Hi mickri.
Thanks - I can see that people are generous with their time and expertise here.
Have you any experience with or thoughts on the half-wave idea? I suppose I could buy the bridge rectifier, and wire it as a half-wave to see how it works, but I'm hoping that someone might have had the idea before me and will be able to tell me how/whether it worked.
I'm just playing with bits of scrap metal, an old rusty bedframe, and nails, screws, and washers. I've also tried welding nickels and quarters, and dollar store cutlery, and some of that wire that's used for highway crash barrier. I want to get an idea of what might be possible with this little machine.
My wife is busy putting together a board on Pinterest with projects for me, but most of them look like graduate level stuff. So far I've made a flower with a nail and 7 washers, and a "horse" with 3 nails, and they look like something that a toddler with a blunt crayon scribbled on the living room wall.
Thanks - I can see that people are generous with their time and expertise here.
Have you any experience with or thoughts on the half-wave idea? I suppose I could buy the bridge rectifier, and wire it as a half-wave to see how it works, but I'm hoping that someone might have had the idea before me and will be able to tell me how/whether it worked.
I'm just playing with bits of scrap metal, an old rusty bedframe, and nails, screws, and washers. I've also tried welding nickels and quarters, and dollar store cutlery, and some of that wire that's used for highway crash barrier. I want to get an idea of what might be possible with this little machine.
My wife is busy putting together a board on Pinterest with projects for me, but most of them look like graduate level stuff. So far I've made a flower with a nail and 7 washers, and a "horse" with 3 nails, and they look like something that a toddler with a blunt crayon scribbled on the living room wall.