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Hands Free Wimshurst

A "good" looking wimshurst machine drived by a pair of geared electrical motors. With all of the electrical driver hidden.

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Wimshurst Static machine High voltage

This project was created on 04/19/2016 and last updated 10 years ago.

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A "good" looking wimshurst machine drived by a pair of geared electrical motors. With all of the electrical driver hidden for Asthetic reasons.

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  • Wimshurst In operation - Video

    Extreme Electronics • 06/08/2016 at 18:27 • 0 comments

    Didn't add the video of the Wimshurst in operation.

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    Extreme Electronics • 04/19/2016 at 14:25 • 0 comments

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    Cover the motors,

    Rebuild the disks, re-centre and add smaller sectors.

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