I Built the Secret "Death Ray" from 1923

[@Turnah81]

Thanks for your support helping us crack 300k Subscribers! So any other theory's on how his "death ray" might have worked? Wonder if I should I revisit this with more power and better reflector? Overall though this was fun to use, only burnt myself twice . But also interesting on the field test night when I first lit up the water thousands of prawns and fish were jumping out of the water🐟, they went crazy. The LED spotlight didn't seem to get the same result. We had so much trouble capturing it on video though.

[@chir0pter]

Wow that’s really cool, maybe the unique spectrum? You should take it out on a boat!

[@ImSodaLirious]

Trying to commit terrorism with century old tech is wild

[@Platypus_Warrior]

You could use the reflector with that suspended lantern from 3 years ago

[@p00tfinger]

Hi. Believe it or not I did a similar thing and when I put another layer of mylar over top of the first one after hitting the first one with alcohol and a good wiping. I used an old small aluminum satellite dish and the other type of led with a 2" heat sink.

[@Sableagle]

I think it'd make some sense to get a proper parabolic reflector and make it a lot _deeper_ so more light goes forward and less light goes elsewhere. You might need to actively cool the reflector, though. It probably gets warm.

[@HotshotTek]

My next aftermarket headlight upgrade

[@defeatSpace]

same, I'm so sick of these halogens, I might literally install some DEWs

[@Camera-Guy_ODST]

Installs mirror array

[@Turnah81]

100%. We literally filmed the field test last night, remote location. On the way home someone is coming over the hill with high beam on. I'm thinking surly they are going to dip their lights and I don't need to flash...no...retina burn. Now dreaming of of car mounted carbon arcs.

[@prophetzarquon]

High-Intensity Discharge ('HID') lamps are _brighter_ than carbon-arc lamps. The latest thing in headlights, is _LASERs._ (I wish I was kidding.) Next up, "headlights" that are just wormholes aimed at a quasar!

[@runed0s86]

I know this is a joke. For those unaware, headlights are NOT for you to see. They're for other people to see you. Highbeams are for seeing , and should rarely be used.

[@mazchen]

Having a wife that supports your crazy ideas is a gift!

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

I was thinking, wait, this script is so similar to "I Did A Thing", but then went to Turnah81's oldest youtube videos and now thinking he is the OG!!

[@Laxpowertoo]

What you have built is a crappy version of a search light that were built in their thousands and used extensively in various wars. So now all you need to build is an anti-aircraft gun to go with it, then it will be a real working death ray with bullets. Nice 🤘

[@prophetzarquon]

Pro-tip: Try a carbide alloy high in tungsten content, & drop the rod across the gap between two high current conductive rails

[@Jake_Gotthard]

@@prophetzarquonwhat does that do? Like actually, wtf would that do? Lmao

[@cje-L7g]

@@Jake_Gotthard Sounds like a massive lightbub to me.

[@samuelmellars7855]

@@cje-L7g "two high-current conductive rails" is just screaming "rail gun" to me. I could be mistaken, the tungsten-carbide rod might have other effects, but "conductive rails" is either trains or moving something else in my opinion!

[@cje-L7g]

@@samuelmellars7855 Oh, I see it now.

[@totalrecone]

Used in almost every cinema projector until about the late '70s, the carbon arc lamp is still regarded as the purest of ultra-bright lamps...... and they are so much fun to play with too.

[@robot797]

they are still used in some countries I do live the rod rotating system in them

[@JaSon-wc4pn]

Thought it was Lime light ?

[@prophetzarquon]

No, lime-light flames were used for filming; arc lamps for projecting the developed film.

[@totalrecone]

@@robot797 Agreed! 13.6mm rotating positives give an awesome light. My personal favourite is the Strong Futura II.

[@p00tfinger]

@@totalrecone those melted down for me. Sodium, right?

[@Egress.]

you should recruit a friend to take some pictures of it from a distance - see just how visible the beam is at night in the sky. you've essentially made a searchlight, so I imagine it would be fairly visible haha...

[@shapeshifter7753]

I believe carbon gauging rods would work well for this. They are used to remove welds with electricity and compressed air. Really enjoy your sense of humour! “Attached the death Ray to the top of the welder using gravity “😂 too funny.

