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Originally Posted by rambo1152
I co-built a Wimshurst machine with a school friend circa 1966.
It was a design from a book, and used a pair of 12 inch 78's.
The design included a home made condenser using paper and tinfoil cut to a template, and
I remember "dope thinners" was required.
I'd quite like to find a copy of that book, or article.
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My first attempt at a wimshurst machine used 12" 78's The machine would simply not work. I mentioned this to my physics lecturer at Tech He replied "Of course it wouldn't, the carbon filler in the 78's would be sufficient to be conductive at electrostatic voltages!"
My second attempt a year later using perspex discs worked fine.