OS:Joe Cell:Materials

These properties are specified for flat rolled product (plate, sheet and coil) in ASTM A240/A240M. Similar but not necessarily identical properties are specified for other products such as pipe and bar in their respective specifications.

Note: 304 grade is not as corrosion resistant and corrosion = oxidation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/532

Avoid using anything else than marine grade Stainless Steel. -- Chris (Apr 23, 2006) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/611

Sourcing

OS:Joe Cell:For Sale:Parts by Tom - Tom, of Colorado Laser in Colorado Springs, is willing to cut stainless steel parts at cost for the Joe Cell Replication Project.

verocious motorsports http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/202

[mailto:digadvan@bigpond.net.au] I can supply complete set of everything needed for Bill Williams design. Send me an email for pricing.

Tolerance

: "The tolerances, I believe, are pretty much whatever you have -- and uniform within the field effects' length if they are level and width if they have similar gaps." -- Peter Stevens (Apr 19, 2006) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/346

: "There are no particular tolerances. If you are within 1/2mm I would say that's good enough." -- John Carter (Apr 19, 2006) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/349

Tubing

Bill Williams used a 4-tube cell. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/532

The diameters of the tubing is as follows

Negative tube is 2??? outside diameter X 8??? in length X 0.059 wall thickness

First Neutral tube is 3??? outside diameter X 8??? in length X 0.059 wall thickness

Second Neutral tube is 4??? outside diameter X 8??? in length X 0.059 wall thickness

Vessel or positive tube is 5’ outside diameter X 10??? in length X 0.059 wall thickness

Vessel Top diameter, Flange Ring & Bottom cap are 1/8’ in thickness flat plate.

Sourcing

This company has all of the tubing sizes you need and you can buy from them direct. Its all 304L and 316L. and you can buy it by the foot. -- Nick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/153

Stainless and Alloy Co., of Georgia has better prices that NuTech. They also have phlanges. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/310

Welding

The specified welding process is to TIG (Tungsten Inert gas) and is utilized for all welding attachments

Stainless chicken wire works well as a filer for tig welding, if stainless tig rods cant be found.

Vessel

The Flange Ring

The Flange Ring is to be placed over the outside diameter of the 5??? tube and flush with the top edge there of and Fuse welded 100% if it inside diameter to the 5??? diameter (Tube top) vessel.

Sourcing : Directory:United Specialty Alloys does nice work and also have very fast shipping, the will custom cut flanges, caps, lids, etc. Email them they will be happy to take your order. -- Nick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/155

The Bottom Cap Plate

The bottom cap plate diameter is to be inserted into the 5??? diameter tube & fuse welded 100% of its outside diameter to the 5??? diameter (Tube bottom) vessel.

Gasket material

The gasket material is to be Buna N or Butyl of 1/8??? to 3/16??? in sheet thickness. John – the gasket material I incorporated was what I had on hand. Until the O-Ring top cover sealing arrangment is updated we need to spec out a common sheet type gasket material that is readily available and inexpensive or of reasonable cost. Provide the ring gasket is cut to fit the flange rind dimensions I believe any semi pliable material is suitable because the top and the vessel carry the same potentials (+).

Sourcing : This is the place that I got my spacer material, very fast shipping also. -- Nick http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/154

Pedestal seals

the sealing washers is to UHMW (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene). The seals are to machined out of bulk material to specification as describe in drawing sheet # 4.

Stainless Steel tube spacers

Are to Buna N or Nitrile. 15 Spacers are cut from ½’ diameter O-Ring stock approximately 1/16’ longer than space between tubing sides. The O-Ring spacer is to be install with the cut edge contacting the tube surfaces.

Insulating Materials

{Not sure which part this spec applies to. Could someone please place it where it belongs? -- Sterling}

According to Kramer, "Insulating materials should not have any mineral metal content even in colorings. Natural rubber coatings and some plastics are recommended. Any metal content will tend to short out the cell. This also applies to the cell mountings should you install one in your engine compartment." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoesCell2/message/521

Buna N or Nitrile Material Specification

Buna N or Nitrile is a copolymer of butadiene and acrylonitrile. Acrylonitrile content is varied in commercial products from 18% to 48%. As the Nitrile content increases, resistance to petroleum base oils and hydrocarbon fuels increases, but low temperature flexibility decreases. Due to its excellent resistance to petroleum products, and its ability to be compounded for service over a temperature range of -65 to + 275 degrees F (- 54 to +135 degrees C), Nitrile is the most widely used etastomer in the seal industry today. Most military rubber specifications for fuel and oil resistant MS and AN 0-rings require nitrile base compounds. It should be mentioned, however, that to obtain good resistance to low temperature with nitrile compounding, it is almost always necessary to sacrifice some high temperature fuel and oil resistance. Nitrile compounds are superior to most elastomers with regard to compression set or cold flow, tear and abrasion resistance. Inherently, they do possess good resistance to ozone, sunlight or weather but this can be substantially improved through compounding. However, since ozone and weather resistance are not always built in, seals from nitrile bases should not be stored near electric motors or other equipment which may generate ozone, or in direct sunlight.

Misc. Supplier Info

McMaster-Carr : Joe Cell Heaven - Andy Graham comments: "I got almost all of my Joe cell materials at McMaster-Carr (http://www.mcmaster.com) . They have everything except ebonite rod."

expensive cater to large corps.

shipped to Ontario no longer outside U.S.

Index of References

Replication Instructions - Group of pages is for the purpose of documenting my experiences in building the experimental orgone accumulator known as the "Joe Cell".

Joe Cell Material Requirements

Charging Joe Cell Material Requirements

JoeCell Methods and Materials

Joe Cell Conversions Information

Experimenter's Guide to the Joe Cell - booklet for sale also available in German translation. (NuTech2000)

http://www.nutech2000.com/category2_1.htm - webpage has all the parts needed to build a Joe Cell - and how-to books.