blackout5783
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2011
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Post by blackout5783 on Jan 11, 2013 19:48:48 GMT -5
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robsrockshop
has rocks in the head
Member since August 2012
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Post by robsrockshop on Jan 12, 2013 16:12:15 GMT -5
"On July 5, 2011 our son was accidentally electrocuted to death in our driveway. He was building, what we and the police believe to be this apparatus. The last website on his computer was this one and there was a microwave oven that was partially disassembled on his bed. He was not wearing gloves. He was 20 years old and is expecting a baby. The loss we have suffered is great. We feel that your site minimized the actual danger involved when working with such a powerful high voltage piece of equipment. Your warning disclaimer was followed by the statement: "That said, try this at home!". Further down your site states "Invite your non-hardware oriented pals to help dissect your donor appliances." Twenty year-olds tend to see themselves as invincible, and danger and death sometimes doesn't seem real to them. Your statement, "You could die...", really did happen- to our son."
Rather or not that's true I don't know. Cool project but better left to someone that knows electrical real well not just someone following directions. Also, didn't look like there was any way to regulate the voltage? Arc welders use variable current for steel thicknesses. The site doesn't mention that used stick welders can often go for $75-$125. Also you mentioned you can't weld and trying to learn with this mess is impossible lol.
Not trying to rain on your parade lol. I like to build stuff myself and here's a charcoal furnace that I actually built and used per the Gingery series(this is not my video):
Until you melt briggs and stratton engines in a bonfire and transform them into biscuit ingots you're really missing out lol.
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blackout5783
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2011
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Post by blackout5783 on Jan 12, 2013 17:14:18 GMT -5
There is no way anyone could pay me to build this thing! If I was going to learn to weld, it wouldn't be on this contraption.
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robsrockshop
has rocks in the head
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Post by robsrockshop on Jan 13, 2013 20:08:53 GMT -5
LOL I didn't really think you were seriously considering it. Still pretty cool to read about though. I've seen rockhounds come up with some pretty wild things. Kinda like my idea of taking a junk lawnmower and turning it upside down and making a flat lap out of it. You would remove the piston and use the motor itself as the arbor. Next thing you know there will be a lawnmower engine screwed to the side of someones homemade saw. LOL.
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