I got in touch with Peter Diehr as he has worked with the galvanometric mirrors previously with McClain. We should be able to meet later this week to talk about getting them working. Last I talked to John Nees he is still looking for the card that interfaces with the computer. As long as it can be found soon this should not be too much a problem as I have to read the instructions on all the components.
I have tested the capacitor and the first part to arc is the sides and not across where the sample is. I want to try and insulate this area or adjust the setup in some way to try and get a higher electric field across the sample area.
