dv-depot.com » Coil Gun http://www.dv-depot.com The best in Gadgets & Tech Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tiny coil gun powered by camera battery is cute ‘n deadly http://www.dv-depot.com/19614/tiny-coil-gun-powered-by-camera-battery-is-cute-%e2%80%98n-deadly/ http://www.dv-depot.com/19614/tiny-coil-gun-powered-by-camera-battery-is-cute-%e2%80%98n-deadly/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:00:53 +0000 othertech http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=101654 It's only deadly to paper, but hey. We here at CrunchGear love our coil guns. Tesla coil guns, Wiimote coil guns, robot coil guns, we'll take 'em all. What can I say, it's just good fun for the whole family! This one is for baby.]]>
It’s only deadly to paper, but hey. We here at CrunchGear love our coil guns. Tesla coil guns, Wiimote coil guns, robot coil guns, we’ll take ‘em all. What can I say, it’s just good fun for the whole family! This one is for baby.

The little light-switch enclosure contains a camera flash battery, some circuit hackery, and the few parts necessary to accelerate a BB to paper-penetrating speed. Want to make your own? Assuming you know how to make a basic coil gun, here are parts used. Go forth and coil.

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]]> http://www.dv-depot.com/19614/tiny-coil-gun-powered-by-camera-battery-is-cute-%e2%80%98n-deadly/feed/ 0 Student project: Bolt-action coil gun http://www.dv-depot.com/14190/student-project-bolt-action-coil-gun/ http://www.dv-depot.com/14190/student-project-bolt-action-coil-gun/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:36:00 +0000 crave http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10266967-1.html

Badassery.

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I had a fairly good shop program in high school (what's up, Tumwater T-Birds!). Instead of making rickety chairs for our mothers to injure themselves on, or fire-prone wooden ashtrays, our class concentrated on technology. That's where I got to play with my first industrial ...

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Badassery.

(Credit: TechEBlog)

I had a fairly good shop program in high school (what’s up, Tumwater T-Birds!). Instead of making rickety chairs for our mothers to injure themselves on, or fire-prone wooden ashtrays, our class concentrated on technology. That’s where I got to play with my first industrial …

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