I Put A Fusion Reactor On Top Of The Christmas Tree

Just getting into the holiday spirit... with SCIENCE!
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[@Spirit532]

I have to commend you on the effort, you got the idea correct - without mixing up terms - just the numbers are a bit off, so you only made a "glow tube". Here's a few points: 1 - Your vacuum is many orders of magnitude too high. That single-stage pump is a toy, the gauge can't measure anything near what you need(for that you need at least a pirani gauge). What you need is a 2-stage rotary vane pump, connected to a turbomolecular pump, and a fine needle valve(or just a needle valve with a looooong capillary) to regulate the pressure _after_ you pump down and clean the chamber out. 2 - If the chamber(jar) can withstand what you just put it through, it can survive any level of vacuum. Keep in mind that the difference between atmosphere and high vacuum is literally billions of times higher than the difference between foreline and ultrahigh vacuum. As soon as you hit foreline pressure, you're starting to count the amount of stuff remaining in the chamber, not the actual pressure. 3 - The voltage is way too low, and while rectified, it's still pulsed AC. You need to add capacitors to get DC, and go up to around 15-30kV to create the plasma you're looking for. 4 - That GMC-320 meter is a nearly-blind pile of trash. It can't really see x-rays, can't see neutrons at all, and the sensitivity to everything else is through the floor. To see x-rays, you want something like a Ludlum Model 3 with a 44-9 pancake probe. There's other, cheap alternatives, but too many list here. To see neutrons is another ordeal, but unless you're putting in deuterium, that's not something you have to worry about. The people on fusor forums are... a bit antiquated. There's _far_ easier ways of doing a lot of stuff they talk about nowadays. If you want advice with choosing the right parts and building an actual fusor, I'd be happy to help, just send something to (my name)@(my name).re and we can chat.

[@cranktowncity]

Thanks for the tips man. I'll be in touch if I hit any roadblocks!

[@alexandrsoldiernetizen162]

For HV caps you can always go the aluminum foil/fish tank/glass plates in tons of mineral oil route.

[@Spirit532]

@@alexandrsoldiernetizen162 Very bulky and unnecessary. You can just use microwave oven caps, lol.

[@alexandrsoldiernetizen162]

@@Spirit532 Not for 20 or 30 kilovolts you cant lol

[@Spirit532]

@@alexandrsoldiernetizen162 Are you aware that capacitors can be used in series?

[@davidfriman1969]

Thanx for turning up on KZbin. It’s been a very entertaining year. Great videos with even greater commentary. Awesome choice of projects that brings complex science to understandable garage level. If you have the energy, you have the audience. Just keep it on a manageable level. Don’t let idiots like us interfere with your life.

[@hultaelit]

5:20 love the genuine surprise in the voice when it worked first try. Not something that happens often, at least not when I'm trying to make stuff

[@bruceboggemes9724]

Best Newtuber of the year. From washing your hands to fusion in one video. Fantastic!

[@craterinahole]

Dude, it's been an awesome year. Thanks for all the quality content, you're definitely my favorite creator of the year.

[@chopper3lw]

Every time I see one of your vids show up in my notices it makes me happy, your content is just fun and never boring. Thanks!

[@haltcatchfire4905]

Inspirational fortitude my brother!

[@dustin9258]

Love the video. So many comedic gems in here haha. Keep it up!

[@AgryVideo]

You are a genius I discovered your videos about 20 days ago (it was in the middle of exams for me in mechanical engineering school). They really helped me keep my spirits up during this period when I didn't have time to go to the workshop. Now I've seen them all Hahaha So thank you! And congratulations! I really admire the ability to move forward through problems with the intelligence to sometimes not look too hard for details to get to the point faster. By the way, if one day you come to Switzerland, know that I will be able to provide you with room, board and a private workshop 😊 That would be so cool. I built myself a nifty workshop with lathes / milling machine / CNC milling machine / welding / and everything else at in the garage of the farm.

[@badmacdonald]

i love your videos! you may not have the slickest videos with all the best equipment but you use whatya got to the max and make great imaginative videos. cheers bud. Merry Christmas and i hope your channel subscriptions explodes in the new year.

[@ElevenElevenAus]

Thanks for all the great vids this year. Have really enjoyed your content and look forward to more in 2022. Merry Christmas mate

[@Porkchop1999_]

Thanks for the great video Brilliant job as always Hope you are having a great festive season, Be safe and Take care

[@SeanTaffert]

Dude! that was awesome! I think you should build a full fusion reactor, then use the energy generated to light the tree. (and a couple of welders while you're at it)

[@dylanmojo8429]

Fun and funny bro! Tallulah loves your videos and wants to know when you’re going to make the robot 😄

[@cranktowncity]

Thanks man! I love that you guys are enjoying them!

