It is a hell of a lot easier to solder a 100K-1Meg resistor to a solder lug
with very short leads, clip the other end of the resistor short and either
file the open end to a point or solder a sewing pin end to the open end to
give that sharp point. Shrink sleeve the whole works except for a tiny bit
of the pin tip and the area where you are going to put a screw through the
solder lug to electrically attach it to the airframe.

Works out to about two cents of material per wick. Google past issues of
Kitplanes; I wrote this up the better part of fifteen years ago or so.


Jim



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I read about a homebuilder making his own static wicks using carbon fiber
and heat shrink. He attached them to a screw. He threaded copper tubing,
epoxied it in with wiring that went to the engine mount. Then he just
screwed in the wicks.

Anyone have any thoughts on this, any other ideas?