[@Advil1024]

I was going to suggest that too. I wonder if they would work better with or without the copper jacket.

[@shapeshifter7753]

@ I can only assume so I think the jacket will stabilize the ark. Hopefully Turnah81 tries it😎

[@calthorp]

Gouging rods work great for burning holes in metal. I love using them for doing holes. But wouldn't Tig electrodes work better, for the death ray?

[@shapeshifter7753]

@ maybe but they have a small arc width. Also they may be troublesome to strike with and might need argon gas if used for any length of time.

[@calthorp]

@@shapeshifter7753 I think I have some of those small rods someplace. if I can find them I will try it out & let you know. That is unless it makes a deathray & kills me LOL

[@Robb403]

Those death ray machines are still used by some of our local car dealers. They wave two or three of them around after dark, I think to kill the mosquitoes. We can see them from miles away and speculate that's why people can't afford a new car because the dealer must have an awesomely huge power bill.

[@MeepChangeling]

You can't afford a new car because people just keep cramming more and more and more tech into them. I'm extremely pro-tech, love it, wont be satisfied till Clark Tech is the normal base of everything. That said, it's bullshit that no one makes a basic car, it's all super luxury shit. I don't want automatic cold-butt detecting heated seats. I want a car for 2k.

[@xxTHExxABYSSxx]

lol wtf are you talking about!!?? those are sky spotlights for advertisement, those have been used for decades upon decades. See them all of them time in every other city iv been in.

[@Truly_Free89]

​@MeepChangeling man if we knew sum one wit money to make cars with out all tht tech like power windows etc they could sell em make mo ey back bit also help ppl

[@cajampa]

​@@xxTHExxABYSSxxWhoosh

[@AgentOffice]

Our cars even have radar now ​@@MeepChangeling

[@surferdude4487]

I built an arc furnace in my basement based on an episode of Mr. Wizard when I was a kid. I used a concrete pot full of salt water as a rheostat, a clay pot with holes drilled through the sides to hold the carbon rods, two pieces of aluminum as the electrodes in the brine for the rheostat. I soldered some lamp cord to the electrodes and carbon rods. Then I hooked the whole thing up to a 240 volt dryer socket. No fancy gizmos or mechanisms, strictly manual adjustments. Those of us that played with it wore an arc welding mask at all times. looking directly at the arc will instantly destroy your retinas, wear protection at all times. When I struck the carbon rods and drew them apart as the arc grew, that thing was stupidly bright. When my Dad, a master electrician, saw what we were doing, he gave me a pack of copper clad carbon rods that are used to start oil burners. You can find these things where you buy welding supplies. Those rods gave us a better connection and a more consistent arc. I'm not sure of all the chemical processes that went on in the rheostat. there was some bubbling due to electrolysis and the solution turned an interesting shade of green. Of course, we disposed of the solution safely by pouring it down the drain. Those were the days.

[@jslay88]

next video, how to refloat your neighbors boat from the bottom of a lake

[@axallotofquestionsMusic]

😂I can imagine if he had a boat and watched this he ran like hell

[@samuelmellars7855]

"How my neighbours refloated their boat (which mysteriously sank)" you mean Or possibly "helping my neighbours refloat their boat (damaged by _vandals_ in the night!)"

[@melody3741]

I thought this was a mythbusters reference until I saw what he did LMAO

[@beehambonio3378]

What ever floats your boat, champ

[@F.B.l]

@@melody3741pingpong balls lol

[@JossRickard]

I didn't think I'd see something more dangerous than the multi hedge trimmer but this is definitely up there. Different sort of horrific danger though.

[@downunderfulla6001]

😂😂that was a wicked invention 👌👌

[@prophetzarquon]

One of my favorite "repairs" I've ever done, was replacing the windings on a hedge trimmer: I _may_ have wrapped a few too many extra loops on? When activated, it torqued so hard it could break a wrist. My friend took some photos of it ripping through a wicker chair. Even more fun than when I accidentally turned my favorite slot-car into a fragmentation projectile.

[@eksboks148]

I don't remember subscribing to this channel but from the aussie humor to how fucking cool doing this in your backyard is, I'm glad I apparently did.

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

I subbed for the aussie humor a long time ago but forgot about it. Popped in my recommendations today.

