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Charged particles.

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Shrinking on battery power

July 23, 2016

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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electricity, physics

The Quarter Shrinker returns

July 21, 2016

Back in 2009, I was one of several folks that built the coin shrinker at Hackerbot Labs.  After several hundred firings…

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electricity, microscopy

Who needs overhead lights?

October 10, 2015

…when you’ve got tungsten to recrystalize?

electricity, lasers

Laser HV repair

April 4, 2015

I’m in the process of upgrading the brain in the laser from a cheap (and recently deceased) Chinese special to…

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electricity, propaganda

Go green

August 15, 2014

The view from my new office. They’re proud of their solar array over there. But I’ll bet that sign is…

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Inconspicuous? Check.

May 31, 2014
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Tesla gun upgrades

May 5, 2013

I finally got around to making a couple of much needed upgrades to the Tesla gun. First: a trigger! I…

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The Tesla Gun: a history

December 30, 2012

Staci Elaan is an electrical engineer who has been making Tesla guns since 2006. Her sixth generation MK6-18V is a…

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Tesla Gun on Discovery Canada

December 12, 2012

Santa brought me an early present this year: Discovery Canada (the same folks that covered the quarter shrinker a while…

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DIY Backyard Genius

August 18, 2012

The Tesla Gun was chosen to be the opening project of the 2012 Popular Mechanics DIY Backyard Genius awards! PopMech hasn’t updated…

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