So I've decided I want to build me an evil laboratory

[Sea Six]

I'm not sure what it's gonna be for, except for wreaking evil havoc in general, but I've already decided I want one of those electrical sparky things that goes VHHWWWWT... VHHWWWWT... VHHWWWWT... VHHWWWWT....

Anyone know where I can procure such a device?


http://carolinareefers.com/images/smilies/SHOCK.gif

:wow:

[Skia]

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[Sea Six]

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Nah, that's not it. That's one uh them thangs that makes your hair stand on end.

[Ruffy]

Tesla coils are neat

[lspencer534]

Build a Van Der Graaf generator. Very easy. Back when I had one, there were people who would ride their horses across my back yard. One day I stood on the second-floor balcony and put my hand on the generator. When the riders saw my hair stand on end, they vamoosed. For good.

WI-N100E Van de Graaff Generator, Adjustable Speed (http://www.sciencelabsupplies.com/Van-de-Graaff-Generator-Adjustable-Speed.html?gclid=CMCDx6T3tb4CFWVp7AodeiMAYw)

[Ruffy]

A violet wand is another option

[Sea Six]

Last time I read the word vamoosed it was in a 1970's Archie Comics Digest.

[Sea Six]

What I'm looking for is one of those things that has an electrical spark that climbs up two jagged-looking wires. Usually (IIRC) the spark gets bigger as it climbs up. It makes that VHHWWWWT sound as it's actively sparkin'.

[DAB]

You'll need an idiot assistant.

[Fasglas]

I'm not sure what it's gonna be for, except for wreaking evil havoc in general, but I've already decided I want one of those electrical sparky things that goes VHHWWWWT... VHHWWWWT... VHHWWWWT... VHHWWWWT....

Anyone know where I can procure such a device?


http://carolinareefers.com/images/smilies/SHOCK.gif

:wow:

How's THIS?

http://www.hedstorm.net/HAUNT/SoundEffects/LAB_LIQUID_FOOD/electricity.mp3

Lots more, here...

index (http://www.hedstorm.net/HAUNT/SoundEffects/index.html)

[Sea Six]

You'll need an idiot assistant.

Phil says he's busy.

I'm thinking he just feels under-qualified.

[Sea Six]

How's THIS?

http://www.hedstorm.net/HAUNT/SoundEffects/LAB_LIQUID_FOOD/electricity.mp3

Lots more, here...

index (http://www.hedstorm.net/HAUNT/SoundEffects/index.html)

That's it! That's the device!


And it sounds deliciously evil, doesn't it?

[Ruffy]

You'll need an idiot assistant.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/ruffneckxx2/steve_zpsc410d1b2.jpg

[Sea Six]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/ruffneckxx2/steve_zpsc410d1b2.jpg

Love that show.

[island14]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b9Xpcyli7tQ/UTtzxJWgoDI/AAAAAAAAAvU/FDdMSQbPzF0/s400/Screen+shot+2013-03-07+at+12.00.47.png

[island14]

Is this sexual? :island14:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hi7gktZtDGc/TDvxL555RdI/AAAAAAAAAcg/I1iPo74pIqw/s1600/coyote.jpg

[Sea Six]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b9Xpcyli7tQ/UTtzxJWgoDI/AAAAAAAAAvU/FDdMSQbPzF0/s400/Screen+shot+2013-03-07+at+12.00.47.png

Is this sexual? :island14:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hi7gktZtDGc/TDvxL555RdI/AAAAAAAAAcg/I1iPo74pIqw/s1600/coyote.jpg

http://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/members/sea+six-albums-junk-picture1250-nodding.gif

[Fasglas]

You'll need an idiot assistant.

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2582/igoryf.jpg

[Sea Six]

You're looking for a Jacob's Ladder. :)

How to build a five-foot-tall Jacob's ladder (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Five-Foot-Tall-Jacob-s-ladder/)

Dude, that's it! :hurray:

I'm promoting you to Evil Genius. :yesnod:

[CertInsaneC5]

Waits for the next thread.

:waiting:I fried my electrical system and started a house fire. :waiting:

[mrvette]

Build a Van Der Graaf generator. Very easy. Back when I had one, there were people who would ride their horses across my back yard. One day I stood on the second-floor balcony and put my hand on the generator. When the riders saw my hair stand on end, they vamoosed. For good.

WI-N100E Van de Graaff Generator, Adjustable Speed (http://www.sciencelabsupplies.com/Van-de-Graaff-Generator-Adjustable-Speed.html?gclid=CMCDx6T3tb4CFWVp7AodeiMAYw)

8th or 9th grade in Jr High.....the science teacher pulled out the Vandy Genset and so cranked the handle, the plastic discs spun and the balls on levers arched over.....but me and Joe Burdette who's father taught EE at Univ/Md.....being fellow geeks got set to stand next to each other, when the teacher asked everyone to stand up in a loop around the room.....and join hands, each end of the loop holding on to the Genset so she cranked and cranked and no one felt a thing.....Joe and I were not holding hands, to complete the circuit.....so upon her building up enough of a charge, we slammed hands together and the entire class jumped almost to the ceiling.....

