Improvised Apparatus

[randall]

http://icase.unl.edu/sciteach/scitec5.pdf
this link deals with homemade lab equipment, some of the glassworking and scale-making info may be usefull to anyone thinking about setting up a lab.

has anyone tried the turpentine/camphor mixture mentioned under "Rao's Bottle"?
the carbon arc lamp also looks fairly simple to make. johnn 99 recently posted info for building one, but the salt-water rheostat seems like it would work better for controlling the power, although it would be easy to blow a breaker by adding too much salt.

the index is here (http://icase.unl.edu/sciteach/). site 7 has some good info on lab techniques too.

[nbk2000]

I've the feeling this could have been included in an existing thread.

As soon as I see it, I'll move it, unless someone beats me to it.

[meselfs]

Carbon arc works fair, but in my opinion if you're going to be doing serious work with heat you'll want a cutting torch. It's well worth the money if you have other applications for it.