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Baluncore replied to the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length of 150 feet.Why circles? If the mirrors are rectangular, lay them out in a rectangular grid. You only need to place accurately calculated shim... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length of 150 feet.That was a well-balanced tree with a flexible hinge, so you could have used a wedge in the back cut, rather than a rope. The problem... -
Baluncore replied to the thread Making a compressor from a steam engine or Tesla Turbine.There is little conceptual difference between a pump and a motor. Old gasoline engines have been modified to use one end-cylinder as a... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length of 150 feet.Spoil sport. You could quietly use an industrial IR laser to start the fire during an electrical storm, then as a good Samaritan, you... -
Baluncore replied to the thread Multiple signals controlling relay.Use an N-chan MOSFET to drive the relay, controlled by the MC, with pull down on gate. Can you program the MC to remember the "force... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I Could anyone give me a step by step guide to using VASP for DFT calculations?.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Ab_initio_Simulation_Package -
Baluncore replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.Pernille-Haaland is Norwegian. https://www.thevoicerepublic.com/TalentProfile/Pernille-Haaland -
Baluncore replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.And that Norwegians speak Swedish, but with a mouth full of porridge. -
Baluncore replied to the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length of 150 feet.You were lucky that time. You must always expect it to fall sideways, because maybe next time it will. I am sorry, but I have this... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length of 150 feet.When you attach a single rope to a tree, in an attempt to pull it down in a preferred direction, it will usually fall left or right, at... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I need a concave mirror with a focal length of 150 feet.Your mirror will be close to flat, so it does not really matter if it is a parabola, a sphere or an ellipse. You could use many... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I Why are continuously emitting radio pulsars not detected?.Many astronomical radio sources have a wideband thermal noise energy flux. Pulsars have a very wide spectrum from about 3MHz to 3GHz... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I Time interval terminology.The reason why you need a precise term, will determine what the term is, and how you define that term. Will the statements be made by... -
Baluncore replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.A diffused explosive bomb would be thermobaric. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermobaric_weapon -
Baluncore replied to the thread Vacuum furnace argon fill system — advice needed.If the pressure in the argon bottle remains greater than in the furnace, then argon cannot flow, backwards through the regulator, into...