive charge, so lack of electrons, it might be worth looking into an alternative that produces a negative charge, a modern example for this would be Cloth + Plastic, it works way better, in my experience at least. cheers!
@drdca8263 Жыл бұрын
I don’t think he/the-team is up to the tech level of making plastic yet? I could be wrong about that, as I haven’t watched all the videos. But it seems like making plastic would have lots of requirements?
@MedicMainDave Жыл бұрын
@@drdca8263 oh, sorry that might've sounded wrong, not a native speaker, I was wanting to say that he might have better luck with a material combination that produces a negative charge, that is still within his capabilities. The plastic / cloth thing was just a modern day example of this.
@drdca8263 Жыл бұрын
@@MedicMainDave Oh! Well, on rereading your original comment, I notice that you did say “modern”, so maybe I was just being sloppy in reading. I am always impressed by how well people who don’t have English as their first language, write English. Thank you for clarifying.
@MedicMainDave Жыл бұрын
@@drdca8263 no problem :)
@ralphthefanboy Жыл бұрын
4:45 So that's why they're called that!
@rehabengineering476 Жыл бұрын
Was the outside plate of the capacitor (L-Jar) connected to anything? It has to be grounded so the outside charge (repelled by the accumulating negative charges inside the jar) have somewhere to escape to in order for that plate to go positive overall and so develop charge potential across the glass....
@bizmansion Жыл бұрын
At this rate we have about two years before Andy builds a death star.
@TangoCharlieWhiskey96 Жыл бұрын
Wtf, really strange this pops up in my algorithm right now. I’m replaying an old game, assassin’s creed: Rogue right now, and I’m helping Ben Franklin get his confiscated lightning rods back from the British templars. Wild
@gameyord7182 Жыл бұрын
I have a few improvements: Add salt to the water on the layden jar and make a 2 foot ground connection
@AlexReiter1988 Жыл бұрын
Watching Glass being made, I could watch for ages
@imperialleather4799 Жыл бұрын
Amazing !
@ccortez392 Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see him reattempt the suit video with his new skills.
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