[@philcourteney4328]

Same, I’m suspecting this channel was mentioned on Explosions&Fire, they’ve both got very similar vibes 😁👍

[@strider2175]

'Looks like the Michelin Man ate a Dalek' the way I friggin' CACKLED

[@honeybadger2371]

13:45 “i could then attach the death ray to the top of the welder with gravity"🗣️🔥 I also attached my drink to the table with gravity🔥

[@luckythegerman]

Your "Death ray" reminds me of a 6kw theatre show light. Its an arc light, and they stay on for an entire show, because every ignition causes wear on the internals. They are shuttered when not needed. The power supply also looks like a stick welder. Trust me, they are really freaking bright. I am gonna refer to them as death rays from now on.

[@Sparky_D]

Those bloody trees protecting the carbon in pencils from mad scientists 😂

[@MrBollocks10]

Pencils don't have carbon. Unless you burn them. 🤭

[@Sparky_D]

@MrBollocks10 i meant to type "graphite".

[@aserta]

12:58 you've rediscovered the principles of sound reflection as used by the greeks and later, romans in their amphitheaters. Congratulations. :D PS for best sound quality, you need a copper or brass dish. Hammering the dish in various places improves the sound quality.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

That work hardens the metal, making it reflect more and flex less.

[@SnaggleX]

I'd love to have you guys as neighbors. What fun!

[@anunnakielohim2727]

Have you got a boat??

[@selkirkwildlife9426]

I have done a deep dive on Tesla's New Art of Projecting Concentrated Non-Dispersive Energy Through Natural Media. There are some subtle novelties and it's quite practical. It's a long-term project on my bucket-list but could use more eyeballs and discussion. I suspect a lot of viewers thought this was the "death ray" you were alluding to in the title.

[@jmmahony]

I made a simpler version of this in high school way back in the late 1970's. If you don't have a welding power supply, here's a simple, cheap, but appropriately dangerous alternative: use a large glass bowl full of salt water as a huge power resistor. Cut one of your power leads and cut a few inches of insulation off the ends. Coat the ends of the wire with solder, and use clothespins or small clamps to hold the ends of the wires in the water. Make sure only the soldered ends of the wire are in the water, since if it's submerged deep enough for the bare copper wire to be in the water, the electro-chemical reaction will make the wire break pretty quickly (alternatively, if you have some chunks of lead, like fishing weights, available, use those as electrodes in the water, with the copper wire attached to the lead bits above the waterline.) Start with a low concentration of salt, and gradually increase until you get a good spark. If you use too much salt, you'll blow a fuse. Obviously use a wooden utensil and gloves to stir the salt into the water, or just unplug when adding salt. The water will get quite warm after a few minutes use. I found this in an old book of "science experiments for high school students" in my high school library, where apparently the safety police had missed this particular book. Then I found an old electric space heater with a parabolic reflector, and simply replaced the heating element (basically, a coil of heavy nichrome wire) with the carbon rods. Conveniently, the heating element was held in place by (and power supplied thru) two long bolts that went thru an insulator in the rear of the dish, so I just used some heavy solid copper wire to hold the carbon rids and connect to the bolt ends. Tip: place the rods horizontally, not vertically, to avoid the issues demonstrated at 16:40. Although I would have expected the opposite results, with rising heat eating the upper electrode rapidly, and ash falling to the lower one. But at any rate, the spark is much more stable with horizontal rods than what I'm hearing here, with no loud popping sounds.

[@gpweaver]

I built the carbon arc furnace from "Building the Home Laboratory" when I was in sixth grade. I won the science fair and caused permanent eye damage to the adult judges who ignored our warnings that they needed sunglasses if they were going to come around and look directly at the arc (which we had behind glass panels that'd been spray-painted dark brown.)

[@jeffallen3598]

Add a Fresnel lens to this and i think it will work much better. Just needs additional focusing. Also the reflective tape is not good enough. Get that dish Chromed for a perfect mirror finish.

[@user-mp3eq6ir5b]

Nearby Lighthouse suddenly gone Dark

[@gpweaver]

@@user-mp3eq6ir5b You can just snaffle a nice big fresnel lens out of an old projection TV. Around here, they can be found in the wild, growing along roadsides in remote areas 😃

[@beano9343]

More accurate focus might be better. The neighbour may report aliens removed parts from his boat too. I expect they will question if you saw anything.

