wyzzymoon

Thanks for the quick replay! Since I want to do this for art purposes the practicality (or lack there of) is not really a problem. This would be different for each crystal I presume? How would I go about finding that out? Is that measurable or would I need to experiment with some kind of variable circuit? Wouldn't it work by just pressing two metal plates against it? quartz naturally has flat sides. What do you mean with unstable in this case? if it would not be stable, would I get not the same frequency all the time or would it just not work well? I understand if you don't have an answer to all these questions, I don't understand much about crystal oscillators yet but all the resources I can find all have a practical approach so it's very hard to find information about what could be done even if it would be unpractical (again, art is the goal, not precise timing like what crystal osc are usually meant for. )

Hi all, I've got a question about crystals and crystal oscillators. I want to build one from a uncut piece of quartz crystal. Let's say 1x1x5 cm. A bit bigger or smaller is all fine but no millimeter thin plate of cut crystal. I understand that for a reliable crystal oscillator quartz plates need to be thin and cut at specific angles, but I don't care what frequency it has, I just want it to do something. Either create a measurable frequency or vibrate measurably. Would this be possible at all? Can you get any frequency data from an uncut raw piece of quartz? So far I've tried connecting a crystal with 2 electrodes on it to a frequency tester but no results. Thanks in advance!