[TheForge] crackpottery

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I like the cat tracker..
"Heck, how much trouble could a guy get into with a yard full of 
mirrors anyway?"
Les'see, add an impact sport to a buncha mirrors...
Those cheapie wardrobe door mirrors will arc almost enough to focus.
I heard that summer sun was about 100 watts a square yard...dunno 
for sure....
Phlip, they exiled me to the far left coast for a reason...PF

frosty at customcpu.com wrote:
> 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
>>
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