Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: tesladownunder on February 02, 2007, 15:48:31 PM
Post by: tesladownunder on February 02, 2007, 15:48:31 PM
Just dabbling in the black arts in my back yard. Thats me in the corner of the photo.
TDU
(http://tesladownunder.com/TeslaRotBreakoutTopView1000.jpg)
TDU
(http://tesladownunder.com/TeslaRotBreakoutTopView1000.jpg)
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Cypher on February 02, 2007, 15:52:23 PM
Post by: Cypher on February 02, 2007, 15:52:23 PM
What witchcraft is this? Burn the heretic.
Welcome back. :)
Welcome back. :)
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on February 02, 2007, 15:58:33 PM
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on February 02, 2007, 15:58:33 PM
Thats awesome, cheers for stopping by again! Ever considered working in S/FX?
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Serious on February 02, 2007, 15:58:57 PM
Post by: Serious on February 02, 2007, 15:58:57 PM
that is nice, but you wouldnt want to stand too close to it.
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on February 02, 2007, 16:04:07 PM
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on February 02, 2007, 16:04:07 PM
lol that is bloody brilliant! :D
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: redneck on February 02, 2007, 16:05:39 PM
Post by: redneck on February 02, 2007, 16:05:39 PM
nice.
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Mongoose on February 02, 2007, 16:07:16 PM
Post by: Mongoose on February 02, 2007, 16:07:16 PM
NOOOOOO! Turn it OFFFF!!!! Theyll Break Through!
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: maximusotter on February 02, 2007, 16:11:27 PM
Post by: maximusotter on February 02, 2007, 16:11:27 PM
:shock:
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Eggtastico on February 02, 2007, 16:13:34 PM
Post by: Eggtastico on February 02, 2007, 16:13:34 PM
I triple dare you to touch it.. go on..
pussy :mrgreen:
pussy :mrgreen:
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Pete on February 02, 2007, 16:19:56 PM
Post by: Pete on February 02, 2007, 16:19:56 PM
Thats awesome :ptu:
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: Binary Shadow on February 02, 2007, 16:44:02 PM
Post by: Binary Shadow on February 02, 2007, 16:44:02 PM
whys it pink tho?
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: Serious on February 02, 2007, 16:51:33 PM
Post by: Serious on February 02, 2007, 16:51:33 PM
Quote from: Binary Shadowwhys it pink tho?
Its lilac!
/slap
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: Russell on February 02, 2007, 17:00:19 PM
Post by: Russell on February 02, 2007, 17:00:19 PM
ooo nice, me wants one
no make that two, should work wonders at keeping the kids in line at work :D
no make that two, should work wonders at keeping the kids in line at work :D
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: Serious on February 02, 2007, 19:07:24 PM
Post by: Serious on February 02, 2007, 19:07:24 PM
Quote from: Russellno make that two, should work wonders at keeping the kids in line at work :D
Arent tasers good enough? :twisted:
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: Russell on February 02, 2007, 19:28:25 PM
Post by: Russell on February 02, 2007, 19:28:25 PM
Quote from: SeriousQuote from: Russellno make that two, should work wonders at keeping the kids in line at work :D
Arent tasers good enough? :twisted:
nah them buggers are quick, can never get close enough to zap all of them, but with something like that I could take out an entire corridor, might get a few innocents but well there fault for being in the way...
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Smugs on February 02, 2007, 19:47:00 PM
Post by: Smugs on February 02, 2007, 19:47:00 PM
Great picture.
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: DEViANCE on February 02, 2007, 22:34:35 PM
Post by: DEViANCE on February 02, 2007, 22:34:35 PM
amazing, nice work
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Thrawn on February 03, 2007, 01:10:04 AM
Post by: Thrawn on February 03, 2007, 01:10:04 AM
Sometimes you just see a picture and cant think anything other than "that cant be safe". Be great to set one of those up at work we had some health and safety peon telling us some cardboard boxes stacked neatly against a wall were a H&S risk, I think they would have a heart attack if they saw that :D :mrgreen:
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: BigSoy on February 03, 2007, 09:10:57 AM
Post by: BigSoy on February 03, 2007, 09:10:57 AM
Imagine how many kids you could interested in physics in one hit if you could fire one of those up on the school field during double physics...
Makes the old van-de-graaff tricks look a bit crappy!
Makes the old van-de-graaff tricks look a bit crappy!
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Serious on February 03, 2007, 19:01:07 PM
Post by: Serious on February 03, 2007, 19:01:07 PM
Quote from: BigSoyImagine how many kids you could interested in physics in one hit if you could fire one of those up on the school field during double physics...
Makes the old van-de-graaff tricks look a bit crappy!
Wouldnt look as impressive and its a long exposure photo (22 seconds).
http://tesladownunder.com
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: BigSoy on February 03, 2007, 19:40:19 PM
Post by: BigSoy on February 03, 2007, 19:40:19 PM
Lets be clear for a minute though, if that thing flashes on 10 feet from your nose, whether its for a second or a minute, youre going to be impressed.
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Beaker on February 03, 2007, 19:51:42 PM
Post by: Beaker on February 03, 2007, 19:51:42 PM
ive linked that up on my forum, that rocks a big fat one!