[@dav1dsm1th]

You should do a "pre date night manicure" video. Comedy gold right there.

[@nickirish7228]

Best KZbinr to since AvE!

[@zach4505]

Great video. Enjoy your holidays.

[@blah4264]

Excellent work mate - Merry Christmas to you and all Crankers around the world.

[@TheVeed115]

All I see here is the idea to scale up. Ya made a cool, really inefficient open atmosphere (kinda neon???) gaslight. There really is no other youtube option here other then to inject a whole lot more power and thought into the project. gogogogog!

[@Scrogan]

Nothing quite like a bit of UVC in your eyeballs to inspire some Christmas cheer. Can’t wait for star mode!

[@DoRC]

You don't really have to worry about the glass imploding as you get into a deep vacuum. The actual pressure difference between the vacuum you were at and the deepest vacuum you can achieve is not very much so if they vessel can hold up to what you put it through it can hold up to any level of vacuum.

[@courtlinpeel1]

Dude! You are one talented and hilarious guy to watch. Very entertaining and educational. SUBSCRIBED

[@StripeyType]

I subbed a bit ago, but this one really shows it was a good idea for me to have done so. I've been wanting to put a Farnsworth together for a few years now and I think I was talking myself out of it. Thanks for setting my head back on straight.

[@DonQuichotteLiberia]

"I'm going with my first instinct here and use violence." Haha, you're clearly one of the good ones. Great content!

[@cykelfreak]

So happy i found this channel👍 I predict it gona explode with subscriptions soon.

[@jacobv_]

This is dope. Can't wait to see the upgraded fuser when you get to it

[@cyn0_]

Nothin’ more pretty than a nice stream of plasma.

[@thedanishfabricator9334]

i'm just going to be here waiting for the next installment of this series!

[@alex4alexn]

i predict you will be at 100k subs in a few months, anyone i show your channel binge watches all of your vids

[@Faestingman]

Great stuff! Particularly a big fan of the JB weld no gloves combo. Such familiar territory.

[@sams5803]

You deserve so many more subs. I build signs for a living.

[@karlharvymarx2650]

First time viewer here. I also use the turn it on and bravely run away method most of the time. However my cat would rather nap, so when vacuum testing canning jars, I noticed mine fit nicely into 2-liter soda bottles. I can't promise it is enough protection, but having blown up a lot of 2-liter bottles I know they're tough and mostly shrapnel-free, tending to stretch and rip in one place instead of shatter. My possibly dumb thought is if the glass implodes, the plastic might stretch a bit if fast moving glass hits it, slowing it down instead of also shattering. I think the glass shards will magically not cut the plastic. I can't see if it actually worked according to plan since my eyes mysteriously disappeared during the test. j/k. Probably the right way to test is to submerge the vessel in water in a strong tank and pump it down. If water will stop a speeding bullet, it will probably stop relatively slow moving glass. It might also help see where leaks are. I think other commenters are right, the pressure difference between where you already had it and a perfect vacuum is essentially zero so if it implodes, it probably would have anyway for other reasons. And really, the pressure is about the same that inflates a football, just in the opposite direction so the glass is under compression instead of tension which is probably what glass likes. Shit happens though so...

[@plasmaman9592]

I just found your channel and I'm 3 or 4 videos in and love what you do! I don't usually sub after the first video but I did on your channel because it looks great

[@TheRainHarvester]

Christmas vacation dad would be proud! Don't dim the rest of your neighborhood! :-)

[@FPiorski]

Definitely a better approximation of a star than that wooden thing, nice. I don't think you have much to worry about when it comes to taking the pressure much lower, as the jump from 21.5"Hg to a perfect vacuum is not that big. Although yeah, safety first. Also, technically what you made is a full-wave rectifier, just not a "full"-bridge rectifier (it's a half-bridge).

[@warrenmusselman9173]

Love this channel. Definitely coming from the good side of the "Fuck around and find out" school of figuring things out and making shit. Kudos.

[@glennlittle6510]

Very clever chap, also so so funny 😂

[@DustanWebb]

Nice man. Merry Christmas to you and yours

[@edgeeffect]

This is one of your best episodes yet... especially the gingerbread gender issues and the cigarette butt.... oh yeah, and the high voltage and the vacuum and the plasma an' stuff. Keep up The Great Work! And have a great Christmas.

[@TLS748]

Dude I fucking love this channel

[@OpreanMircea]

I love the energy in this video

[@jdniedner]

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go. Take a look at Cranktown City, it's got a glowing fusion tree...

[@Sp00ns655]

how does this dude not have more subs???

