Smelting Pennies with a Fresnel Lens

We took the front off of our old family projection TV, mounted it on a frame, and used the power of the sun to smelt a stack of pennies together. The pennies melted in minutes in the afternoon sun. While burning everything we could get our hands on we discussed the use of the lens for hot water and steam powered applications.

 

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