spark gap fun

[Tom Del Rosso]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKKj2bonAI&feature=youtu.be&t=63

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKKj2bonAI&feature=youtu.be&t=670


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[bitrex]

On 4/18/2020 3:11 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKKj2bonAI&feature=youtu.be&t=63

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKKj2bonAI&feature=youtu.be&t=670

Only part I didn't like was when he used a soldering iron to punch holes
in the PVC pipe - that just ain't right.

 

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
newsSxmG.9638$yn1.3054@fx20.iad:

On 4/18/2020 3:11 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKKj2bonAI&feature=youtu.be&t=63

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKKj2bonAI&feature=youtu.be&t=670



Only part I didn't like was when he used a soldering iron to punch
holes in the PVC pipe - that just ain't right.

No different than the woodburning days, ya whimp.

I used to shoot a bb gun at a candle to observe the splash effect
that happens as the wax liquifies upon impact. It differes depending
on the candle's temperature. A had 4 inch candles that had BBs
sprinkled all over it. Heat that PVC pipe up enough and you can use
a BB gun to poke the holes. Now THAT would fall into the "that just
ain't right" category.

I used to sit in class and take apart a clear Bic pen and melt it
with my lighter and I would melt and pull and smash and when I got
done, it looked just like a real hypodermic syringe. I used to freak
the teachers out. That was mid seventies Jr. High.

Melting plastic is fun. Making it seize up in the right shape is
the hard part.

 

[bitrex]

On 4/18/2020 7:05 AM, DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in
newsSxmG.9638$yn1.3054@fx20.iad:

On 4/18/2020 3:11 AM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKKj2bonAI&feature=youtu.be&t=63

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKKj2bonAI&feature=youtu.be&t=670



Only part I didn't like was when he used a soldering iron to punch
holes in the PVC pipe - that just ain't right.


No different than the woodburning days, ya whimp.

They make tools for creating small neat holes in plastic. called a Dremel.

I used to shoot a bb gun at a candle to observe the splash effect
that happens as the wax liquifies upon impact. It differes depending
on the candle's temperature. A had 4 inch candles that had BBs
sprinkled all over it. Heat that PVC pipe up enough and you can use
a BB gun to poke the holes. Now THAT would fall into the "that just
ain't right" category.

Somehow not surprised...they had invented the Nintendo Entertainment
System by that point of my childhood and I think our Moms were secretly
happy though naturally parents would complain "it rots ya brain" for
public consumption/PR purposes, at least.

I used to sit in class and take apart a clear Bic pen and melt it
with my lighter and I would melt and pull and smash and when I got
done, it looked just like a real hypodermic syringe. I used to freak
the teachers out. That was mid seventies Jr. High.

I knew this one kid in Catholic high school who hated Spanish class so
much he'd cut his hand open with a pocket knife and juice himself like a
pro wrestler to get out of it. "Ms. Lanning I had an accident! I think I
need to see the nurse!" bleeding out all over his desk. "<sigh> Ok Brian
go ahead just get the hell out of here /eyeroll"

I only spent two years there those kids were nuts

Melting plastic is fun. Making it seize up in the right shape is
the hard part.