Click for larger image. John Unger at work fashioning firebowls with a plasma cutter. Amazing what you can do with a properly wound wire filament and some electricity. My memory says Kurt Vonnegut’s brother had a hand in the creation of plasma cutters, and one was featured prominently in the movie Thief (a must see for any one moving to Chicago, along with some version of The Front Page and The Blues Brothers).
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