Cognitive Zest » Armature http://jedypod.com cerebular exocarp Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:33:58 +0000 en hourly 1 Power Transformer Destruction http://jedypod.com/power-transformer-destruction http://jedypod.com/power-transformer-destruction#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:09:26 +0000 jedypod http://grace.evergreen.edu/~smijed07/blog/?p=21 Awhile back, I raided the Metal Dumpster in front of A-dorm for interesting metal and electronic parts. I found a microwave inside of which something charred had exploded, so I smashed it apart and took some various wire and circuit boards. I noticed that the power transformer had a wire coil in it that was easily bendable and robust against breaking when bent multiple times in the same place. This attribute made it perfect for armature wire. Unfortunately, the wire was sealed inside of a giant metal casing.
armature wire sealed

As you can see, this presented somewhat of a dilemma, which I did not solve until today, with the help of my roommate’s hatchet. After a good 20 minutes of pounding on the floor of N-308, which probably did not make our vertically inferior neighbors like us any more, I was able to destroy it enough to get the wire out.
destruction

broken

This resulted in a large coil of what I think is aluminum wire (with a copper coating), with some remnants of epoxy.
a beautiful coil
As well as a coil of very much smaller guage wire, which could easily be made to writhe and envelope puppets.
smaller coil

Ah, glorious technology….

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