FARK.com: (7307563) From the man who brought you the flamethrower glove, the wrist mounted crossbow and the rotary saw blade crossbow, I present the homemade Gauss Rifle

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		From the man who brought you the flamethrower glove, the wrist mounted crossbow and the rotary saw blade crossbow, I present the homemade Gauss Rifle (gizmag.com)		41
		More: Cool, electromagnetic pulses, saw, milliwatts, gloves, coils, Patrick Priebe, gamers, capacitors

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whosits_112		2012-09-04 05:43:46 PM

3 votes:

Cosmoboy: nekulor: Where I'm from, we have traditions and decorum. Those traditions dictate we have the decency to use shells in our railguns, thank you very much.

Why would you ever put a shell in your railgun? That shiat can explode. Just use slugs,man,slugs.

www.lendio.com

R.I.P. Slug

loonatic112358		2012-09-04 04:42:07 PM

2 votes:

probably should move the battery packs to a belt, or backpack to make it easier to aim.

but if he does that he should make it resemble the ghost buster proton packs

just because

way south		2012-09-04 08:43:14 PM

1 votes:

sendtodave: sloppyjoes7: Fortunately, he has no plans on developing it commercially, or on telling other people how to make one of their own.

What? Why is that "fortunate?"

A weapon of this magnitude shouldn't be freely available to anyone that would wish to wield it!

God forbid they wander into a bass pro and buy an equally powerful slingshot...

sendtodave		2012-09-04 08:03:57 PM

1 votes:

sloppyjoes7: Fortunately, he has no plans on developing it commercially, or on telling other people how to make one of their own.

What? Why is that "fortunate?"

A weapon of this magnitude shouldn't be freely available to anyone that would wish to wield it!

imagonyx123		2012-09-04 07:27:34 PM

1 votes:

Mugato: I bet Homeland Security has a file on this guy bigger than Liam Neeson's cock.

I highly doubt that...nothing's bigger than Liam Neeson's cock.

way south		2012-09-04 07:00:53 PM

1 votes:

elkraf: This thing is great! I would like to buy one. It's not a firearm so BATF (or whatever they call it) would not get involved. Or they might change their name to BABFM (Bureau of Booze, Firearms and Magnets).

Don't give them any ideas.
Those jackwagons have turned mission-creep into a god damned art form.

KrispyKritter		2012-09-04 06:58:27 PM

1 votes:

farking lot of work just to show off stupid tattoo

berylman		2012-09-04 06:40:58 PM

1 votes:

You are a guy under a pseudonym right?

Bondith		2012-09-04 06:32:20 PM

1 votes:

My Tesla cannon is 10,000 times better.

KangTheMad		2012-09-04 05:48:44 PM

1 votes:

PsyLord: He probably built it in a cave with a box of scraps. If given the resources of a large company, I would like to see what he can really pull off.

Kickstarter. The Fark.com Multi-Stage Coilgun.

//not intending to use this for evil or amusement.
///nope.

loonatic112358		2012-09-04 05:46:19 PM

1 votes:

whosits_112: Cosmoboy: nekulor: Where I'm from, we have traditions and decorum. Those traditions dictate we have the decency to use shells in our railguns, thank you very much.

Why would you ever put a shell in your railgun? That shiat can explode. Just use slugs,man,slugs.

[www.lendio.com image 453x295]
R.I.P. Slug

not just any slug, but a high velocity slug

just be glad they're not using racing snails.

WizardofToast		2012-09-04 05:44:18 PM

1 votes:

Now I'm going to steal that and go to Chernobyl. Watch out, Strelok.

PsyLord		2012-09-04 05:43:55 PM

1 votes:

He probably built it in a cave with a box of scraps. If given the resources of a large company, I would like to see what he can really pull off.

Cosmoboy		2012-09-04 05:27:07 PM

1 votes:

nekulor: Where I'm from, we have traditions and decorum. Those traditions dictate we have the decency to use shells in our railguns, thank you very much.

Why would you ever put a shell in your railgun? That shiat can explode. Just use slugs,man,slugs.

Gyrfalcon		2012-09-04 05:23:15 PM

1 votes:

nekulor: Gyrfalcon: nekulor: Super_pope: Meh, back when i was still in college I saw a box that had been built with an array of 50 stereo filtering capacitors like that. The rail gun they'd built would belch blue fire when you test fired the full bank, because it would flash-boil part of the aluminum slugs the thing shot.

Want. Personally, I'd like to take the fireworks exchange from last week's stupid fraternity fight article, scale it up to railguns, and commence shell exchange. For science, of course.

/Pike can't aim worth shiat.

If you had a real railgun, you wouldn't even need a shell. Any random trash would do, if the velocity was high enough.

Where I'm from, we have traditions and decorum. Those traditions dictate we have the decency to use shells in our railguns, thank you very much.

