hand crank Wimshurst machine

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It's a remake of Vonslatt's Wimshurst Machine that you can find in https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:633673. Vonslatt's version uses an acrylic tube of unknown origins as a Leyden jar. This tube was necessary to the build as the collectors sit atop it in the original build. The connection between the base and the structure was not solid enough and there is a series of little alterations I've made to the design, I hope you enjoy it. I've separated the collectors from the jars and build a jar and electrodes from scratch, I've also added markings to put the aluminum foil in the disks and some protrusions on the pulley track to better grip the belt(my belts are basically some string xD). To fix the structure to the base I've built in some holes in the vertical structure to fit m5 nuts. You can use m5x15 or m5x20 bolts. As I was in it I've also made a shaft with bolts on both sides to fix the disks, the collectors and neutralizers to the vertical structure, and nuts to fit in the bolts. To fix the pulleys, I've made a hexagonal shaft and added hexagonal holes on the pulleys. The hand crank was also edited to print easily and fit on the hexagonal shaft. The x1 and x2 on the names are the numbers of copies needed of said part. I'm sending the .blend file with the build for reference and for you to edit it as you see fit(just download blender and be happy). If you want to know how the Wimshurst machine work watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA4aCd5qFWs&feature=emb_logo. In the future, I'm thinking about building a plastic bottle Leyden jar as in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spuXN0ccRQ8. The reason is that I think the sparks produced are not big enough and I think it's because the 3d printed Leyden jars are losing charge too quickly.