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thespeedycicada
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:46 pm
id start with a small tesla coil like me (7 inches tall) besides this is probaly solid state as most small teslas are but yeah it would be nifty.
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thespeedycicada
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:50 pm
well that could put streamers of at least 2 inches so ignition, scaring people,mounting it on youre car, and a cool cattle prod would all be "aceptable" uses
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hi
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:54 pm
potatoflinger wrote:What would you use it for, I'm not quite sure of the purpose?
it looks cool and not much lelse.
"physics, gravity, and law enforcement are the only things that prevent me from operating at my full potential" - not sure, but i like the quote
you know you are not an engineer if you have to remind yourself "left loosy righty tighty"
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thespeedycicada
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:59 pm
potatoflinger wrote:Oh, now I understand. What would happen if you touched it?

a small shock the worst that could happen with a tesla is rf burns ive never built powerful enough to do that though.
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spud yeti
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:18 pm
Looks pretty awesome. Is it worth sacrificing a drill for it though?
really good quote/phrase here
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flamerz14
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:44 am
I heard large scale telsa coils can be used to create artificial lightning. I wonder if it would work in spudguns?
well, this isn't much isn't it?
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Hotwired
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Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:04 am
Ah yes, the old "why use a piezo ignitor when I can use a tesla coil to fire my cannon instead!" idea
I'd shoot myself in the foot before doing something so incredibly inefficient
The counter argument pushed out is that it would look cool or something.
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Mishkan
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