The Power Supply Circuit

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Transformer - Microwave oven transformer, 2100v output.
C1 - Two microwave oven capacitors, total value around 2uF.
D1 - Two microwave oven diodes in series.
F1 - Variac protection fuse, around 5-10A.

This circuit has several different names - level shifter, voltage doubler etc. It outputs around twice the transformers voltage at halfwave dc, so I should be getting about 4-5kv out of it.