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At red hot in air, what little oxygen the water might add (if any) is so many orders of magitude below what heating copper to that temp in air would already create is laughable. So, water isn't the issue here, I'd hazard to guess ( :) ). For high vac work (not a fusor), those copper seals are one an...

Aluminum is the best choice for 99.9% of people since hand drills and off-the-self hardware store drill bits (cheap chinese) can be used to drill holes. Steel isn't a metal most people can handle since high end drill bits and oil as well as a press are ussally required and even then, it is difficult...

From posts by others that generate their deuterium from heavy water, they (and others here in the know) indicate that it is essential to use drying agents for the gas; otherwise, fusion will mostly fail.

I will mention that propane is an excellent heat absober (better than water) and works great as a coolant; while not as hazardous as hydrogen, it is explosive in air (in the right mixture ratio's) so it must be used with extreme care and no leaks can occur. I have built a number of refrigerator syst...

A few more "words" on the various subjects mentioned here. The start of the universe neither required fusion nor any energy input (that we understand in the slightest) but this certainly say's there is more to the universe than our current physics understanding - in fact, all energy currently or pre...

Many in the real fusion community are laughing about this - but then, anything can be patented if it is different. A patent does not require anything to work, just not violate laws of physics. I won't worry about this effort enough to even evaluate it any further - zero money will be put into it and...

I use dry air - that is, room air filtered and sent through dryerite; however, that was only for my high vac system. Frankly, I'd think for a fusor, it wouldn't really matter all that much if one didn't use dry air at all but just filtered air. Then used their fore pump, afterwards, to pump the syst...

I have the identical type; mine has neither a heater nor those fluid lines that yours does. I use a small fan for cooling and that is more than enough. For operation, I simply get the system down under 100 microns, and use the "Pumping Unit" button to allow the turbo to get to full speed. The "STAND...

As I posted a while ago, the 7-X stellarator has meet or exceeded all objectives for its first major campaign (achieve the desired plasma densities that are required for a power plant and maintained for 100 seconds - all records for this type of device.) As such, they have been upgrading it to achie...

Impressive high voltage supply but like a real fusor supply, yours is also very lethal. Also, wood isn't really a very good material to encase high voltage systems - its water content can cause corona issues. Good machine work. Milling is, for me, fun. Lathe's are generally just a hassle.