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After-hours Fun with Capacitors at Work?

Posted by Cliff on from the mad-scientists-in-training dept.

Chiggy_Von_Richtoffe asks "Hey, Folks! I start a new job at a small manufacturing plant (capacitors and small run custom circuit boards) in a few days, which itself is kind of cool. What is even more cool is that their facilities include an electron microscope, programmable high temperature ovens (think kilns), rapid cooling chambers (liquid CO2) to test component robustness, a lapping machine, all the kinds of ceramics i can think off, as well as equipment for die cutting, electroplating, and a few other industry related tasks. This of course fills my mind with wicked designs for homebrew projects, but i am always looking for new ideas to try. Given this kind of workshop what sort of (non-destructive, and fully legal) DIY projects could you come up with?"

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  1. non-destructive by Myrkur · · Score: 5, Funny

    "non-destructive, and fully legal"

    Where's the fun in that?

  2. Think kiln by lost+in+place · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is even more cool is that their facilities include [...] programmable high temperature ovens (think kilns)

    What's a think kiln? Is that where crackpots are hardened?

  3. Wait a sec... by Lacit · · Score: 4, Funny

    I own a manufacturing plant and we just hired a guy who was so excited he would have access to our equipment...

  4. Does your girlfriend own a cat? by spineboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh man - sounds like fun. Interesting projects are listed below

    1) See subject title. Cat + Tesla coil = fun
    2)Industrial strength Twinkie testing! - Nickel plated Twinkies anyone?
    3) Raw hamburger + huge charged capacitor = "Insta-cooked" hamburger
    4) Use electron microscope to take picture of a cell of yours. Use inductrial fabricating machine to create 100,000x actual size copy out of rare ceramic. Proceed to chrome it. Use as object d'art.
    5) Does your girlfrind have a second cat? Rapidly freeze in liquid CO2 bath, soak in acetone to remove oily fats, then chrome plate cat.
    6)Make ultra hard/dense ceramic Dungeons and Dragons dice - especially the pointy, pyramidal 4sided die. Can be used as emergency caltops to escape from bad guys.
    7) Make shatter proof ceramic coffe mug out of $10,000 ceramic. "Accidentally" drop off desk often, and make co-workers envious of your "lucky" cup.
    8) Freeze dry rose, and gold plate. This will be useful for making up with girlfriend from steps 1 & 5
    9)Make rail gun and fire magnetically plated ceramic sabot at ultra-fast frozen pumpkin. Film at high speed.
    10) Use industrial kiln as personal trash incinerator.

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