the big apple core

It took a little while but I managed to build a larger apple core.  Total time to build this thing, including waiting for the resin to cure, was about twelve hours.
Time it took to work out a doable procedure without permanently destroying all materials used, about two weeks.

But it was worth it.

Once I worked out a way to suspend the two mobius coils in the center core, find a suitable mold for the upper and lower hemispheres, calculate the proper mix ratio for both densities, maintain a consistent 1.5" gap between hemispheres, maintain a perfectly aligned central shaft, and figure how to do it all in only three pours without it looking like crap, this project was a walk in the park.

Don't be fooled by it's minimalist, sci-fi look.  This thing rocks big time.  Twenty seconds after hooking an mp3 player to one coil, a four foot energy field engulfed the device, producing waves of tingling energy. 

At the risk of sounding egocentric, this has got to be the most elegant piece I've ever created and it's function is matched only by it's form and style.  Shit yeah, I deserve some bragging rights on this!  It might not look it but this baby will make you tingle all over as soon as you come within its orbit.  Unlike a conventional torus, with the bulk of the energy blowing out the top and bottom, this unit is omnidirectional with a very distinctive, perfect, four foot energy sphere you can feel.  The one and a half inch gap between the hemispheres creates a feedback loop, ramping up so much power it makes Jupiter 2 look like a door stop.  And that's half of what it's got.

The inner core consists of a quart of resin, a pint of sand, and twelve heaping teaspoons of black iron oxide in a very thick mixture surrounding two mobius coils.  The coils are made from thirty feet of 18 gauge, solid core, insulated copper wire.  Each hemisphere consists of 2.5 quarts of resin, three pints of sand, and five teaspoons of powdered copper and aluminum in a 3:2 ratio.  The hemisphere resin mixture was the consistency of a very thick, over cooked oatmeal. 

The high density of the hemispheres are designed to work in passive mode while the extra high density of the core needs an external force to make it work.  In this case, the lower density of the hemispheres will provide enough energy to stimulate the inner core to operate, even in passive mode.  I threw in the twin mobius coils for programming purposes and to jump start the unit.  With this design you can shut it down after power up and it will continue to run in passive mode as well as any other powered device.  Just think of a perpetual motion engine with a battery backup.

It still needs a few refinements, like a central core specific to this device.

Tomorrow I'll do a few tests to see what this thing can do.

I'll keep ya posted.