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Homemade X-Ray Machine: Liftoff
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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: AutogolazzoJr on October 30, 2018, 10:32:21 pm ---Here is the imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/BbXQRhR

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Please DO NOT use this xray machine on yourself, this can be SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS to your long term health.

We applaud a 15yo building their own xray machine, but we are deeply concerned for your safety.
The fact that your xrayed your own hand shows how little you are taking safety seriously.
Gyro:
You see all those bright pixel dots on the images of your hand and foot - and particularly on the closeup photo of the tube, those are strikes by soft x-rays and other particles.

A medical X-ray head has a Aluminium (or other metal) filter to get rid of these, leaving only the hard X-rays. Soft X-Rays from a 'dirty' source are absolutely the worst as they are absorbed by flesh rather than passing straight through. You took quite a high dose of them there.
InductorbackEMF:
As neat as it is to see please do not try xraying your self again.
Try chicken bones or something else.  :)
(Oh and i would frame the picture of your hand on a wall)


Alex.
AutogolazzoJr:
It was a bad idea. However, I later realized how bad of an idea it was, so I stopped doing it. I told you that everything was done remotely. That wasn't (obviously). I used lead protection on the rest of my body, and I believe it was a safe dose (EDIT: it's not. Soft x-rays). As I said, I no longer do it. Thanks to all of you whom are concerned with me. I don't use the x-ray machine anymore, but I might soon. For all the pictures taken after the flesh ones, I completely left the room.
AutogolazzoJr:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on October 30, 2018, 11:02:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: AutogolazzoJr on October 30, 2018, 10:32:21 pm ---Here is the imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/BbXQRhR

--- End quote ---

Please DO NOT use this xray machine on yourself, this can be SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS to your long term health.

We applaud a 15yo building their own xray machine, but we are deeply concerned for your safety.
The fact that your xrayed your own hand shows how little you are taking safety seriously.

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I do and did take safety seriously. The exposure lasted one second. I used a Geiger counter to make sure I wasn't receiving too much of a dose. I used lead to shield the rest of the room and my body. More info above, and thank you for concerning my safety.
As a teenager, I lack judgement. I obviously need to be taking this more seriously, which I did after I took those pictures. If I actually revive this project, I will take even more safety measures to make sure nobody gets injured.
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