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Oh how I miss Smith and Edwards. Maybe it's time for a visit to the old stompin' grounds... with my utility trailer hitched up.
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The tanks....
These were a last minute addition last year, when I stumbled on the TV stand and just had to use it.
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Like most else....they didn't work according to plan during the show.
The tanks bubble thanks to a pump and airstone, but had WAY too much dye in the water, that under blacklight, they looked like 2 solid cylinders. Gotta use food coloring and light from beneath this year.
And, we're dressing the thing up as well.
An old post office box door, we'll backlight the window, much akin to how I did the control panel's window.
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My brother repairs amps, and has been storing me some tubes for just such things. We'll backlight these as well.
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The whole thing needs a paint job, I need some dials and guages for it, and I want to do something to the base...possibly taking apart the generator to place one of the circle pieces down there in the speaker hole. (I need to cut transportation/storage room, and the generator is my least favorite of the items, and the barrel can be repurposed as a cauldron easy enough.)
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Oh, and what's with all that tubing you may ask? I'm formulating a plan to have this pumping the serum from the tanks "into" bob on the table...which is easy enough....but I need to figure a way to get air bubbles into the tube consistently so you can SEE it happening. There is a plan...hopefully it works.
These were a last minute addition last year, when I stumbled on the TV stand and just had to use it.
Like most else....they didn't work according to plan during the show.
The tanks bubble thanks to a pump and airstone, but had WAY too much dye in the water, that under blacklight, they looked like 2 solid cylinders. Gotta use food coloring and light from beneath this year.
And, we're dressing the thing up as well.
An old post office box door, we'll backlight the window, much akin to how I did the control panel's window.
My brother repairs amps, and has been storing me some tubes for just such things. We'll backlight these as well.
The whole thing needs a paint job, I need some dials and guages for it, and I want to do something to the base...possibly taking apart the generator to place one of the circle pieces down there in the speaker hole. (I need to cut transportation/storage room, and the generator is my least favorite of the items, and the barrel can be repurposed as a cauldron easy enough.)
Oh, and what's with all that tubing you may ask? I'm formulating a plan to have this pumping the serum from the tanks "into" bob on the table...which is easy enough....but I need to figure a way to get air bubbles into the tube consistently so you can SEE it happening. There is a plan...hopefully it works.
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You can get small aerator from Pet smart that run on betteries. The tubing is tiny it may fit inside the other tubing you are planning on running the fliud through. Just a thought.The tanks....
These were a last minute addition last year, when I stumbled on the TV stand and just had to use it.
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Like most else....they didn't work according to plan during the show.
The tanks bubble thanks to a pump and airstone, but had WAY too much dye in the water, that under blacklight, they looked like 2 solid cylinders. Gotta use food coloring and light from beneath this year.
And, we're dressing the thing up as well.
An old post office box door, we'll backlight the window, much akin to how I did the control panel's window.
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My brother repairs amps, and has been storing me some tubes for just such things. We'll backlight these as well.
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The whole thing needs a paint job, I need some dials and guages for it, and I want to do something to the base...possibly taking apart the generator to place one of the circle pieces down there in the speaker hole. (I need to cut transportation/storage room, and the generator is my least favorite of the items, and the barrel can be repurposed as a cauldron easy enough.)
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Oh, and what's with all that tubing you may ask? I'm formulating a plan to have this pumping the serum from the tanks "into" bob on the table...which is easy enough....but I need to figure a way to get air bubbles into the tube consistently so you can SEE it happening. There is a plan...hopefully it works.
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Well, we chose the size tubing specifically to fit the 'aquarium' tubing inside it to provide for the air bubbles. My initial tests suggest I don't need an aerator, that the force of the pump moving the water was enough to syphon air into the tubes...but, we had not enough time to shore everything up last year on that front, and the connection suffered a major leak (must not have been fully dry, like I said, LAST minute addition) and we had to halt. So, we'll see how it goes.
Seeing as aquariums are another hobby of mine, an air pump is no problem, in fact, this setup already has one 'under the hood'.
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The Tank assembly is very near completion.
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YouTube- Tank assembly.wmv
Debating whether the center crack between the doors needs to be covered to prevent seeing the floodlight inside...
also debating whether it needs sound added.
YouTube- Tank assembly.wmv
Debating whether the center crack between the doors needs to be covered to prevent seeing the floodlight inside...
also debating whether it needs sound added.
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I'd add some weather stripping or such to the center opening. And sound is always a good thing. Loved the video BTW.
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Alec shows off his evil laugh in this test of the control panel and Jacob's ladder.
YouTube - Lab equipment test
YouTube - Lab equipment test
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