Attention, Leprous Sex Nuggets of the Interspags:

[Elder Iptuous]

Point.

I need a bazooka.

build a bowling ball cannon!
tremendous awesome, and strangely enough, unless you make it breach loading (which would be pointless), it isn't regulated by BATF....

[LMNO]

Potato gun.

[Doktor Howl]

Potato gun.

Rail gun.

I have everything I need.

Problem is, that sort of thing takes time, and time is one luxury I no longer have.

[AFK]

Canvas Tucson and dupe unwitting dimwits into joining the Jenkem Party.  

[East Coast Hustle]

If you need someplace that's even more "Tucson" than Tucson itself, you should make plans to come visit me this spring. Toward the end of April. During Carnival on STT.

understand that while this is certainly a friendly offer, it might not be a nice one.

[Doktor Howl]

If you need someplace that's even more "Tucson" than Tucson itself, you should make plans to come visit me this spring. Toward the end of April. During Carnival on STT.

understand that while this is certainly a friendly offer, it might not be a nice one.

I'm down.

But I need a fix right now.

[Elder Iptuous]

Potato gun.

Rail gun.

I have everything I need.

Problem is, that sort of thing takes time, and time is one luxury I no longer have.

tried it.
it's hard.
like, reeeeeaally hard.
you can make one no sweat if you don't mind disappointment.  but to do what looks really easy on paper has detail devils like you wouldn't believe.
the guy i tried it with was my E-Mag prof, who did most of his work on weapons development and had been working on that particular endeavor for years....

[Elder Iptuous]

oh, also get some tannerite.
cheap, big boom, unregulated....

[Doktor Howl]

Potato gun.

Rail gun.

I have everything I need.

Problem is, that sort of thing takes time, and time is one luxury I no longer have.

tried it.
it's hard.
like, reeeeeaally hard.
you can make one no sweat if you don't mind disappointment.  but to do what looks really easy on paper has detail devils like you wouldn't believe.
the guy i tried it with was my E-Mag prof, who did most of his work on weapons development and had been working on that particular endeavor for years....

No, it isn't hard.  You just need solid state relays (analog is too slow) to make sure each coil shuts off before the ball bearing passes half way through that particular coil.  If you're not planning on firing anything heavier than a quarter ounce or so, it's Mr Chips material.  Best part is, if you fuck up the timing, the worst that happens is the ball bearing doesn't leave the tube.  I also plan on CHEATING, by giving the bearing a spring assist at the beginning, to actually get it moving.  I am also considering using amp draw to shut off the coils in order, though I think that might actually be beyond my capabilities.

Of course, I deal with machines that are far more complicated and twitchy every day.

[Doktor Howl]

oh, also get some tannerite.
cheap, big boom, unregulated....

Thanks, but never mind.

I'll go find something stupid to do on my own.

[Remington]

The Professor's got your back, Dok.


http://www.geekologie.com/2010/09/magnetos_getting_all_hot_and_b.php
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2010/09/22/the-worlds-best-homemade-coil-gun/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LjnhhtHojM&feature=player_embedded#!


Man-portable, 1.25 KJ coilgun. SCIENCE.

[Elder Iptuous]

Oh...
a coil gun.  that's a different thing than a rail gun.
if firearms aren't doing it for you, i don't think a coil gun will.

you're on a quest beyond our help, i'm afraid...

[the last yatto]

  I hear ionisers clean up the air real good

[Remington]

How about this? Several orders of magnitude more dangerous, and with shit-tons more electricity.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqi0M8X7KXw

[Doktor Howl]

The Professor's got your back, Dok.


http://www.geekologie.com/2010/09/magnetos_getting_all_hot_and_b.php
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2010/09/22/the-worlds-best-homemade-coil-gun/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LjnhhtHojM&feature=player_embedded#!


Man-portable, 1.25 KJ coilgun. SCIENCE.

If that's real, I'm buying it.