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mad_scientist@yahoogr...
Jul 1, 2007 12:19 pm
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Hi Jay, It looks to be about one third of a kilowatt. The clues come from the Transformers section - the transformers need to supply: 6.3V @ 39A = 207 watts ...
... One wonders where the guy even *found* such a transformer these days... :-) -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest...
Hah! Or the nail guns, I'll bet. Or the stacks of heavy stuff all packed up high, waiting to tumble on customers during an earthquake. Do they only sell Nerf...
... Hi Roy, He apparently wound them himself using cores from what were originally large audio output transformers (M102B) made for high-end DIY audio ...
It is remarkable what some store won't carry anymore because of the terrorists hiding under our beds. I know a couple places that quit carrying those cheap...
I'm pretty sure I was in the right area of the store, but as you said, I think they were simply out of stock and the guy just offered an easy answer. I don't...
I've posted before, challenging members to actually perform & report experiments, rather than just state untested (often untestable) opinions, and stop fooling...
The way I read this is that assuming this is correct it also assumes that between now and a hundred billion years from now the cooling Universe won't undergo...
... White Rain hair spray (blue cap) works the best in a potato gun. Rather than a potato gun, i prefer a t-shirt gun. Rather than hairspray it uses compressed...
Looks like he copied mine: http://www.geocities.com/yurtle_t/spud_launcher/index.htm Adam ... http://www.americanaircannons.com/catalog/john_heavyduty.jpg ... ...
I used ABS cement to glue the 2 to 3 inch adapter to the 3 inch threaded coupling adapter with a short chunk of 3 inch ABS. I drilled out the square end of the...
... Nice job Adam. One thing i keep wanting to try, but keep getting overruled is to fire a full tube of ping-pong balls into a crowded room at a relatively...
Here are some plans for a 5 foot tall jacobs ladder. http://www.instructables.com/id/EDVP1MGVF4EP2868IF/ Looked like a fairly easy build if you can find the...
... A jacobs ladder couldn't be easier to build, but remember that you are playing with high voltage electricity. As best i recall, all it took was a neon sign...
I tried confetti several times. It was cool, but messy to clean up. Water works pretty well. Adam ... http://www.geocities.com/yurtle_t/spud_launcher/index.htm...
... Hi link1088... I was lurking (as usual) when I saw your post. I happen to have several neon transformers that I might be willing to part with fairly...
Fired my cannon off last night. Wow! You can really see the flame shoot out at night. Finally gave it 3 charges of calcium carbide instead of just 2, scary...
as to your question, no I am not going to decompose a human body, I own an alligator! If I wanted to get rid of a human body. I could simply give the body to...
damn I thought I was silly and morbid, however, you guys really take the cake. no, I don't want to kill anything or decompose or get rid of a body or anything...
... hydrofluoric acid is something you are probably best not messing with. "Symptoms of skin exposure to dilute HF are not felt immediately, but can be fatal....
Greetings, I agree, hydrofluoric acid isn't something to take lightly. I've worked around it in a few places. (one of the "everyday" places to find a *very*...
2 years back my Dad built a carbide Cannon from a 4 foot length of 4" steel pipe, welded shut at one end with 1/8" steel plate. I didnt know the exact pressure...
Interested in thoughts on this. Energy from saltwater. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vSxR6UKFM The source seems legitimate. No mention of the amount...
It will be interesting to see whether it's more efficient than plain old electrolysis. From the little info they gave, I would expect it to be less so. How...
Burning hydrogen is usually blue and not terribly hot, probably the sodium in the salt turns the flame orange. But as a conductive plasma, the flame is likely...
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