I met a man by the name of Gerard Collet who worked at SLAC as head machinist for many years. He told me that much of the design of these things was done by the

I met a man by the name of Gerard Collet who worked at SLAC as head machinist for many years. He told me that much of the design of these things was done by the machinists in partnership with the scientists. The scientists would describe some impossibly precise thing and there would be many back and forth brainstorming sessions in which a plan would gradually emerge for something that met the requirements, and could actually be built. He had agreed to advise me on construction of my fusion reactor prototype, but that was several years ago, and I was unable to obtain funds to proceed.