SATELLITE DISH CONVERSION Huge Parabolic Acrylic Mirror Solar Power

by admin on January 23, 2012

in Convex Mirrors

This video is a shortened version of preparing the panels for a MESH DISH conversion. The Acrylic mirror is .118 this is also considered 1/8″ Thicker material does not form well. This is the basics for cutting the material.

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Video Rating: 3 / 5

{ 27 comments }

KarasCyborg January 23, 2012 at 5:23 pm

What do you think of those new saws that have two saw blades that run in opposite directions?

eloid777 January 23, 2012 at 5:48 pm

dan you need to get a router lol you will love it

tyreza79 January 23, 2012 at 6:23 pm

did you finish working on this,? i would like to see what can this huge parabolic mirror burn:!!

dchild44 January 23, 2012 at 6:59 pm

I wonder if you could make your death ray mirrors round, wouldn’t that give a sharper point? I am going to try it with the 12” mirrors that I have. Thanks

GREENPOWERSCIENCE January 23, 2012 at 7:25 pm

@dchild44 Mirrors work but you lose 30% of the potential power based on losing the curve. If you have the mirrors they will work.

dchild44 January 23, 2012 at 8:23 pm

@pinsetter1991 I lined a small satellite dish with 1/2 inch square mirrors, gluing them on with latex paint, dipping each mirror one at a time in a shallow spread of paint. It has withstood heavy rain and hail with no lost mirrors. I did’nt sand the surface first. No prep at all.

dchild44 January 23, 2012 at 9:13 pm

@pinsetter1991 One of your videos you said that a small satellite dish needs to be sanded before trying to attach mirrors. I cut 1/2 square mirrors and just glued them on the dish with flat latex paint. It has withstood heavy rain and hail without losing a single mirror. The focal point is very small, about an inch. Works very nice.

GREENPOWERSCIENCE January 23, 2012 at 9:22 pm

@1foxtrot70 Thank you for the info

1foxtrot70 January 23, 2012 at 9:37 pm

Dan, I like the idea of using a piece of clear to make your template. The dish that has the channels to hold the panels in place is nice also. In my case I only had a dish with mesh panels that were held in place with large panhead screws thru the mesh it worked ok but not nearly as well as the channel type. I might try to install some sort of channel material to support the panels then recut my panels to fit.

GREENPOWERSCIENCE January 23, 2012 at 10:20 pm

South Park:-) Vrooom

social3ngin33rin January 23, 2012 at 10:56 pm

Group of fags are passing by >:(
ty south park :) lol

sciencoking January 23, 2012 at 11:11 pm

i´m doing a voiceover for most of this video because WROOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!

aaronlikesalex January 24, 2012 at 12:00 am

what the hell is the mask for lol

GREENPOWERSCIENCE January 24, 2012 at 12:43 am

:-) Thank you.

Esaw100 January 24, 2012 at 1:03 am

That was a wonderful demonstration. May God bless you and your family.

jpmorgan187 January 24, 2012 at 1:35 am

looks tedious and time consuming… find someone with a laser cnc table!!

NOCNOTCAUGHT January 24, 2012 at 2:28 am

Where do you get this acrylic? I am in the technological back waters of southwest Florida and seem to have nothing available. Also in your other video you had an adhesive mylar - again where are you getting this stuff? Love your videos – pretty cool stuff! Thanks!

robertwgardner January 24, 2012 at 3:04 am

Absolutely. Consider ammonia in a closed system, as it has a lower boiling point.

I’ve looked at small scale urban farming as well (rabbits, chickens, worms, fish, garden). I’ve worked out the biomasses, and a great deal can be knocked off a grocery bill with small animal husbandry that most cities would allow.

robertwgardner January 24, 2012 at 3:44 am

Cooking a turkey is hard under any circumstances. Low and slow is best, so that means moving the dish pretty often (every 15 min?). Cook a small bird! If you can hang a big dutch oven to heat up (past the strongest focus!) that would be optimal for consistent temps. Also, ignore Martha Stewart and cook the bird breast side down. Not quite as pretty, but much more succulent!

robertwgardner January 24, 2012 at 4:07 am

The V/O works really well. Sometimes a shorter video is better, providing the same info in a tighter segment.

robertwgardner January 24, 2012 at 4:37 am

It may be cheaper to put a lot of little ones into low orbit and independently aim each one to reflect to a single spot. Not that I want to give any James Bond super villains any ideas!

frvfilms January 24, 2012 at 4:39 am

melt a dang statue during summer.

virgojeep1 January 24, 2012 at 5:08 am

The more teeth on the blade the cleaner the cut.

stanrock0 January 24, 2012 at 5:21 am

so what about the final item i would like to see what you can do with it
can you boil water?
heat a house ?
bother your neighbor?
i would like a follow up video
please?

ravensportz January 24, 2012 at 5:49 am

What is this?

DomenecSos January 24, 2012 at 5:49 am

The book was better.

GrimlyKK January 24, 2012 at 6:44 am

Crap script, lousy dialogue and the acting’s terrible.

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