[@prophetzarquon]

He definitely sawed something!

[@user-ci4cj5eq4x]

Yes! another vid with amazing narration!

[@-r-495]

Finally someone has found of how to replenish the ozone layer.

[@narrativeless404]

More like how to destroy it even more 😅

[@JerryDechant]

I was in the US Naval Air as an aviation electrician, for the P3 aircraft which had an under-wing search light which used carbon rods to create an arc and generate the intense light similar to what your video displayed. I don't think it was necessarily harmful except if you looked directly into the bright light. (like that's why welders use those very dark lenses so they can see what they are doing without destroying their eye sight.)

[@carlschiel4754]

I wiped most of the manganese dioxide off these, more commonly referred to as 'Battery S*&t'. Wow dude, this is why I love your sense of humor!

[@toottoot2756]

0:12 Is no one gonna mention about the year being World War One?💀💀💀

[@mandi8345]

It was a helluva year...

[@narrativeless404]

Yes Also the fact he called manganese dioxide "battery shit" and the other things like cutting off parts from his neighbor's boat 🤣 This guy is a walking meme 😅

[@richarddavis2605]

Yeah I liked that

[@Veryciccio1]

The troops were promised to be home by Christmas I think. That limits it to a year, no?

[@LuxGamer16]

What about it? First time here on the channel? Dude is a memer if you couldn't tell

[@ben31tube]

As always, it is a hilarious video! I love your videos. Entertainment and cool information in a single package!

[@Turnah81]

Cheers mate! 🍻 glad u enjoyed it.

[@wbeaty]

Apparently his wartime black-project work was ...infrared night-vision cameras! PS Nikola Tesla in an interview stated that he'd abandoned the guided-lightning from carbon-arc searchlights, because he found that the maximum range was only three hundred feet! (First must mount yer searchlights on enormous 50,000V ceramic insulators.) Tesla said that he instead attained (undisclosed) longer range using his (undisclosed device.) Many speculate that this involved kilowatt x-ray tubes, because in his early days he'd almost killed a technician with an x-ray exposure only lasting five minutes, and also had claimed to be taking conventional chest x-ray images with his x-ray emitter located forty feet away from the patient. In much later interviews, he stated that the x-rays from his coil at Colorado Springs were so intense that one could easily see ones' own bones (with a phosphor screen,) when 100ft distant from the coil. Yeesh. Doktor Fronk-en-steen had better be wearing a lead smock! But no problem with mister Nikola "I destroyed my sexuality" Tesla.

[@wtfvids3472]

we dont know if tesla didnt have children... all we know is he wasnt much of a father. nikola tesla was more famous than the dude behind tesla today and we all know women insta-spread for famous people. got to remember this was the dude that - even though his own patents were used in radio communication for reducing noise - claimed he had sent waves underground and that these were far better and had no noise... he wanted to build power stations and simply send electricity underground to wherever on earth. and it would be free energy too... he wanted to change the world with his inventions and were inventing until he died.

[@stevecann3394]

The focus is pretty good for a log collection stand 👍😃

[@TankR]

Some 2 cents: fire == plasma == electricity conduit. Maybe orienting the electrodes sideways (turn the log collection display bowl 90 deg) would allow a more stable arc without the fire giving the arc more places to wander about the top electrode? Also, a little PC fan on the bottom to blow a draft to encourage smoke up and away. Oh, and add a contactor for the turny on bit, so from the trigger terminal to the red switch (as an enable switch) then to a plug or screw terminal, then to one side of a relay, the other side back to the trigger terminal, then wire in a plug or terminal block, now get a remote starter button from the auto parts store (or just another button or switch. Of course since you have to bump start (solenoid to kick it maybe for a future mod?) probably just a switch on the forks. Though an (on)-off-on (one side momentary, the other latching) might be a good idea so that you can use the momentary as a safety, ie you have to hold it down to keep the power on), and mount in on/near the forks. Wait...you have a momentary in the old torch head....and its already wired in! So long as the big angry pixey cable is disconnected.....it should be fine (ah...the mating call of the backyard bodger)! Just random off the cuff thoughts. Still an awesome video and a really neat build! And the little drips and quips of absurdist surreal comedy...[chefskiss.gif]. You're my favorite weird builds Aussie! Dont ever change, mate (I mean...unless you want to, of course. You do you, boo)!