Swear, true story.....:rofl::rofl::cert:

[mrvette]

What I'm looking for is one of those things that has an electrical spark that climbs up two jagged-looking wires. Usually (IIRC) the spark gets bigger as it climbs up. It makes that VHHWWWWT sound as it's actively sparkin'.

That is a 'Jacobs Ladder' run by a neon sign transformer.....done many of them.....would knock out TV/radios for quite a few blocks.....


:seasix::hurray:

[DAB]

8th or 9th grade in Jr High.....the science teacher pulled out the Vandy Genset and so cranked the handle, the plastic discs spun and the balls on levers arched over.....but me and Joe Burdette who's father taught EE at Univ/Md.....being fellow geeks got set to stand next to each other, when the teacher asked everyone to stand up in a loop around the room.....and join hands, each end of the loop holding on to the Genset so she cranked and cranked and no one felt a thing.....Joe and I were not holding hands, to complete the circuit.....so upon her building up enough of a charge, we slammed hands together and the entire class jumped almost to the ceiling.....

Swear, true story.....:rofl::rofl::cert:

and no lasting brain damage.....:leaving:

[mrvette]

and no lasting brain damage.....:leaving:

My drain brammage is really quite minimal I have you know....

BTW, Joe Burdette went on to being owner/Prez of US TOWER, who today builds a LOT of the cphone towers across the land.....

:seasix::yesnod:

[Sea Six]

That is a 'Jacobs Ladder' run by a neon sign transformer.....done many of them.....would knock out TV/radios for quite a few blocks.....


:seasix::hurray:

How would a burgeoning middle-aged Evil Genius build one on the cheap?

I'm thinking straightened-out wire coat hangers, lamp cord, etc.; that sort of price range.

[DAB]

How to build a five-foot-tall Jacob's ladder (http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Five-Foot-Tall-Jacob-s-ladder/)

[mrvette]

How would a burgeoning middle-aged Evil Genius build one on the cheap?

I'm thinking straightened-out wire coat hangers, lamp cord, etc. that sort of price range.

U got it, that's what we used, nice block of DRY wood, loop the wire ends, bent near 85? degrees screwed down about a inch apart on the wood, straight as possible/reasonable.....ours were about 3' high maybe wide as 6" on top.......our sign transformers were case grounded, so that metal had to be going to green ground.....ours came from an old PACKARD dealer that folded and so we got the transformers from his sign.....

the neon, Joe put up on his ham antenna and it would light up flashing Packard every time he hit the key......

but the transformers put out some 15 KV, and so to be respected.....

to find one that much HV today maybe a hard thing to find, as neon tech has been replaced by other stuffs these daze......

as a TV tech decades ago I been bit by 30kv off some TV or other, and it's not fun, more for gashing my hand on the HV cage upon pulling back from the shock than anything else.....:issues::cert:

Been a while.....

:hurray:

[island14]

U got it, that's what we used, nice block of DRY wood, loop the wire ends, bent near 85? degrees screwed down about a inch apart on the wood, straight as possible/reasonable.....ours were about 3' high maybe wide as 6" on top.......our sign transformers were case grounded, so that metal had to be going to green ground.....ours came from an old PACKARD dealer that folded and so we got the transformers from his sign.....

the neon, Joe put up on his ham antenna and it would light up flashing Packard every time he hit the key......

but the transformers put out some 15 KV, and so to be respected.....

to find one that much HV today maybe a hard thing to find, as neon tech has been replaced by other stuffs these daze......

as a TV tech decades ago I been bit by 30kv off some TV or other, and it's not fun, more for gashing my hand on the HV cage upon pulling back from the shock than anything else.....:issues::cert:

Been a while.....

:hurray:


That sign you stripped out for parts is prolly worth a zillion or more on ebay now.. :yesnod:

[island14]

But now that I think about it...

I prolly wasted some dang good baseball cards in my bicycle spokes

[Sea Six]

But now that I think about it...

I prolly wasted some dang good baseball cards in my bicycle spokes

That wasn't a waste.

[island14]

That wasn't a waste.

Prolly right... the sounds were great!

...and besides, who ever heard of Johnny Bench and Pete Rose anyways.. :island14:

[Cybercowboy]

If you've never been bitten by a CRT's flyback transformer, you've really no idea what fun is in store for you as you play around with high voltage high frequency stuff.

