This month we had a number of things going on,
including a paintball party for Thomas' and Peter's
birthday, as well as
the construction of a Quarter Shrinker
for Peter's science class.
 Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.0080 s (1/125),
Aperture f/4.0, ISO 100
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|  Lens 16.2mm, Time 0.0080 s (1/125),
Aperture f/4.0, ISO 100
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 Lens 16.2mm, Time 0.011 s (1/90),
Aperture f/4.0, ISO 100
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|  Lens 16.2mm, Time 0.0080 s (1/125),
Aperture f/4.0, ISO 100
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 Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/3.5, ISO 100
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|  Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/3.5, ISO 100
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 Flash, Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/2.0, ISO 100
| The capacitor | The quarter shrinker was built into a spare equipment rack
|  Lens 11.6mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/2.8, ISO 100
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 Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/3.5, ISO 100
| The first power supply was scavanged from a radio supply | We put on a panel with meters to measure charge on the
capacitor
|  Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.017 s (1/60),
Aperture f/4.0, ISO 100
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 Flash, Lens 16.2mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/2.5, ISO 100
| This is the backside of the panel and the charging circuit |
|  Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/2.0, ISO 100
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 Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/2.0, ISO 100
| | The back panel has two holes for the feedthroughs to the
work coil.
|  Flash, Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/2.0, ISO 100
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 Flash, Lens 7.0mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/2.0, ISO 100
| A simple protective box around the work coil | The second power supply was borrowed from a neon sign
transformer
|  Flash, Lens 11.6mm, Time 0.022 s (1/45),
Aperture f/2.0, ISO 100
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