[Lab] Copper Sheets?

Thu Oct 20 14:29:14 EDT 2011

Got featured on today's instructables new letter!  Congrats!!

Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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"Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Emily Daniels <emily.daniels at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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