[Sea Six]

If you've never been bitten by a CRT's flyback transformer, you've really no idea what fun is in store for you as you play around with high voltage high frequency stuff.

I've taken 50,000 volts for five of the longest seconds of my life, through copper wire leading to barbed metal probes sticking 3/16" into my back.

I think I know what high voltage feels like.

[island14]

That wasn't a waste.

But a Packard sign????????? :island14:



A Packard sign!

good grief!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SkHgKPfSdr4/S_sRTRruvtI/AAAAAAAAAag/IhpUAqB794M/s320/Packard+sign+77.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xa9Ugv9nvcg/TArBdTHAhqI/AAAAAAAAEGc/D4g0up69Xu4/s320/Afton+Packard+sign.jpg

http://p2.la-img.com/1139/28865/11111404_1_l.jpg

http://p2.la-img.com/1145/32012/12766107_1_l.jpg

http://p2.la-img.com/924/28545/11042941_1_l.jpg

[Sea Six]

My next-door neighbor has a '53 Packard in incredible condition. Probably a number 3 because he does actually drive it, but damn it looks sharp from every angle.

I bet he'd pay a few bills for a sign like that. :yesnod:

[island14]

My next-door neighbor has a '53 Packard in incredible condition. Probably a number 3 because he does actually drive it, but damn it looks sharp from every angle.

I bet he'd pay a few bills for a sign like that. :yesnod:


Not many left thanks to guys like Gene... so I'm guessing they are worth a lot! :lol:



When I think back to the cars from the 50's & 60's that I scrapped out for junk in the 70's...... :(

Hundreds of them.... :yesnod:

If only I had saved a bunch of the parts...

[Sea Six]

Not many left thanks to guys like Gene... so I'm guessing they are worth a lot! :lol:



When I think back to the cars from the 50's & 60's that I scrapped out for junk in the 70's...... :(

Hundreds of them.... :yesnod:

If only I had saved a bunch of the parts...

Well, you did have warehouses full of parts. That's what you said, IIRC.

[island14]

Well, you did have warehouses full of parts. That's what you said, IIRC.

I did at one time later, but not stuff from those days when I should have been saving.

I rented space to a guy with lots and lots of 60's and 70's Pontiac parts (Tons) which I eventually inherited, most of the stuff that I collected myself were 73 and up Chevrolet pick up truck parts that would work on anything up to about 80.

[Sea Six]

I did at one time later, but not stuff from those days when I should have been saving.

I rented space to a guy with lots and lots of 60's and 70's Pontiac parts (Tons) which I eventually inherited, most of the stuff that I collected myself were 73 and up Chevrolet pick up truck parts that would work on anything up to about 80.

:cheers:

[ZipZap]

You'll be needing this...

Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius Iannini, Bob : ISBN 307942 - Rakuten.com Shopping (http://www.rakuten.com/prod/electronic-gadgets-for-the-evil-genius/227160670.html?listingId=339198941&scid=pla_google_SpeedyhenLLC&adid=17260&gclid=CLKtpdy2tr4CFbIDOgodghIAWA#)

[boracayjohnny]

http://i.imgur.com/whAiP43.jpg

[Sea Six]

http://www.ilovedogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/soph-2.jpg

[CertInsaneC5]

I've taken 50,000 volts for five of the longest seconds of my life, through copper wire leading to barbed metal probes sticking 3/16" into my back.

I think I know what high voltage feels like.

Well. This explains a few things.... :leaving:

[simpleman68]

I've taken 50,000 volts for five of the longest seconds of my life, through copper wire leading to barbed metal probes sticking 3/16" into my back.

I think I know what high voltage feels like.

Volts? meh
Get back to me when you've been hit with some amps. :dance: :Jeff '79:
Scott

[CertInsaneC5]

Volts? meh
Get back to me when you've been hit with some amps. :dance: :Jeff '79:
Scott

:iagree:

Unless you have been hit by 3 phase 480. You don't know shit. It hurts and burns. :datawiz:

[ZipZap]

Still remember grad student teaching my power lab hooking up 3-phase 480v to a synchronous motor. Incorrect phasing....:rofl:

Dude hit the power throw and the thing fought itself for about 5 seconds generating loads of spark, flame, noise and smoke. We all dove behind the lab benches until he had the wherewithal to throw the switch back off:rofl::rofl:

[Sea Six]

"Tune for minimum smoke"

[boracayjohnny]

Still remember grad student teaching my power lab hooking up 3-phase 480v to a synchronous motor. Incorrect phasing....:rofl:

Dude hit the power throw and the thing fought itself for about 5 seconds generating loads of spark, flame, noise and smoke. We all dove behind the lab benches until he had the wherewithal to throw the switch back off:rofl::rofl:

:rofl::rofl::rofl: