Comments on: Tesla powered Sauron’s eye http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: colin tulloch http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-169015 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:47:05 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-169015 put machine reverse at boiling eye of static pull one big contat lense pull drag broken down in a big circule

]]> By: SFo http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24735 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:50:26 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24735 coooool

]]> By: Peter Terren http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24734 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:57:12 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24734 This one is even better, taken last night.
“Aura of Sauron” with me stnding in the middle of the ring.

http://tesladownunder.com/Saurons%20Aura%201000.jpg

Peter

]]> By: Peter Terren http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24733 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:10:06 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24733 Motor power is by a 24 V aircraft motor with a very solid reduction gear. There is no need to make it fast for the photo. To actually give visual blur at say 10 RPM the tip would be travelling at 360kph.

Anyone have any ideas they think I should try?

TDU

]]> By: PKM http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24732 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:42:41 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24732 Further to that if you want to check out that skit super_chris quoted, it’s at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ERk0xfclLI

I agree 11s/rotation wouldn’t have the same effect to look at, I don’t think he mentions how it’s powered other than “motorized” but I’m pretty sure it could be made to rotate faster than that. It could well just be a sensible safety precaution.

]]> By: Peter http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24731 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:40:47 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24731 I’m the Tesladownunder guy. (Thanks for reminding me I’m 50).
The photo turned out really well and only took a few hours modifications and an hour of setup and shooting.
I take about 5000 photos a year of which 1 in 10 – 20 makes it to my site. I do a lot of long exposures in low light situations. Even though this makes it look more dramatic than it is in real life, a running Tesla coil is still dramatic. If you don’t think so, get closer. I am about 5 feet away with an earthed object in front of me so “fairly safe”.
Yes I stood still for 22 seconds. (I am 50 – did I already mention that?)

I have plans for a really good photo with more universal appeal. I am gathering stuff and constructing this weekend.

Cheers, Peter

]]> By: monster http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24730 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:31:51 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24730 …, that is a reference to chappelles show on comedy central. it was a skit about how much more attention people would pay if the president were black and trying to start a war for bullshit reasons

and jay-vaughn was referencing the mooninite scare a few days agon in boston, heres an article detaling it: http://tinyurl.com/28vq2b

]]> By: monster http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24729 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:06:33 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24729 yeah, n3rrd, it might have been. jackass.

the read link is what takes you to the article or writeup, there was nothing to read there.

should have been a link to the jpeg, then read takes you to the writeup

]]> By: smilr http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24728 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:43:51 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24728 I think Monster’s gripe is rather legitimate: the _read_ link takes you straight to the .jpg file rather than the writeup / article / blog post.

]]> By: n3rrd http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24727 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:24:10 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24727 http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm#Rotating%20long%20breakout%20point

Well, there you go, Monster. I guess that hiding the link with text in the second hyperlinked word in the paragraph was too much for you to figure out.

Jesus christ.

]]> By: ... http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24726 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:54:27 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24726 Ok, where did all of these terribly misguided posts come from…
in order:
super_chris- Peter (ya, that’s the guys name) is a ~50year old white male. Also, yellowcake is perfectly legal to buy, since it is damn near impossible to make into weapons grade uranium
Jay- He did have some trouble with the Aussie police, but after making a gigantic isolation transformer for his coils (http://tesladownunder.com/Misc.htm#Australian%20safety%20requirements) Also, pocket sized coils have been made http://old.4hv.org/index.php?board=7;action=display;threadid=1129;start=0

Monster – There is also a link to Peter’s site. Click ‘rotating breakout’

]]> By: monster http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24725 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:06:11 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24725 a jpeg is our hack? i’ve always defended you guys against the “zomg!1! this doesnt interest specifically apply to me, how lamezorz!” people, but really, could we have some text at least?

]]> By: Jay Vaughan http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24724 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:09:43 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24724 i got news for you, in australia they’d put you in terrorist jail just for thinking about building a freakin’ tesla coil .. everyone knows australia is owned by chevron, they don’t like no tesla shit down there whatsoever ..

that said, i wanna make me a pocket tesla coil. wonder how.

]]> By: Super_chris http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24723 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:30:46 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24723 The nigga bought aluminum tubes! Do I need to tell you what the fuck you can do with an aluminum tube? ALUMINUM! That don’t scare you? Fine. I didn’t want to have to say this but…the motherfucker bought some yellowcake, OK? In Africa. He went to Africa and he bought yellowcake.

]]> By: Metal Wolf http://hackaday.com/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-24722 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:37:27 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2007/02/03/tesla-powered-saurons-eye/#comment-24722 Full speed ahead, men!

Cool project

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