ID10T
Sr Member
Hey guys.
I'm new here but been lurking for a while in the shadows.
I'm really enjoying the custom saber build thread (I'm only about 38 pages into it) but it got me thinking about the "junk" I have at my disposal.
I work at a facility that overhauls military jet engines for Pratt & Whitney. We use Plasma guns and HVOF guns. Today I grabbed some spent plasma gun parts and tried a few cuts on the lathe. See the photos- they are pretty boring on the outside, but they have cooling "fins" on the inside, and the inner cone (where the initial arc strikes) has some interesting wear from a cooling water leak. The electrode is also worn (the small bullet looking thing) and has a tungsten tip which is boiled at the center. Common wear, but it looks sort of cool out of context.
I found a couple other bits in a short search. The copper pipe hanger part with the electrode inside looks like a cool emitter. Maybe.
Last photo is a flexible conduit end cap with the copper ring I parted off the nozzle on it (and the electrode inside). That may have some potential too. Who knows.
Anyway, let's see where this ends up...
I'm new here but been lurking for a while in the shadows.
I'm really enjoying the custom saber build thread (I'm only about 38 pages into it) but it got me thinking about the "junk" I have at my disposal.
I work at a facility that overhauls military jet engines for Pratt & Whitney. We use Plasma guns and HVOF guns. Today I grabbed some spent plasma gun parts and tried a few cuts on the lathe. See the photos- they are pretty boring on the outside, but they have cooling "fins" on the inside, and the inner cone (where the initial arc strikes) has some interesting wear from a cooling water leak. The electrode is also worn (the small bullet looking thing) and has a tungsten tip which is boiled at the center. Common wear, but it looks sort of cool out of context.
I found a couple other bits in a short search. The copper pipe hanger part with the electrode inside looks like a cool emitter. Maybe.
Last photo is a flexible conduit end cap with the copper ring I parted off the nozzle on it (and the electrode inside). That may have some potential too. Who knows.
Anyway, let's see where this ends up...