This is the mounting for gold wire, with pickups on the two near corners. The two lengths are quite different.

This is a kind of optical resonator that fuctioned as a filter. The earliest form shown here used plastic rods and retroreflectors and was mounted vibration-free.

Early mounting of the optical resonator (1986); central crystal is a quartz sphere with a facet for each mirror. Note He-Ne laser which with a photodiode detected crystal vibrations.

1986 early crystal mounting, suspended by tungsten filaments

Clearing the inside of a camping trailer in Denton TX to fit much of the project inside prior to move to NM, summer '86

'85 in Denton TX; first of three constructions of an orgone box, equilateral octahedron 8' on a side, 72 metal layers, 2 layers of newsprint between each, 1400 lbs in final version; antenna went along one axis

Me with friends in Denton helping with the move to NM, October '86

Dan Canales in Denton, summer '86 with the first assembly of the orgone box

First of several sets of 144 mirrors (each set had large and small versions); these are cut flat mirrors. Another set was first surface platinum on plate glass.

Assembled box on flat-bed trailer with the camping trailer parked in a slum in Las Cruces NM, 1986-7

Ball mounted vibration-free through floor of trailer in NM, '87

Box stored a few months during my move to NC, '87; rain damaged, had to remake all the layers

Ball with plastic retroreflector arrays; too cheap, didn't work

Relayering the right way now in Cleveland NC, 1988

Inner layer of box now sheet stainless steel

Reassembly of orgone box in its new dome, Cleveland NC 1989

Assembly of orgone box in dome

Final mounting of box; rotates on mounts on opposite verticies, hangs from top of dome on cables, can point in any direction

Beginning of geodesic frame for dome; winched up central pole and built from top down (by myself!)

Progress on dome, winter '89

Progress on frame. Then had to figure out a foundation!

Scrambling around on the frame

Jeff Ayers helping cover the dome

Completed dome with trailer behind

Final configuration of optical resonator; aluminum rods, platinum mirrors, quartz mounted on tapered copper rods

Laser spot on crystal, close up

April 1990, full test....nothing happened.

Full test 1990

Full test 1990