ffs, BOB is the builder. go ask him.

[kipron]

my ceramic thread crumbleth with each turn of the screw! this thing was never going to hold. :p

luckily, it looks like there IS a solution, though it was a total ZOMGz *facepalm* moment. squee! 

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[neva9257]

I don't understand...

[kipron]

you're right, this is not facebook, lj posts should be more coherent. :D

you know those silly ceramic stands i was using? well i got rid of them because it just wasn't working. too many crumbly ceramic pieces arcing all over the place!

so i replaced it with something much simpler and got up to 15 kV. Granted this was at ridiculously low pressure but still progress = yay!