Adam Munich and his x-ray machine.
https://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-04/you-built-what-portable-x-ray-machine/
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Adam_Munich
https://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-04/you-built-what-portable-x-ray-machine/
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Adam_Munich
"Safety: Munich built his own Geiger counter to measure the radiation. The volume of x-rays coming out of the tube was in line with his estimates, and he found that the backscatter, or amount of radiation elsewhere, was very low. Still, he only uses it outside, aiming it at the woods behind his house. Otherwise some of the x-rays could bounce off an interior wall. He also added a speaker that emits a warning buzz when the machine is generating x-rays."
Oh, THAT gives me peace of mind 🙄
"Insulation: Munich placed the high-voltage components and the x-ray tube in a plastic junction box filled with chainsaw oil. He tested the oil’s insulating capacity by dunking two metal plates in it and then sending increasing amounts of current into one. It took 100,000 volts for the charge to move through the oil from one plate to the other. Since the machine uses only 75,000 volts, the oil prevents the voltage from burning through the junction box or other parts."
Now I call THAT an adequate safety margin 🙄
"a Nixie-tube display from a Ukrainian supplier"
Modern High Tech always gives me that warm feeling of security.
Just as reference of how deep has PopSci fallen down, here´s another article from that very same page.
I guess you can rate people by the company they keep,same with Net pages.
read it and marvel:
https://www.popsci.com/health/vabbi...es/?dicbo=v2-582e3be598b6e8d446d936e9d3257871
Oh, THAT gives me peace of mind 🙄
"Insulation: Munich placed the high-voltage components and the x-ray tube in a plastic junction box filled with chainsaw oil. He tested the oil’s insulating capacity by dunking two metal plates in it and then sending increasing amounts of current into one. It took 100,000 volts for the charge to move through the oil from one plate to the other. Since the machine uses only 75,000 volts, the oil prevents the voltage from burning through the junction box or other parts."
Now I call THAT an adequate safety margin 🙄
"a Nixie-tube display from a Ukrainian supplier"
Modern High Tech always gives me that warm feeling of security.
Just as reference of how deep has PopSci fallen down, here´s another article from that very same page.
I guess you can rate people by the company they keep,same with Net pages.
read it and marvel:
https://www.popsci.com/health/vabbi...es/?dicbo=v2-582e3be598b6e8d446d936e9d3257871
^ "Both Curies were constantly ill from radiation sickness, and Marie Curie’s death from aplastic anemia in 1934, at age 66, was likely caused by radiation exposure. A few of her books and papers are still so radioactive that they are stored in lead boxes. It seems fitting that Curie left a scientific legacy that is literally untouchable."
So, no x-rays play at home...
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So, no x-rays play at home...
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