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The Eye Of Sauron made out of a Tesla Coil (PICTURE)
tesladownunder.com — The effect of an eye is achieved by rotating a 7 foot aluminum tube around a Tesla coil. Via Hackaday. Check out more Tesla coil action here: http://www.tesladownunder.com/
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Whoa.
Great success.
Very nice. -
Wow, that whole site is awesome. If I go to Australia, I'm tracking that guy down.
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note, though, that it's a time-lapse photo
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now here's a real Tesla coil - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7922453680380751905
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I bet Dick Cheney is really happy to see this!
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Tesla Coils - Awesome
LOTR - Awesome
Awesome^2 = ....... what? -
One coil to rule them all.
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Thanks a lot asshole! I was just leaving to throw the ring of power into mount doom and now he spotted me.
Enjoy eternal darkness, jerk. -
This is a fake, guys. Probably done in 3dmax + photoshop.
And before you cry foul, go ahead and ask yourself, "How would you tell?"
Look at any other real picture of a tesla coil. The lightning gives off light, as all lightning does.
Well I see a lot of pretty lightning in this one, yet EVERYTHING in that basement is consumed in pitch black darkness, except of course for the guy who has a real light bulb.
Photoshop ftw. Bury the fakes, please. It's pretty, but it's not worth being on the front page of digg. -
Please be careful if you build one of these....
The last time someone bought some 'aluminum tubes', the corrupt Bush government and its sheep-assed-military went and destroyed their country and killed them!
And especially, don't go trying to buy any 'yellow cake.' Chocolate cake is much safer! -
Anyone have a high-res version, by any chance? This would make a great wallpaper.
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From Hackaday: the picture is a 22 second exposure of two rotations of the 7 foot aluminum tube.
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On a related subject...it was a couple years ago and I was playing red alert, my dad comes in and asks what "those things" are. I told him they were tesla coils. he then asks me if I said testicles. Say it quickly.
"the eye of sauron made out of a testicle" -
I did the same thing in photoshop last year. No coil required.
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Looks more like "The Boa of The Artist Again Known As Prince" - but pretty cool anyway
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Does this not remind anyone else of Red Alert and playing as the russians?
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I want to touch it so bad...
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fake
/sarcasm. -
one coil to rule them all...
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Whenever I hear about Tesla Coils I can't help but think about the glory days of Command and Conquer: Red Alert.
Ah..the good ol' days. -
It's a small circle inside of a bigger circle.
How is that impressive? -
Even though it's really cool, I still can't believe that people have nothing else better to do with their time.
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I didn't say it was a waste of time, I thought it was interesting, I'm just saying my opinion...don't need to be offended by it or something.
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Lol that's right, bury the heresay. Digg down the comments that actually have good arguments about why the picture is an obvious fake.
But hey! That's America for you. We all *know* the truth, but we never *wanted* to know it. So turning a blind eye makes everything all better. -
thts sweet...but it has no resemblance to an eye, and well...get a life...wether its fake or real
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I think this post needs atleast one more comment about C&C RA2.
tank circuits 4tw -
This is so much better than Peter Jackson's Searchlight of Sauron
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So what would happen if you jumped in it?
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wow
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To. Much. Time.
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Massive Electronic Bug Zapper to use.
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I am Tesladownunder. Glad you all (mostly) liked the photo apart from the breast fetish guys. The photo turned out really well and only took a few hours modifications to my 4 inch TC 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.
No bugs were harmed in the shooting of this photo.
The photo did not even have to be exposure adjusted or cropped as I got these right during setup. Definitely not photoshopped. I can show you the out takes if needed. I have added a 6MP version to my site for wallpaper - feel free to use.
I have plans for a really good photo with more universal appeal. I am gathering stuff and constructing this weekend.
Cheers, TDU -
very nicely done, but the color is off, yes it does look like a boob, and finally whats the point of building this?
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Does there need to be a point?, that single picture is enough reason to build one! :D
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Colour is pretty accurate. Streamers from the TC are that colour. I look very red and yellow but am lit by a 15W incandescent bulb run at reduced voltage so yellowish.
And the point of Tesla coils? Virtually none from a physics point of view. But ... they have given me local and international recognition (13,000 website hits in 3 days), have won me a $2000 camera, and given me a lot of Brownie points locally in the physics/science museum community. My kids think it is cool as well.
I enjoy making stuff that hasn't been done on the web before or as well. Other things from my site that have some claim to be best on web (or best photo on web) include Tesla coil from microwave parts, can crushing, exploding wires, magneto-hydrodynamic model boats, water stream Jacobs ladder, high speed spark photography, Marinov motor underwater, high voltage and Ferrofluid, Magnetic levitation display, Lifter display, magnetic sensor array, alcohol flamethrowers, spark in liquid nitrogen, water traveling uphill etc
So it really depends on your perspective as to what is the point. I would never have got the same recognition in my job.
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Thats tight as a 10 year old
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Not bad.
However, use google images to find Dr. Megavolt. -
A friend of mine and I built a large tesla coil and a suit (from home depot parts) like this about 10 years ago..
http://www.teslasystems.com/images/gallery/tesla-coil-suit-1.jpg -
Beautiful! sweet! http://hobbyzoom.blogspot.com
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