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Re: Solar Parabolic Trough Charcoal Oven

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Originally Posted by Turtle
Interesting! I wonder if they reformed them into parabolic form? I didn't check the math yet, but with a long focal length - say 12" - not much curve is needed.
In the mean time, my oven - with a focal length of 10" - is ready to test & I have it illustrated below. Unfortunately it's raining here today & corrugated paperboard & white glue do notta lika the raina!

His pictures (from memory) had an array of like 10 disks wide by 15 high. He adjusted each one to focus the light to one point. From what I remember that was a hassle. I do not remember him saying whether he bent the disks or not.
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