@@adventures.loadiing it won't work. The foil can withstand the light ray so that the only light able to pass is through the hole. The paper won't be able to do that. You will get a blurry image.
If you did it right it should! I made one for the March 1970 east coast total eclipse (I was almost 7 yo then) from the same directions seen here in this video at school. The eclipse was on a Sunday; was able to use it at home with my family. It was awesome!
I used a similar viewing device as this guy is demonstrating and it was like....meh. Then I saw my neighbor on her balcony and she and her family all had their eclipse viewing glasses. They invited me over and I have to say that looking through the glasses was a phenomenal experience and 100 times better than seeing a silhouette through a hole in a box. The box method just doesn't make the whole experience of a solar eclipse seem at all amazing but the live image through the glasses was truly something I will never forget.
I was in florida WPB. the eclipse made the day a little dark, like if it were late in the afternoon. I used the box and it helped me not to look at the sun with my own eyes. thanks!
This show box preparation is much better than the one that I followed in placing the alum foil in the center of the back panel and the viewing hole on the side. This way your hold it like binacolars. Also Don't know why people are concerned about looking broke and stupid for an historical event that millions are trying to get a look at on the same day. If you know the timing, you are only holding up the box for 5 minutes in your backyard or behind your apartment building. If others watch you because they could not get those sold out glasses, then you are teaching them a home science project.
Btw, if you don't have a shoe box an empty cereal box or a small packing box from a mail delivery will due. Just love these DIY hacks especially when solar glasses are sold out or other vendors are trying to profit from with knock offs on a rare event.
Who is watching this on the day off the eclipse and is like aahhhhh I need the glasses I am lol Omg so many likes I didn't even see it fully so I didn't even need the glasses so disappointing so good thing I didn't make any diy glasses or buy any 😂😂
This is so cool. By the way, for those of you who don't have a safety pin or Spaghetti strand to poke a hole in the foil, a Christmas ornament hanger is what I used. Works perfectly. Have fun, folks.
Followed instructions. Worked ok but much better clearer view if you use a smaller pin hole. I just covered spaghetti hole with small piece of tape and used the tip of a tack to make another hole. Didn't have time to replace tinfoil.
I wonder if this event will have an effect on RF frequencies, like sporadic-e.. Being able to pick up analog TV and FM stations from 1000+ miles away. I had this happen once in 2007 for an entire day, picking up Texas, New Mexico, Mexico, Oklahoma from North Georgia very clearly, as if I were there. I will have to check that out also on that day.
Yes! Radio amateurs across North America will be taking advantage of the event on HF, VHF and UHF. Tuning across the AM & FM broadcast bands should prove fun. If you get your TV via antenna not cable or satellite, that should prove interesting as well, especially since this is the first solar eclipse event since the transition to digital (I believe). At various times, run your tuner through the scan process and see what comes up! If your antenna is on a rotator, you can follow the eclipse....
I have a large V/U outdoor antenna, even though I also have cable. As far as analog goes, there is still Cuba, Mexico, and maybe parts of Canada I believe. FM should be interesting, hell, maybe AM will work as it were nighttime for at least a few minutes anyway. During the few minutes it covers here I will likely play with my truck radio though because I don't want to miss it, but before and after I will likely play around with my outdoor antenna, analog and digital tv, and FM reciever attached to it. I also wonder how AM will work throughout the day. Very interesting.
This is prime sporadic-e time of the year anyhow. I remember the 1980s and 90s, wow analog was so much fun back then in the summer months. I was 2 yrs old at the last eclipse (1979) so I wasn't able to mess with RF equipment then, but now my TV tuner card is ready and old RF sensitive 1980's Pioneer receiver is hooked into my computer's line-in for capturing... Locked and loaded
So far....all of the videos & articles I've seen.....say make a 'pinhole'. I'm going to make a 2nd viewer with a couple of larger holes.....& maybe tape the two boxes together. I've also seen a video where there's a flap that opens up on one side of the box....near the bottom. So you ( or others standing next to you ) can view the projected image thru THAT opening.
A household mirror can also be used to view the eclipse. If you cover a small mirror with a piece of paper or card with a hole in it, it will project a pinhole image of the eclipse onto the far wall.
I made a pinhole box viewer out of a Priority Mail box measuring 10" x 7" x 4.75"...I used a 3/4" pvc pipe coupling as a viewer hole and aluminum foil for the pinhole. I tested it and see that the sun's size is very small-about 1/8' diameter. How big should the pinhole be? Pinhole I have is approx. 1/32" diameter-what would be best diameter to use? Does a bigger hole make for better image size?
Ok the inside of the box is already white? The holes can be much larger than that. The pin hole can also be much larger than that, which in return will give a larger projection.
It works. If you need to see more examples, search for "Shoebox eclipse viewer." I used a bigger box, and make a bigger pinhole (with a pencil) and a hole for a webcam!
