Mercury Light show

[HaloBlu]

Now that little green smiley reminds me of Yoda! The dark side may have cookies but light has Yoda.

 

[photonaholic]

I told googfan his rep would come back, the force balances things out.

BTW Halo Thanks bud!! his name was Limon (like sprite soda)

 

[HaloBlu]

his name was Limon (like sprite soda)

That was a great shot of Limon, loved his color.

Wow, his rep did come back quick.

 

[photonaholic]

so, back on topic now....

I bet the glass module (hell use the spring too) from an older style thermostat (for home heating / AC) would be cool.

It's a sealed glass vial mounted on a spring, filled with mercury.

easy to find, cheap and already sealed.

Just hook up a coil, attach a magnetic bar and presto!

 

[mrgoogfan]

so, back on topic now....

I bet the glass module (hell use the spring too) from an older style thermostat (for home heating / AC) would be cool.

It's a sealed glass vial mounted on a spring, filled with mercury.

easy to find, cheap and already sealed.

Just hook up a coil, attach a magnetic bar and presto!

I have 8 of those. Will try. There really isnt much hg in there though.

 

[photonaholic]

well your only shining a 2mm beam of light on it, so quivering it should make a cool effect.

 

[mrgoogfan]

well your only shining a 2mm beam of light on it, so quivering it should make a cool effect.

Im going to test it now and tell you what happens.

 

[photonaholic]

cool - I'll look in the morning, I gotta bail.

 

[mrgoogfan]

Okay, so the switch did contain too little hg to have any interesting effect, so i just took a video of the laser reflecting off the jar. The beam is a little bit distorted because of the thick glass.

YouTube - Laser Reflections

 

[LSRFAQ]

Okay, so the switch did contain too little hg to have any interesting effect, so i just took a video of the laser reflecting off the jar. The beam is a little bit distorted because of the thick glass.

YouTube - Laser Reflections

This was done on the projector for one of the first laser shows, LOVELIGHT after one of the scan heads, the beam reflected into a mercury pool, that was mounted on a galvo shaker.

Steve

 

[yotanglaser]

I have 5 of those and is using it commendably now