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Join Date: May 2008
Location: oak grove, OREGON
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if your neighbor did things like this??
gets good at 4:30....
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Looks like a future Darwin Award winner.
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I wouldn't be going into the garage if I smelled barbecue...
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: N.S. Can
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OK Confession time.
When I was about 11 years old, I had a book outlining a number of projects for boys. The list included lots of wires, buzzers, bells and building an arc light. Like any kid who grew up around equipment, I knew one should never look directly into an arc, but I figured that was no problem. The whole thing was very simple: a (slightly flexible) wooden frame to hold the arc rods. The rods, just as the book suggested, were the carbon cores from a couple of D batteries. An old lamp cord gave me the connection to power. When it was all set up in the basement, a slight push on the flexible frame allowed the sharpened rods to touch, which initiated the arc. It would run for about 10 - 15 seconds before blowing a fuse. Dad probably wondered why we went through a half-dozen fuses that week. Sorry, no video from 'back in the day'. Yes, the house is still standing. Les
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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I think it would be pretty cool.
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Reno, NV
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Seems like a pretty bright guy with no common sense.
A lot of really smart people seem to have the same affliction.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southwest Montana
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Quote:
It's more exciting if you stand in salt water bare foot ! 
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MT 930 1987 930 - Gone but not forgotten A man with priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile. I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth - Steve McQueen американский |
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea.
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Now there's a guy who's all amped up with no voltage to go on.
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06-07-2011, 04:20 PM
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1983 Porsche 911SC
