[TheForge] crackpottery

[frosty at customcpu.com]

Hey Phlip:

Don't forget to heave a HUGE sigh of relief I dont live near either of them. I 
know Deb is. I already have the solar thing designed. . . sort of. Heck, how 
much trouble could a guy get into with a yard full of mirrors anyway?

Frosty


Quoting marilyn traber 011221 <phlip at 99main.com>:

> > > How bout solar?
> > > How many square feet of reflective surface does it take to heat 
> a 
> > > couple of cubic inches of iron to a healthy yellow?
> > > What's the junkyard tracking mechanism?
> > 
> > Somewhere there must be a huge heap of those 6' diameter satellite
> > dishes (I only have one I dragged home on junk day.)  They had
> > positioning motors on them.  Of course, the focal point is too 
> close
> > but some math, some jiggering with mylar film might do it.  Fill 
> your
> > yard with them and focus them on a refractory-brick box.  Put a
> > junk-bin web cam with a filter on each one, have yr computer nudge
> > each one so as to properly position the sun's disc in the image 
> (more
> > trig here).  The OFF switch by the anvil causes little 
> electromagnets
> > to distort the mylar and fuzz the focus.
> 
> You know, I'd laugh, except I can see you guys doing something like 
> that. Dunno if it's a relief, or a disappointment, that you and 
> Bruce aren't very close together...
> 
> Phlip
>