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Old 05-23-2008, 01:40 PM
Mike(Mont) Mike(Mont) is offline
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Holding your hands around the glass with the floating needle is a different sensation. There is a capacitor effect between your hands.

As for getting the needle to point to a target, I don't know. Any water currents are going to affect it, like heat from your hands, etc. Maybe some baffles would help keep the water still. Seems you would need to degauss it or magnetize it so both ends are the same pole.
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