[Lab] Copper Sheets?

Wed Oct 19 10:25:30 EDT 2011

Thanks for sharing the link Jean-Marc!
I submitted a comment last night asking if they could change the gender in
the post to female but it hasn't shown up yet.. maybe I'll get more press as
E.M. Daniels eh? :)

Emily

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:

> SWEET! you made HACK A DAY
> http://hackaday.com/2011/10/18/halloween-props-pumpkin-battery/
>
> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> ---
>
> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Emily Daniels <emily.daniels at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks! I'd like to say those were fun to make but it's more true that
> I'm
> > grateful we didn't have an infestation of ants after. I got sugar syrup
> > everywhere.
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> > <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Nice work!
> >> Congrats on the Candied LEDs as well btw.  I saw it in the news letter
> >> but I didn't realise your made it
> >>
> >> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> >> ---
> >>
> >> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> >> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Paul & Andrea Mumby
> >> <themumbys at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Very cool project, wonder if you could make them generate music
> >> > somehow...
> >> > different pumpkins generate different tones/sounds (variations in
> >> > voltage
> >> > generated or something).
> >> > Would be a neat project, and might make a near eerie sounding pumpkin
> >> > choir
> >> > sitting on your step lol...
> >> > - Paul
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Emily Daniels <
> emily.daniels at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Possibly- I went for a method that I had already tested on another
> >> >> experiment, but I don't see why it wouldn't work, unless the pumpkin
> >> >> flesh
> >> >> is too sweet and not acidic enough..
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Richard Guy Briggs <
> rgb at tricolour.net>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 02:54:38PM -0400, Emily Daniels wrote:
> >> >>> > Hey Labbers-
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > I just published a how-to on the bio-batteries I made over the
> >> >>> > weekend
> >> >>> > from
> >> >>> > miniature pumpkins. Check it out and let me know what you think!
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > http://www.instructables.com/id/Pumpkin-Battery/
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Neat.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I wonder if you could have done away with the electrolyte and simply
> >> >>> used the pumpkin flesh as an electrolyte.  I made potato batteries
> >> >>> with
> >> >>> my son using copper and zinc strips.  They produce about 0.9V each.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> > Emily
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Emily Daniels
> >> >>> > <emily.daniels at gmail.com>wrote:
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > > LOL! Hmmm....
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > > @Paul It's not so large, and it's food related- some different
> >> >>> > > types
> >> >>> > > of
> >> >>> > > bio-batteries. If the experiments work it will be hilarious. :)
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > > I'll share when I'm done!
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org
> >
> >> >>> > > wrote:
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > >> How are the sight-lines from the roof of Arts Court?  I'm
> >> >>> > >> wondering
> >> >>> > >> if we
> >> >>> > >> can see the parliament buildings' rooftops, in case Em decides
> to
> >> >>> > >> obtain the
> >> >>> > >> sheets of copper from an even cheaper source. ;-)
> >> >>> > >>
> >> >>> > >> Andrew.
> >> >>> > >>
> >> >>> > >> On 2011-09-01, at 11:57 AM, Sam Roesch wrote:
> >> >>> > >>
> >> >>> > >> > Cohen and Cohen does have everything... a great place just to
> >> >>> > >> > go
> >> >>> > >> > and
> >> >>> > >> look around, although I find they can be sort of pricy.
> >> >>> > >> >
> >> >>> > >> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Emily Daniels
> >> >>> > >> > <emily.daniels at gmail.com>
> >> >>> > >> wrote:
> >> >>> > >> > I was planning on using heavy duty aluminum foil as the anode
> >> >>> > >> > and
> >> >>> > >> > the
> >> >>> > >> copper sheet as the cathode- the copper/zinc mixture of brass
> >> >>> > >> would
> >> >>> > >> produce
> >> >>> > >> a weaker current. It's about $50 for a 12"x12" sheet of copper
> >> >>> > >> from
> >> >>> > >> Metal
> >> >>> > >> Supermarkets- would rather find a cheaper solution. Thanks
> >> >>> > >> Darsha-
> >> >>> > >> will
> >> >>> > >> check out Cohen & Cohen.
> >> >>> > >> >
> >> >>> > >> >
> >> >>> > >> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:51 AM, .·:*¨¨*:·.darsha.·:*¨¨*:·. <
> >> >>> > >> darsha.h at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>> > >> > Go to Cohen and Coehn - the  re-use store:
> >> >>> > >> > http://www.cohenandcohen.com/reuse/
> >> >>> > >> >
> >> >>> > >> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Sam Roesch
> >> >>> > >> > <samroesch at gmail.com>
> >> >>> > >> wrote:
> >> >>> > >> > > I'm thinking a copper roofing place might have something- I
> >> >>> > >> > > did
> >> >>> > >> > > a
> >> >>> > >> quick
> >> >>> > >> > > google for "copper roofing ottawa" and got
> >> >>> > >> > > this: http://www.roofersworld.com/store_copperroofing.htm
> >> >>> > >> > > Probably expensive though... but if you only need small
> >> >>> > >> > > amounts
> >> >>> > >> > > they
> >> >>> > >> might
> >> >>> > >> > > have an abundance of offcuts that they would give you for
> >> >>> > >> > > scrap
> >> >>> > >> > > value.
> >> >>> > >> > > Sam
> >> >>> > >> > >
> >> >>> > >> > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Emily Daniels <
> >> >>> > >> emily.daniels at gmail.com>
> >> >>> > >> > > wrote:
> >> >>> > >> > >>
> >> >>> > >> > >> Hello Everyone,
> >> >>> > >> > >> I'm in the process of trying out a Crazy Idea but I need
> >> >>> > >> > >> some
> >> >>> > >> > >> sheets
> >> >>> > >> of
> >> >>> > >> > >> copper- does anyone have any that I could purchase or know
> >> >>> > >> > >> of
> >> >>> > >> > >> any
> >> >>> > >> places in
> >> >>> > >> > >> Ottawa where I could buy some? Thickness doesn't matter so
> >> >>> > >> > >> much
> >> >>> > >> > >> but
> >> >>> > >> it would
> >> >>> > >> > >> be nice to be able to cut the sheets relatively easily.
> >> >>> > >> > >> Thanks!
> >> >>> > >> > >> Emily
> >> >>> > >> > >>
> >> >>> > >> > >> --
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