[@runforitman]

8:28 we all know you just couldn't jump high enough to get it Space things always make for the best death rays

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Quasars make for naturally forming plasma cannons

[@ShaunieDale]

You may not have built a death ray but you managed a pretty cool arc lamp. You could have arranged for the electrodes to be closed by a spring and then have a current mode electromagnet (solenoid) to pull the electrodes apart. Just a few turns of thick wire in series with the arc. It would be self starting and self adjusting. When you switch on the electrodes would cause a high current to flow the magnet would then separate the electrodes if the current increased the gap would be made larger, if the current fell the electrodes would move closer.

[@Scodiddly]

Absolutely hilarious, thank you for making this video! I'm thinking the guys in the original film weren't that worried about their death ray since they kept walking right in front of it, though.

[@vpexmc]

Finally, a good tutorial for hoe to fix my broken headlight. Thanks! Will be doing this when I get home!

[@runforitman]

This is so cool as a search light

[@Leo-zd7nv]

It is amazing how much better a parabolic dish would be in concentrating the output from your carbon arc light. When I was a teenager I built a camping stove using a homemade parabolic dish and the sun. I boiled water with it and cooked some fresh caught, speckled trout. It was a good feeling to actually come up with an idea, and turn it into a reality. I don’t remember what became of it though. I do know that I lost interest in it when I realized it worked, but for camping, it was much easier, and faster, to just use the camp fire, which didn’t depend on the clouds cooperating.

[@MetalTiger88]

"i find this mitsubishi flywheel in the garden..." yeah that makes totally sence😂

[@Turnah81]

There is a crank in there too somewhere.

[@laughingman3777]

Two videos in two months!!!! Sir, you flatter us!!!

[@jimmimak]

Tesla's death ray was the one I was expecting you to do, I didn't know about this Harry Matthews one. Tesa's was described like a high voltage particle accelerator, a bit like a rail gun without the rail. Using high voltages to charge and propel a tiny piece of material really fast.

[@jasongreenwood3260]

This is exactly how the movie projector worked at an old movie theater I used to work at.

[@KegRaider]

Fun fact, that's basically how we ran cinema projector's back in the 70's and 80's prior to Xenon bulbs being commonplace. Carbon arc projectors would run almost 30 minutes, which was a bit longer than a reel of film before we changed to the next projector when the queue's appeared in the top right of the screen.

[@Sableagle]

That one moth at 25:10 just had no idea what was going on.

[@KojiKamori]

If you ever been aboard a naval ship, you would know that all the spotlights are arc lamps. They are insainly bright for a reason, all the better to see with.

[@IEaTpoopy]

These things are what earns NY subscription. Well done sir

[@waylandforge8704]

Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is to make a Killer Drone to hunt down and kill other drones in fight.Igo the idea from your cat catching net thrower. Love your work.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

honestly, that was an awesome project and a job well done! also, some very interesting history.

[@mickgibson370]

1986 I worked a motion picture projector that have a carbon light. It was 240 VAC , the lens would over 250 degrees, and the film would insistingly to air if the machine would not work!

[@0xide00]

English, please. Why do half of youtube comments read as if the commenter was having a stroke?

[@AgentOffice]

​@@0xide00it's in Australian

[@zeitgeist909]

@@0xide00 in 1986 I worked as a projectionist in a cinema. Those things things needed huge amounts of clean light. So they used carbon arc lamps. It worked on 240 volts AC. The lens would get very hot (over 250 degrees) and if we weren't careful, the projector would break and the film would stop running through the gate, thus heating the film and burning/melting it!

[@mickgibson370]

@@0xide00 I had a stroke 31 years ago. I was poisoned! I had too much education and the person did not like it. Rat poison!

[@jmmahony]

Tip: place the rods horizontally, not vertically, to avoid the issues demonstrated at 16:40. Although I would have expected the opposite results, with rising heat eating the upper electrode rapidly, and ash falling to the lower one. But at any rate, the spark is much more stable with horizontal rods than what I'm hearing here, with no loud popping sounds.

