OT: Sheet metal and UNF screws (was Re: PET and the IEEE-488 interface)

[Tom Peters]

Phil:
Do you have a plan / schematic / organizing principle? I'd live to be able 
to build something like this myself, but the $425 price tag for the basic 
power supply is out of reach for me. If I could build that, I could buy the 
tips from these guys.

At 07:33 PM 4/1/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>In message <3.0.6.32.20050331202354.00ab3460 at pop-server.cfl.rr.com>
>Before anyone asks, I'm trying to hack together something similar to the
>"hobby spot welder" on <http://www.hobbyspotwelders.com/>. I've got the
>computer-grade capacitors (five rather large Cornell Dubilier DCMX series
>120,000uF 25V caps, for a total of 600,000uF with a tolerance of -10%/+75%)


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