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: tesladownunder on February 03, 2007, 23:09:36 PM
Post by: tesladownunder on February 03, 2007, 23:09:36 PM
Quote from: Clockd 0Ne... Ever considered working in S/FX?I have a day job which takes all of my week and most of weekends so dont get much time to play.
Most of my projects have to be short and sharp, shoot and publish to the web.
Probably 4-5 hours total for this one.
Quote from: Seriousthat is nice, but you wouldnt want to stand too close to it.At this power and with tuning being off and lots of streamer losses, longest spark will be about 3 feet.
Standing 6 feet away is safe. closer and it might bite you. The earthed controller is closer.
Quote from: SeriousThis is the girls one. Didnt think you pussies were ready for the real thing.Quote from: Binary Shadowwhys it pink tho?Its lilac! /slap
Quote from: ThrawnSometimes you just see a picture and cant think anything other than "that cant be safe". Be great to set one of those up at work we had some health and safety peon telling us some cardboard boxes stacked neatly against a wall were a H&S risk, I think they would have a heart attack if they saw that :D :mrgreen:In fact this was "passed" by our local Dept of Energy Safety. Turns out that once you drop
things down to 50 V then it is not really under their jurisdiction. So I used an arc welder to drop 240V mains to 50VAC.
I then used another welder in reverse to take 50VAC and take it back up to 240VAC and run my coil.
The inspector who was actually quite reasonable, seemed happy with that provided I wasnt doing public displays.
Of course, no different to plugging directly into the mains.
Quote from: Serious...Wouldnt look as impressive and its a long exposure photo (22 seconds).Tesla coils are impressive not only for the sparks that rend the air but they are also very loud.
If you are not impressed, move closer. Of course I have built two bigger coils as well.
Here is a ground level shot.
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: skidzilla on February 05, 2007, 04:18:53 AM
Post by: skidzilla on February 05, 2007, 04:18:53 AM
Awesome! :D
You made it to the front page of digg too:
http://digg.com/hardware/The_Eye_Of_Sauron_made_out_of_a_Tesla_Coil_PICTURE :)
You made it to the front page of digg too:
http://digg.com/hardware/The_Eye_Of_Sauron_made_out_of_a_Tesla_Coil_PICTURE :)
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: Porch Monkey on February 08, 2007, 15:20:51 PM
Post by: Porch Monkey on February 08, 2007, 15:20:51 PM
I want to lick it....
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: tesladownunder on February 14, 2007, 01:30:54 AM
Post by: tesladownunder on February 14, 2007, 01:30:54 AM
and now ..
"The Aura of Sauron"
Not photoshopped!
Details of how it was done here (http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm#Rotating%20long%20breakout%20point).
A lot harder to construct.
I wanted an effect like a World of Warcraft mage casting a spell perhaps.
TDU
(http://tesladownunder.com/Saurons%20Aura%20600.jpg)
"The Aura of Sauron"
Not photoshopped!
Details of how it was done here (http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm#Rotating%20long%20breakout%20point).
A lot harder to construct.
I wanted an effect like a World of Warcraft mage casting a spell perhaps.
TDU
(http://tesladownunder.com/Saurons%20Aura%20600.jpg)
Title: Eye of Sauron
Post by: Leon on February 14, 2007, 04:44:55 AM
Post by: Leon on February 14, 2007, 04:44:55 AM
Wow that is really impressive... also alot of the stuff on the website is REALLY good aswell!
hobby, random, uni, college?
hobby, random, uni, college?
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: matt5cott on February 14, 2007, 11:06:16 AM
Post by: matt5cott on February 14, 2007, 11:06:16 AM
I used to have a gallery of pics on my gallery from a teslathon a couple of years back, these things are LOUD :mrgreen:
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: tesladownunder on February 19, 2007, 19:13:37 PM
Post by: tesladownunder on February 19, 2007, 19:13:37 PM
Just a hobby when I get the time. No formal qualification in this stuff.
TDU
(http://tesladownunder.com/Tesla18inch2475a.jpg)
TDU
(http://tesladownunder.com/Tesla18inch2475a.jpg)
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Smugs on February 19, 2007, 21:45:44 PM
Post by: Smugs on February 19, 2007, 21:45:44 PM
Brings back wonderful memories of zapping thing in C&C red Alert.
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: Serious on February 20, 2007, 01:15:02 AM
Post by: Serious on February 20, 2007, 01:15:02 AM
Quote from: SmugsBrings back wonderful memories of zapping thing in C&C red Alert.
On some maps you could put up multiple towers and erase battalions of tanks and men at choke points :D
You know you shouldnt laugh at their little blokes wandering down and getting hit simultaneously by six towers but for some reason you do :lol:
Title: Re:Eye of Sauron
Post by: tesladownunder on September 05, 2007, 01:40:26 AM
Post by: tesladownunder on September 05, 2007, 01:40:26 AM
Gentlemen prefer Red.
More here http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm#Multicolored
(http://tesladownunder.com/TeslaColorREDBilat0081600.jpg)
More here http://tesladownunder.com/tesla_coil_sparks.htm#Multicolored
(http://tesladownunder.com/TeslaColorREDBilat0081600.jpg)