Hey Billy,
I just went through your projects page and you are like me, busy...
Nice bit of work and you are obviously doing your own thinking - we could hang.
I just found a 5 gal bucket of 1/2" tubes for 50 buck at a junkyard and a 100 lb coil of 410 stainless about 4" wide. They sell used stainless for 2.50 US a lb and that is a pretty good price.
I am getting a little burned out on tube cells even though I have a lathe. I just met a guy who has a friend with a water cutter and so I am thinking thin plates of 316 SS is going to be my next cell project.
The reason Meyer went from the metal milk can to the white UHMD plastic is probably because of all those damn vacuum leaks that are kicking my butt these days.
I just bought a 1" thick sheet of Delrin to make plasma tube end caps with - $50.00 a foot. Ouch! It is needed because everytime to turn on the high voltage without a vacuum in the tube, it will burn through the O rings.
I see private messages are disabled on this board. If you want to work on this with me lets find a way to hook up (a temporary email address works) and work there. I have domains, web server, web skills, electronics background and equipment and fabrication tools and skills. I have no interest in working on this here.
I did share what I know and have learned and hopefully people will wake up to the plasma/laser aspect of splitting water. It is an accelerator.
"Nobody ever thought of using an accelerator before" - Stan Meyer.