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		melony on May 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The quest for fusion energy A desktop Z-pinch device is actually fairly doable to build at home, it's a (very) simplified version of the stellarator.

sterlind on May 29, 2022 [–]

are there any builds you could link? I've seen people make Farnsworth furious on hackaday etc. and I'd love to see this.

melony on May 29, 2022 | [–]

There are quite a few Z-pinch builds on YouTube I think

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