Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06032
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Evan Dudzik evandude@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 03:52:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Spark igniter
Ian, the spark comes from a little peice of piezoelectric crystal
(quartz i think) that is squeezed really fast by the trigger or button.
that creates the spark. PS why not spend less time on potato cannons
and more on your page?? ;-)
--- Ian Bernstein wrote:
> Hi
> Today me and my friend built a potato cannon. For
> those of you that don't
> know what a potato cannon is it's a large gun made
> out of PVC pipe that
> shoots out potatos and uses hair spray for fuel. The
> igniter we used is
> from outdoor grills and when the button is pressed a
> rather large shock
> is produced (up to about 3/8"). I am curious where
> all the electricity
> comes from because there are no batteries or
> anything. Anyone know how
> these work? I know it's not really beam but it may
> an spark an idea for a
> new preditor bot that shocks it's prey (already been
> discussed) or
> something. Don't get get any ideas about mounting
> the gun on your human
> seeking head though (interesting idea, any thoughts
> on how to make a head
> seek humans?).
>
> Laterz
>
>
> *-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-*
> Ian Bernstein "aka - Synet" The
> Master Builder
>
> E-Mail - Ian@beam-online.com
> BEAM Online - http://www.beam-online.com
> Quote - I feel that if a person can't
> communicate, the very least
> he can do is to shut up.
> - Tom Lehrer
>
>
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6033 Sat, 11 Sep 1999 11:33:10 -0300 [alt-beam] Re: 555 simulator alt-beam@egroups.com michael.hirtle@ns.sympatico.ca (Michael Hirtle) Please don't send programs to the mailing list in less everyone wants it
because it took too long to recive all my mail and i'm shoure that other
people don't like reciveing their mail slow :-) .
Robert Fryer wrote:
> Hi
> This is one that I use
> (555 simulator)
>
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