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This is the mounting for gold wire, with pickups on the two near corners. The two lengths are quite different. |
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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. |
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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. |
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1986 early crystal mounting, suspended by tungsten filaments |
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Clearing the inside of a camping trailer in Denton TX to fit much of the project inside prior to move to NM, summer '86 |
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'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 |
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Me with friends in Denton helping with the move to NM, October '86 |
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Dan Canales in Denton, summer '86 with the first assembly of the orgone box |
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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. |
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Assembled box on flat-bed trailer with the camping trailer parked in a slum in Las Cruces NM, 1986-7 |
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Ball mounted vibration-free through floor of trailer in NM, '87 |
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Box stored a few months during my move to NC, '87; rain damaged, had to remake all the layers |
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Ball with plastic retroreflector arrays; too cheap, didn't work |
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Relayering the right way now in Cleveland NC, 1988 |
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Inner layer of box now sheet stainless steel |
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Reassembly of orgone box in its new dome, Cleveland NC 1989 |
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Assembly of orgone box in dome |
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Final mounting of box; rotates on mounts on opposite verticies, hangs from top of dome on cables, can point in any direction |
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Beginning of geodesic frame for dome; winched up central pole and built from top down (by myself!) |
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Progress on dome, winter '89 |
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Progress on frame. Then had to figure out a foundation! |
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Scrambling around on the frame |
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Jeff Ayers helping cover the dome |
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Completed dome with trailer behind |
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Final configuration of optical resonator; aluminum rods, platinum mirrors, quartz mounted on tapered copper rods |
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Laser spot on crystal, close up |
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April 1990, full test....nothing happened. |
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Full test 1990 |
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Full test 1990 |