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Make Vodka!!
With a high enough proof, the vodka can be the fuel.
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Make Vodka!!
With a high enough proof, the vodka can be the fuel.
Same here. Saw one go through a hollow core door at close range. Talk about some kids scrambling for an answer as to what the hell happened!We used lighter fluid and tennis balls. Made the tube from beer cans and duct tape. Good times. I somehow still have all my fingers.
So did ya ever charge up a capacitor on somebodies bench and leave it to be picked up? A favorite of mine.When I was an Electronics Tech (civilian - nothing to do with military) we had spray cans of freon that we used to test for intermittent components. They had a tube on them like a can of WD40 or BreakFree. We also had plastic end caps intended for small screws that fit perfectly over the tube and were the same color as the tube. I would leave the can sitting on my bench with a screw cap on the end, aimed toward the aisle. At casual glance you'd never notice it was "loaded". When my intended victim wandered into the line of fire, I would tap the top of the can and continue about my business. We all wore safety glasses anyway, so what could go wrong? Once a couple of people caught on it was like the Wild West in there for a few days. Then all of the end caps mysteriously disappeared. I don't think we ever ran out of juvenile pranks to pull on each other. Good times.
The sweet Jessica shows how to operate the Spudgun
When I was in the Navy at Subase Pearl I worked in the AUW shop calibrating and repairing torpedo test equipment. People kept wandering into my shop and disturbing stuff, so I built a "Remote Manic Depressor", a utility box with a thumb switch and a foot long antenna. Inside the box was a large capacitor that I would charge up with a megger (~500V). One side of the capacitor was grounded to the box. The other side went through the switch to the metal pushbutton cap. When you pressed the switch with your thumb your hand completed the circuit. It got thrown across the shop a lot.So did ya ever charge up a capacitor on somebodies bench and leave it to be picked up? A favorite of mine.
Sweet!The sweet Jessica shows how to operate the Spudgun
I can remember several times in my youth when the wheels were turning pretty hard to come up with something, anything believable, other than the truth. I remember the Old Man laughing at me one time. Must have been a little obvious.Same here. Saw one go through a hollow core door at close range. Talk about some kids scrambling for an answer as to what the hell happened!
In Procurement there was a giant barrel of caps in a size that we used a lot. Some smart-aleck decided to charge a bunch of them and mix them into the top few inches. Said barrel was promptly marked "Self Service" with a clipboard for you to note quantity and project number.So did ya ever charge up a capacitor on somebodies bench and leave it to be picked up? A favorite of mine.
We would unscrew the fuse to a person's Variac (variable transformer) and then switch it on. You'd be surprised how many people would reinsert the fuse without switching the unit off first. Or try anyway.When I was in the Navy at Subase Pearl I worked in the AUW shop calibrating and repairing torpedo test equipment. People kept wandering into my shop and disturbing stuff, so I built a "Remote Manic Depressor", a utility box with a thumb switch and a foot long antenna. Inside the box was a large capacitor that I would charge up with a megger (~500V). One side of the capacitor was grounded to the box. The other side went through the switch to the metal pushbutton cap. When you pressed the switch with your thumb your hand completed the circuit. It got thrown across the shop a lot.
I own a megger . Occasionally I'll have someone hold the leads and give them a good jolt. I have such a lively sense of humor.When I was on a carrier, we had to test a lot of gear with a megger to satisfy regs. We'd get new guys in, and I'd grab the megger leads and have someone else turn the crank, and act like I was getting shocked, then offer the leads to the new guy to try. Never had any takers, for some reason...
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I feel the pain. I had to make my own black powder and use estes rocket ignitors but broken christmas tree bulbs worked in a pinch.All I could find was black pipe and black powder as a kid. .for some reason there was a spool of cannon fuse lying around too. . I feel robbed that I never had a spud gun.
We had a guy at work once that built a film canister cannon for his desk that used a BBQ grill igniter button and hairspray. Had a program written on his pc to set off an actuator to fire it. He was good until I broke into the program and started firing it when he was not expecting. lol
Me too, and a 16 ounce can at the top. But this was when beer cans were steel.We used lighter fluid and tennis balls. Made the tube from beer cans and duct tape. Good times. I somehow still have all my fingers.
We need to have universal background checks and required training for buying such a dangerous can of glue.She's actually suing Gorilla Glue. I kid you not.
I may or may not have heard a tennis ball charged with black powder and cannon fuse from a spud gun is an epic night of fun! The trick I heard was to duct tape the fuse to the ball leaving only the last 1/4 inch exposed, charge and trigger! I heard one of two things will happen, it will go off in flight once the fuse burns the full length, or, it will blow on impact when the body of the ball crushes, something sort of like a shaped charge going off, all that energy in one small space and a lit fuse!
I may have heard that ping pong balls so charged can also be used, and I hear they can lift a storm grate when rolled into one!