My friend, the mad inventor

[Trunks]

I have just been to visit a good friend to help him move his latest "project". A 7ft Tesla coil - i was quite impressed

Anybody else got eccentric friends - other than us BCUK members i mean

P.s. the spark/smoke has been Photoshoped on, he didn't run it outside.

 

[resnikov]

I know the answer probably is "because I can" but got to ask why did he build it?

It is cool though.

 

[SimonM]

Sweet...I would've loved that for teaching physics.

Simon

 

[Shewie]

What does a tesla coil do ? I saw one on Most Haunted once but it didn't do a right lot.

 

[Toddy]

My Physics teacher husband just said, "Wow!", and looked impressed then he asked if the man came from Scotland, 'cos he looks familiar

My Dad met god once. He was working in an electricity station and one of the techies came and asked him if he wanted to meet god. So of course the faither went and had a look. He said it sat in a locked room, and the hair rose on the back of his neck when he was still ten feet away from it. It was the biggest damned valve he'd ever seen, bigger than a man and it crackled with elemental something or other, and sat there just knowing it was divine

Eccentrics ? it's a bad day when there's not at least one eccentric in it

cheers,
M

 

[SimonM]

What does a tesla coil do ? I saw one on Most Haunted once but it didn't do a right lot.

Think man made lightening...
[video=youtube;FY-AS13fl30]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-AS13fl30[/video]

Simon

 

[shaggystu]

that'd be ideal for keeping the cats off my back garden!

stuart

 

[Shewie]

Ooh npower would love me if I got one of those

Still not sure what the purpose is though, is it just a lightning making machine ?

 

[The Cumbrian]

Tesla was a genius. It's rumoured that many of his ideas were suppressed because they were too useful or revolutionary, and could change theway that electricity is used in such a way that it would upset the status quo.

 

[Dangerous Dan]

Ooh npower would love me if I got one of those

Still not sure what the purpose is though, is it just a lightning making machine ?

Purpose? We don't need a purpose! I suppose you could also hook them up to a modulator and turn them into the mother of all stereo systems...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5nhzkoJ9nc

 

[British Red]

Oh yeah...many...I love mad blokes

We had an out break down the gun club with a spud gun session. People developed custom loads for proper cartidges. Even paper patched black powder spud sabots . Pretty much all the projectiles blew up till we figured out the right kind of wad

We had to use the outdoor range for the spud mortar though - pretty much a gas powered ram loaded with 5lb of King Edwards


I thought we were so cool. Then I saw posts on another forum by "Desert Dweller". This guy builds and shoots his own cannon!

Have a look - I promise you wont be sorry

http://www.nefariouscohorts.com/

Red

 

[Mesquite]

Purpose? We don't need a purpose! I suppose you could also hook them up to a modulator and turn them into the mother of all stereo systems...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5nhzkoJ9nc

Thanks for posting that Dan. I had a real good laugh at it

 

[TeeDee]

I've always wanted to make a smaller one of these , although in this case size does matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZxCEkGk6HI

 

[gsfgaz]

Good for unwanted cats , is it for hire
haa haa

 

[Melonfish]

That site needs a telling off, its not a Cannon its an Howitzer! (short barrel high arc shot.)
tsk don't know their guns from their cannons and howitzers.

 

[British Red]

I've always wanted to make a smaller one of these , although in this case size does matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZxCEkGk6HI

Or a ballista......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jolYDinb_50

Used to love goping to Fort Nelson to watch people shoot the big old stuff - very very cool

Red

 

[British Red]

That site needs a telling off, its not a Cannon its an Howitzer! (short barrel high arc shot.)
tsk don't know their guns from their cannons and howitzers.

I'll tell him - nut his mortars are mortars!

I assume you don't want a go then?

Red

 

[Melonfish]

I'll tell him - nut his mortars are mortars!

I assume you don't want a go then?

Red

People who know me from my ACWS days don't let me near black powder anymore...
i LOVE things that go boom, i especially love it when they go BOOM!
did you know that with a 2" smoothbore (about a 2 pounder) you can get golf balls to go at least a mile?
further if you double shot it
though we used to cheat and add plain flour to our mix to give more smoke, made for some epic smoke rings.

 

[Toddy]

I know a fellow with a licence for 10 tonnes of black powder a year He's got the cannon and flintlocks that use it too

cheers,
M

 

[bilmo-p5]

Hmmm.......