Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Servo motor HP for Bridgeport

info.host@... wrote:

> There was a pretty famous
> > transmission-line spark gap N2 laser from Scientific American.
>
> That's the one. On the top plate there is a coiled wire that bridges the two
> split plates that form the cavity. I remember something about this wire
> allowing the charge on the plates to build to the point where the spark gap
> connecting them broke down. Then the spark gap began to discharge at a high
> frequency so the coiled wire that connected the plates for charging gave too
> much inductance to let the current flow through it easily. Instead the
> current flowed through the cavity lasing the gas in the way. Does that sound
> right?

Well, I guess. 2 friends of mine built this laser 20 or 30 years ago.
I think one of them got theirs working pretty reliably for a while.

Jon