TOOLS I BUILT
HIGH-VOLTAGE LICHTENBERG RIG
High-voltage Lichtenberg wood-burning rig driven by a microwave oven transformer, producing fractal burn figures in wood.
system operational
- Year
- 2022
- Source
- Microwave Oven Transformer
LICHTENBERG FRACTAL DISCHARGE IN WOOD - PANEL 01
FRACTAL HIGH-VOLTAGE WOOD BURNING
01 / The build
Behind the project.
Built a high-voltage rig for burning Lichtenberg fractal figures into wood. A microwave oven transformer drives current through dampened wood; the discharge carbonizes branching, lightning-like channels along the grain.
02 / In the workshop
Project media.
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Technical details
Under the hood.
- Source
- Microwave Oven Transformer
- Method
- High-Voltage Discharge on Wood
- Output
- Fractal Lichtenberg Figures
Notes & outcomes
What came out of it.
- Fractal discharge figures preserved as art panels.
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