Remember the hockey puck of doom that powers the Tesla Gun? It’s a ZVS driver (also called a Royer oscillator) that…
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The Quarter Shrinker returns
July 21, 2016Back in 2009, I was one of several folks that built the coin shrinker at Hackerbot Labs. After several hundred firings…
The SEM has arrived. So it begins.
August 14, 2014Big thanks to everyone who helped me lug this beast into the shop last night. For something called a “microscope”,…
PopSci feature: with video!
September 29, 2012Popular Science has published the online version of the print article on the Tesla Gun! It includes a quick (and…
DIY Backyard Genius
August 18, 2012The Tesla Gun was chosen to be the opening project of the 2012 Popular Mechanics DIY Backyard Genius awards! PopMech hasn’t updated…
Tesla Gun video
May 13, 2012Ask, and ye shall receive lightning. For best results, choose 720p. Enjoy!
The Tesla Gun
May 9, 2012The year was 1889. The War of the Currents was well underway. At stake: the future of electrical power distribution…
Talk at Ada’s: The Tesla gun
January 14, 2012I gave another talk at Ada’s Technical Books: this time about the (nearly completed) Tesla gun. The audio isn’t perfect,…
Happy HV Holidays!
December 25, 2011To celebrate the season this year, I got together with some friends to make gingerbread houses. My contribution: Gingerbread Wardenclyffe,…
Porcelain HV switch
November 5, 2011After tragically melting my previous HV switch, and given that a 15kV multi-ampere switch isn’t exactly something you find at…