Extra Sparkletts

Today there were a lot of garage sales. I've been looking for a 5 gallon plastic water bottle to do isopropyl alcohol flames and today was the day. I used to watch this is college and it never fails to fascinate.

 

I also got a great favor from our machine shop and they put a small shoulder on my microsecond point light source to lower the spacing between my arc channel and the trigger coil that ionizes the channel.

 

I had hoped that it would work and it did.

 

My spark light can now be triggered by a microphone. I did a few photos using balloons filled with carbon dioxide gas and sulfur hexflouride but the index of refraction was too high and the result were muddy. I want to try helium but that won't happen today.

 

I also downloaded a trial of Final Cut Pro to see what editing video is like. It took longer than I expected because I needed a newer version of the Mac OSX. The software treadmill turns and consumes all...

 

My first quick attempt to edit is a pretty rough thing because there are so many new knobs to turn. But in small doses, it will be fun to learn.

 

Cheers.

Done