[@henrymach]

Every time I see an arc light I remember James Burke's Connections series

[@Scot-p1v]

I found the book in a thrift shop some 30 years ago. SO many threads! Jacquard loom -> US 1890s census-> computer punchcards still tickles me. And, gunpowder begat cannons begat fine machine boring toolmaking begat workable steam engines leading to the Industrial Revolution….

[@DarkExcalibur42]

I love this chaos. I don't even know how you come up with these ideas, but please keep going.

[@80Jay71]

I wish my teachers were this engaging back in my teens!

[@Turnah81]

Cheers man. Same, I was basically a D straight student 😁

[@antasticmessors6073]

Nice to see your still making videos. Keep it up and keep us smiling💪

[@botdude]

Love your videos! This one was so much fun from beginning to end. The genuine excitement of both you and your better half during testing was wonderful. Suggestion: please make a second channel where you Turnah81-inize stories from history. The video snaps and story telling at the beginning had me laughing so hard I was crying. Family came into the room to see what was going on.

[@Triangle1234]

This would fry a victorian child alive

[@beano9343]

9:55 Looks about the size of a Weber bbq base. I reckon if you put a lid on it the leg of lamb might be done in minutes. It's still a charcoal (carbon) heat source after all lol Maybe if you coat the inside of the lid with the tape too. Fireproof speakers for epic beats too.

[@DiyEcoProjects]

Hi there, Always love your funny videos !. Just want you to know youre much appreciated bro. All the best to both of you

[@SolarCookingGermany]

A smaller focal point (different reflector geometry) would help to ignite things at a distance. Only at a fixed focal length, but it would be enough to impress people :)

[@theworkshopwhisperer.5902]

Wait you're the cat, flying cooler and net launcher guy? Nice to see you back. Oh you Americans so proud of mounting your direct Energy weapon all just for the aussies to beat you to it.

[@ArcanePath360]

Glad I'm not the only one who makes mistakes when welding that set you back further than when you started. I just welded some nylon wheel runners to a bracket an hour ago and spent time cleaning it up and installing it, only to find my welding had heated up the part too much and it melted the nylon wheels and they are now jammed up and useless. It's a hard pill to swallow looking at your hours of work turning to sh--

[@a64738]

I instantly saw for me melted nylon when you said you had welded some nylon wheels lol ;)

[@ArcanePath360]

@@a64738 Yeah, lesson learned. It seemed fine at first but when it cooled down the wheels were solid in place. The inside part of it fused to the metal. They were cheap with no bearings.

[@erictaylor5462]

In the future, you can find exactly what you need for this project. Call your local welding supply shop and ask for "carbon arc electrodes. They are not expensive and are perfectly designed for what you need. These are used in metal fabrication to gouge metal, if say, you have to remove a weld. The use a consumable carbon graphite electrode (exactly like a pencil lead only thicker and not covered in wood) and compressed air to very quickly remove some metal and the blast of high pressure air blows the melted metal away. It produces a spectacular amount of sparks, and this is often used in movies. They also make electrodes for ark lamps. Not sure if the are exactly the same thing, but I think they are.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Very nice build! Carbon arc lamps are a fascinating piece of old technology. I found a "health lamp" at an antiques shop which is very similar to this. Manual strike mechanism, but it has a ballast resistor to control the current. The ballast resistor emits infrared heat while the carbon arc emits UV. It was supposed to make you healthy.... I did a video on it as well. It still works!

[@neumus1]

The original device kinda looks like it could have been a waveguide antenna. It basically, like a dish antenna, creates a radio frequency beam; include a high output light for aiming and there's a death ray. Using the right radio frequency you could cook or super heat just about anything, with sufficient power input.

[@TheTwistedStone]

Remember something that looked exactly like that back in the late 70's early 80's called a 'Sun Lamp' made by Pifco. If was supposed to help with pulled muscles or joint pain.... ! You could adjust the carbon rods to get the light working and also move the position in or out to focus the beam.

[@cincyjohn69]

Gunpowder is super easy to make charcoal sulfur and a little potassium nitrate or saltpeter aka stump remover !

[@gabrielbennett5162]

Anyone who's seen Star Trek TOS: "Arena" (1967) has probably tried that or at least been tempted to at one time or another. The hard part is getting the ratios between the three components right.

[@silverXnoise]

AussieTube is getting so good.

