The Wimshurst machine is an electrostatic generator and was originally invented in the late 1800’s by James Wimshurst. It uses two counter-rotating disks to generate an electrostatic charge ...

Don’t have a high-voltage power supply to run it? Do what [Steven] of rimstar.org did, and power it with a homemade Wimshurst machine. TEA lasers give off ultraviolet light. In order to see the ...

Eventually, enough charge builds up to make a spark. Adjust the discharge electrodes to about 1 cm apart. Test the Wimshurst machine. The copper wire brushes that touch the discs should only make very ...