Your computer desk.

[CompWiz]

Indeed, back on topic:

[Gota]

You live in a nuclear bunker?^^

[Tribulex]

I dont anticipate finding any women in that bunker...

[CompWiz]

No, it's my mother's basement, but close enough.

[Peet]

I dont anticipate finding any women in that bunker...

If I were female I would definitely sleep with a dude who made Marx generators in his mother's basement.

[CompWiz]

I dont anticipate finding any women in that bunker...

If I were female I would definitely sleep with a dude who made Marx generators in his mother's basement.

I was wondering if anyone would identify that thing:


I had made a much larger one, but the cheap Chinese capacitors all melted after a week...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QZs2CFqQoA here's a video of it. Here's another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_2QtfHQbOI

And a video of the small one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlR1QwA91j4


And we can't forget the jacob's ladder... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us71u7uNybw



I once took apart like 10 disposable cameras, and discharged the capacitors though some aluminum foil...


Damn I can't stay on topic for anything...

[Tribulex]

nice one with the camera capacitors.

[Panda]

CompWiz that is very cool.

[SinbadEV]

The crazy anarchist+electronics wiz guy on my high school robotics team was always saying he could make a tazer out of a disposable digital camera... it appears he was correct.

[CompWiz]

You could, but it would be very dangerous. If you don't remove the capacitor, it could kill someone if you manage to get them across the heart. But if you do remove it, the shock isn't very strong.

Here's steel wool instead:


Also see the coil gun I made with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1dPj4LKsu4

[PicassoCT]

That stuff comes dangerous close to real world applications- are you certain you are nerdy forging minature doom machines?

PS: Derail this thread further plz CompWiz, its way moar intersting that way...
Also how big is your biggest tesla coil?

[CompWiz]

Made made a little one about 10 inches high once, but it melted down in 10 seconds due to using those same Chinese capacitors...

I built a solid state coil, but it didn't work. I haven't messed with it much though, I'm sure once I mess with it more it'll get it working.

Currently, I'm trying to get a X/Y laser scanner working, I've got pretty much all the parts, I just need to put it together. I found some used Scanpro20s for $100! Normal price is $200+

[Gota]

Can you make a Tesla turret?

[CompWiz]

Not really. Tesla coils are not really a good candidate for weaponization.

[Gota]

Laser gun?

[PicassoCT]

Not really. Tesla coils are not really a good candidate for weaponization.

But some of Teslas ideas make for excellent weaponary- the engergy transfer through air- just make a network of sending stations directly below ground and a tower that fires recivers- suddenly engery out of nowhere

Of course the redalert teslacoils are pure nonsense, but hey they look cool and made that tech as a hobby popular

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiFFboYfl5U

[CompWiz]

Laser gun?

That could be done. I'm thinking about building that Violet laser into my old Nintendo Zapper...

Though that would obviously be useless for killing things that are not bugs.

[Gota]

Not really. Tesla coils are not really a good candidate for weaponization.

But some of Teslas ideas make for excellent weaponary- the engergy transfer through air- just make a network of sending stations directly below ground and a tower that fires recivers- suddenly engery out of nowhere

Of course the redalert teslacoils are pure nonsense, but hey they look cool and made that tech as a hobby popular

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiFFboYfl5U

Well since u need 2 ends to properly transfer the electric flame you could shoot a particle that generates a field that attracts the lightning to it and than lets it lose in the area around it.