[@eddiepiecart6030]

You need a reflector with a tighter focus to tighten the concentration of the radiated enrgy. Like the variable focus on some flashlights.

[@ntzprinter3360]

Thanks Mate! I really had a great laugh at your brilliance!

[@Turnah81]

Cheers man, glad you enjoyed it!

[@jazzabags8948]

Love your work buddy. Make a tv that follows you around the house. That way you don't need multiple TVs around the house and save money 💰

[@CSMMaster]

You are funny as hell 😂 Subscribed 🙌🏻

[@treasureplanet9082]

Ha! The noise sounds like the "engines" from Flash Gordon's ship. 😂

[@electron-1979]

Always entertaining! 7:23 "scrote clamp" 😂 FYI: Scrote = Aussie short for Scrotum 😂

[@DBZVelena]

so a ball-vice?

[@electron-1979]

@@DBZVelena Na, ballbag-vice 🙈

[@Turnah81]

😅. But 🤫. KZbin is already trying to block this video for some people it seems 🤷‍♂️

[@electron-1979]

@@Turnah81 😬

[@jayw8667]

Great video, you’ve earned my sub!

[@r.awilliams9815]

It's an interesting idea, but it lacks stopping power and it would be hard to conceal.

[@tuloxe]

24:48 pov that one tesla on the opposite side of the highway at night 😂

[@graealex]

Next time maybe get a sponsorship from OnShape - a bit of CAD planning before welding might really be helpful.

[@markussteinbacher8807]

next time try a magnetron in pulsed mode in your dish. But you need a grounded copper mesh shield for your security. I had fun with this in my youth

[@TheJunky228]

that's a pretty eerie sight and sound to have at night when you're unaware

[@centaur1a]

Should try using many adjustable lens that would concentrate the light. Also, you may need a city power plant station to use as a power source not your home or portable charger. Too low power.

[@Captain_Char]

this is the same tech used in old theater lighting just so you know, except those had springs that auto fed the electrodes into each other at a specific distance

[@name_here0008]

You're the engineer I aspire to be.

[@goliathfitness9838]

Budget bat signal 😅 absolutely brilliant!

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

It should have been possible, even in WW1, to build a focus lens onto a searchlight that could bring the focus spot down to quite a small point. Not sure what the effective range would be, but I'm surprised no one tried it.

[@BassMatt1972]

Carbon Arc lamps, one of the main sources of "Sunlight" on studio film sets (before LED etc)

[@philipB31]

Your genius knows no bounds!

[@daviddrift7663]

Great build. You are funny too. Nice.

[@robertcollett45]

The old cameras at my printing college used arc lighting too

[@johntheexplainer]

H. Grindell Matthews was a distant relative of mine. According to his biography, a key claim of the death ray was that it could stop an engine, particularly an airplane engine in flight.

[@smashlee6181]

finally, light stuff!

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

Sounds great and gave some swans Arc Eye. 😂👍🏼

[@FATAL_ER]

Imagine the reaction of the neighbours when they hear all of this noise for the next like... week

[@RedDogForge]

this man needs a machine shop! if your ever in texas you can come borrow mine 😊

[@Scudboy17]

You should try playing with some of the sodium or mercury lamps as well. The mercury lamps get insanely bright, but they have issues with having to remain vertical so you don't spill the mercury. The classic "maser-beam" satalite dish weapons from the classic Godzilla movies used mercury lamps to get those small model lights to burn so brightly.

[@runforitman]

Need to make a WWII RADAR with a magnetron

[@speedbuggy16v]

Now that's a proper maniac!

[@drtaverner]

Literally an old school theatre spotlight.

[@Camerusky6692]

5:44 The commentary is fantastic, I must say.

[@AckzaTV]

I like how it LOOKS like "simple" 1920s "analog" tech...and it makes me feel like there is a whole industry sized collection of knowledge we either never figured out or had hidden from us, that lets us get a LOT more out of old technology. Like the idea that you could use some magnets and batteries to create antigravity lift like "electro gravitics" ...not violating newtons laws, just using a lot of trhe "aether" around us if its there... thatd juyst be so nice to not have to worry about power generation and propulsion.

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

The searchlight on the starboard wing of a Grumman S-2 Tracker aircraft is a carbon arc lamp.