Re: Source of piezo


"John Fields" <jfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:19:23 GMT, "Jon Slaughter"
<Jon_Slaughter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I want to play around a little with the effects of piezo electric crystals
but I'm weary of tearing up my clock's to get them(and the one I did tear
up
broke the crystal ;/)

Is there any easy source for these(easy means quick and cheap)? Are these
things very critical in handling or, say, could I just get some of these
quartz crystals and break of piece and then play around with its effects?

What I'm mainly intersted in play with are the ultrasonic effects. It
doesn't have to be anything advance but just so I can have some direct
experience with them and see them working in action.

Any ideas?

Get a butane barbecue lighter. There's one in there which makes the
spark which ignites the gas.


Yeah, I thought about that. All the lighters I have are friction based ;/

Thanks,
Jon


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