Been thinking of getting into these. Anyone try making them? What's your setup? Everyone I see online is using a particle accelerator but maybe with a high enough voltage a more normal circuit could work?
At the very least I've definitely seen people make these with a big transformer from a microwave or something.
>>2966216havent a bunch of wood faggots barbecued themselves doing this gay shit?seems like darwin at work to me
>>2966216>Been thinking of getting into theseenjoy your early death.
>>2966216the thing you posted involves a highly radioactive step that requires special equipment you won't have>>2966217this one is slightly less deadly
>>2966216These (real ones) are made with an electron accelerator beam. Fake ones are made using subsurface laser engraving (bubblegram) with a yag laser. Just putting high voltage on acrylic could work but you would need 10 times the voltage of the wood ones>>2966217This is achievable but as others said it’s pretty dangerous if you’re new to electrical safety. The new captcha is a joke right
>>2966236Is it really dangerous if you use a very low current? As I understand it people who kill themselves with microwave transformers are usually just straight up plugging them into a main. What if you're supplying, say, 0.1A to begin with, and you just leave it running a long time to achieve the static charge in the insulator? That way even if you get a shock, the current is below the threshold to hurt you. Or am I not understanding something?
>>2966240>Or am I not understanding something?2000V at 0.1A is 200W AC.
>>2966242Sorry I'm retarded, I meant to write 0.01A. 0.1A is still above all thresholds. But the point is, I don't have an intuition for what total power is enough to hurt you.
>>2966243>I'm retardedJust give up anon, a lighting pattern in acrylic isn't really worth it
>>2966244Yeah I'm not going to do it, but I still want to learn. Maybe it can save me thinking about other retarded ideas.
>>2966240If by ‘use’ you mean ‘absolutely guarantee that it cannot be exceeded’ then sure. The practical safety approach is to make sure that you and everything conducting or combustible is at a safe distance whenever the device is powered. Think a hold to run switch mounted 5’ away from the electrodes, an interlock switch, whatever.
>>2966249Try a crystal growing kit.
>>2966221Yep it got quite a few people, like about 30+Its one of those things which could be 'safe' as long as you're following some fairly fundamental best practice with high voltage transformers along with a good chance of something catching fire. Needless to say, about half the population probably ignores most of that and gets a free heart-stopper just fucking around thinking they know what they're doing
>>2966255What are those best practices? Where can I read about them?
Where do you live OP, I will put up a news watcher for "Man from XX found fried at his garage"
>>2966259It's things like a circuit breaker on the transformer so it doesn't over-run under load, it'll need to be enclosed so you can't bump it or knock things loose, don't let it overheat because they catch fire and most importantly- you can't be hanging onto live wires like (pic) with just some gloves. The material being tortured should be on something like a dry silicone mat to stop it grounding out through the workspace and you'll need to find a way of articulating the contacts.I'd recommend something like a piece of pvc conduit set up on a movable mount so you can lift up, put it down where needed and its all hand's free. You're insulated by the conduit and can just set it up to burn were you want but without any kind of touching it.Like even something along the lines of a microwave transformer, even if your heart is still working they can offload enough voltage to blow the skin off fingers, thumbs and cause some really deep tissue burns that can require skin grafts or amputation if it goes through and cooks the bone.
>>2966272Breakers won't save him
This is a Darwin Award in the Curiosity category for you greenhorns.
>>2966273Its more about just dealing with the fire instead of the combo of electricity + fire in the one location, which may save someone else just trying to unfuck the mess
The coroner's report will say you died by autoerotic electrocution, and it will list your penis as unremarkable.
I've tried it a couple times, using a small oil burner transformer instead of a microwave one so it was barely strong enough, but also significantly less likely to be fatal. If you're smart, you set everything up with the transformer unplugged, then plug it in while standing several feet away and stay there while it runs, and don't leave that spot unless you've unplugged it. If you're never within arm's reach of the thing while it's on it can't hurt you. If you must go near it, do everything with one hand held behind your back, like any high voltage work, so at least the current doesn't bridge across your heart. At the end of the day it's neat but still kinda pointless, why bother in the first place? I've got a couple bits of wood with neat patterns on them but nothing really to do with them, it looks tacky to put on anything and is too hard to control to use for any kind of design.
100% safe and effective.
>>2966272Thanks for the tips. I wouldn't use a microwave transformer for this. I was thinking one of those neon light transformers.>>2966282Cool video, thanks. I was thinking of making some cutting boards with designs from this. Seems like it would be cool.
>>2966287Used to do it with an old 10KV Neon light transformer. Just don't be a dumbass and dance with the pixies.