Some of us are poor...We have to use tin cans.

nekulor		2012-09-04 05:14:39 PM

1 votes:

Gyrfalcon: nekulor: Super_pope: Meh, back when i was still in college I saw a box that had been built with an array of 50 stereo filtering capacitors like that. The rail gun they'd built would belch blue fire when you test fired the full bank, because it would flash-boil part of the aluminum slugs the thing shot.

Want. Personally, I'd like to take the fireworks exchange from last week's stupid fraternity fight article, scale it up to railguns, and commence shell exchange. For science, of course.

/Pike can't aim worth shiat.

If you had a real railgun, you wouldn't even need a shell. Any random trash would do, if the velocity was high enough.

Where I'm from, we have traditions and decorum. Those traditions dictate we have the decency to use shells in our railguns, thank you very much.

Latinwolf		2012-09-04 05:12:51 PM

1 votes:

Was it this guy?
t1.gstatic.com

Timbered Club		2012-09-04 05:07:09 PM

1 votes:

BuckTurgidson: Can I get one in the 40-watt range?

Just what you see, pal.

SwingDancer		2012-09-04 05:02:10 PM

1 votes:

... Is how its done

MBooda		2012-09-04 05:00:57 PM

1 votes:

*ahem*

*taps microphone*

"Is this thing on?"

"testing one, two...mike check..."

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lords and Farkers, allow me to say..."
.
.
.
Groovy.
home.swipnet.se

hodge-podge		2012-09-04 04:59:19 PM

1 votes:

that video gave me cancer

Super_pope		2012-09-04 04:56:39 PM

1 votes:

Meh, back when i was still in college I saw a box that had been built with an array of 50 stereo filtering capacitors like that. The rail gun they'd built would belch blue fire when you test fired the full bank, because it would flash-boil part of the aluminum slugs the thing shot.

Buttbone McGillicutty		2012-09-04 04:56:39 PM

1 votes:

loonatic112358: probably should move the battery packs to a belt, or backpack to make it easier to aim.

but if he does that he should make it resemble the ghost buster proton packs

just because

If it's anything like the one my son built, it's gonna sound very similar to the proton packs when it's charging. Like in the elevator scene.

BuckTurgidson		2012-09-04 04:54:28 PM

1 votes:

Can I get one in the 40-watt range?

dv-ous		2012-09-04 04:52:02 PM

1 votes:

...would like a word.

MadHatter500		2012-09-04 04:51:14 PM

1 votes:

scottydoesntknow: ruinevil: It can't bring the bolt/bullet through a watermelon. Not even halfway.

That was only 1 stage. With all 4 stages it went straight through the watermelon. You can see it better on the tin can. Stage 1 just pinged the side of the can and dented it. All 4 stages put the bolt straight through both sides of the can.

The can showed some tumbling problems - needs something that will spin those slugs. And that was point blank range. Definately need to address that to get any kind of range on it.

Ceramic/Diamond rifle barrel with Sabot carrier... hmmm.

Ed Grubermann		2012-09-04 04:48:28 PM

1 votes:

Two minutes of jerking off before he gets to actually firing that thing. BREVITY! BREVITY! BREVITY!

Boudica's War Tampon		2012-09-04 04:48:07 PM

1 votes:

What is it with Germans and their crazy toys? They have a vengeance for weapons.

TiiiMMMaHHH		2012-09-04 04:46:04 PM

1 votes:

get your weapons out of my jizmags!

Resident Muslim		2012-09-04 04:45:57 PM

1 votes:

Ok, bets on this guy having boobie-traps in his home/cabin in the woods?

david_gaithersburg		2012-09-04 04:44:05 PM

1 votes:

Just a bit better than throwing the slug. Fail.

ruinevil		2012-09-04 04:41:29 PM

1 votes:

It can't bring the bolt/bullet through a watermelon. Not even halfway.

Oznog		2012-09-04 04:41:06 PM

1 votes:

Mugato: I bet Homeland Security has a file on this guy bigger than Liam Neeson's cock.

Strangely enough, I don't think this counts as a "firearm" under the law.

As to whether you could get it on an airplane, it's kind of a tossup. DHS is pretty unpredictable.

Timbered Club		2012-09-04 04:39:09 PM

1 votes:

groppet		2012-09-04 04:37:55 PM

1 votes:

Mugato: vudukungfu: Mugato: I bet Homeland Security has a file on this guy bigger than Liam Neeson's cock.

Homeland security is still trying to figure out how magnets work.

Exactly. They must think this guy is in league with the aliens with all this futuristic weapons technology.

No no no DHS thinks this guy is in leauge with Lucifer!! And probably think he has black magic protecting him

Mugato		2012-09-04 04:26:17 PM

1 votes:

vudukungfu: Mugato: I bet Homeland Security has a file on this guy bigger than Liam Neeson's cock.

Homeland security is still trying to figure out how magnets work.

Exactly. They must think this guy is in league with the aliens with all this futuristic weapons technology.

vudukungfu		2012-09-04 03:54:58 PM

1 votes:

Mugato: I bet Homeland Security has a file on this guy bigger than Liam Neeson's cock.

Homeland security is still trying to figure out how magnets work.