[@hobbit321a]

Dude I just found your channel and I am very impressed I attempted this when I was younger and got close to your level of success and wished I knew you then thanks for bringing back forgotten memory to a old man Binge watching loved your cnc Lazer am truly enjoying the work you do and the results 😀 also the co2 generator was great what about dry ice in a pressure vessel I know that co2 in a coke 2 litter bottle with water makes a great rocket or noise maker I would think you could generate enough to be worth the effort for a real emergency welding

[@julias-shed]

That’s pretty 😍 another great video. Have a great holiday 😀

[@martincastellano89]

haha sweet mate!!!

[@andreaudio]

Damn! That was nice!

[@stevesrt8]

Merry Christmas! fun vid as always. cheers

[@ItsJohnnyZero]

"Berserker-Einstein" you are! Keep on, keepin' on man!

[@joels7605]

"70% sure this is right." That's a pass my man! Good enough for the girls I go out with.

[@svideodotorg]

"I like to derate the amount of dumbness it takes to die" is my new mantra

[@jk-mm5to]

Try introducing some heavy water? Maybe a bit of lithium too.

[@bengelman2600]

"Hopefully it'll help us squeeze out some high voltage" LOL

[@ChrisBigBad]

Good job! Very Kerbal! You must already be familiar with Ben Krasnow. His channel is Applied Science. He used spark plugs to get HV into a vac jar :D I would not be surprised if Ben managed to build a time-machine, sent himself into the past to escape from the radiation-police and you are actually Ben himself. haha. That would be ridiculous, haha, wouldn't it? haha....

[@kreynolds1123]

Farnsworth Fusor. The perfect star light on my night stand next to my bead. 😁

[@ChadsCustomCreations]

Un-subscribed just so I could subscribe again. Love the videos and I can't get over how perfect your humor is!

[@CriminologistRWorst]

Entertaining as always, brother! Learning to add extra steps before I die helps with a valid life insurance claim. #EvenSteven 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #KeepRockingYourVideosOut

[@Enderbro3300]

New bottom surgery just dropped for gingerbread people

[@jordanbennett6461]

Man said "let's put an actual star on the tree"

[@WeBeGood06]

A proper fusion reactor needs to be filled with a hydrogen vacuum.

[@zebdeming]

Will be interested to see you fuse some Hydrogen in the future. Please tell me you are going to make your own diffusion pump for the deep vacuum

[@cranktowncity]

Just gathered the parts, cross your fingers I dunno if this is gonna work haha

[@oberonpanopticon]

I wish you a merry x-ray-mas.

[@Jan_Seidel]

Crazy is a good thing. Time to kick things a notch up. Lets go big and build a fusion device for space travel :)

[@NoopityNoop]

Copper core spark plugs make nice vaccuum pass throughs for electrical.

[@NicksStuff]

Beautiful. Plastic trees are *less* flammable? That's cool

[@ChaseQuist-bv2du]

Hey! First off love your videos for many reasons but to keep it short I appreciate you as a person and for the content you provide ❤️ secondly…. I tried to make a fusor almost 2 years ago, had almost all of the equipment needed to do so except a high voltage feed through. I’ve got multiple stainless steel UHV parts and chambers, piping, flanges, seals, two compact diffusion pumps and everything. Would you by chance be interested in having me ship them out? I’m saddened I have not accomplished it but i went way over budget and have moved on. Please let me know as it would be worth it just to see someone actually finish what i didn’t!

[@cranktowncity]

That would be incredible man, I too feel bad that I pit this prohext on hold

[@emidiomata1]

Love your videos

[@chuckles1808]

I found an easier way for that high voltage supply, at least in a shop, is a dimmer switch and an ignition coil. It'll give about 25kv.

[@ginokrol]

this is awesome!

[@joesask857]

fkn sweet thanks man

[@arpeggi2999]

I lol'd a bunch, thanks!

[@RitzScythe]

2032: How I went off grid- A Fusion Reactor Story

[@Pest789]

I'm confident the video will earn the dinger I have provided in advance. Also first. 8:28 There it is.

[@hectorramirez3396]

i make a similar spring ball everytime i open a new shaker cup i buy at walmart

[@platin2148]

Yes let’s get this burn the eyes out.

[@AJMansfield1]

I'm surprised you went for the ceramic tubing rather than repurposing spark plugs for the electrical pass-through.

[@jpdthe3rd]

7000 feet? Are you on the western slope?

[@sommersetcoker5455]

dude, i fuckn love it

[@seanbrashares9883]

i thought you were my g-friends ex at first. stayed to watch and your much more intelligent and funny. keep up the educational entertainment!

[@StraightLineCycles]

Now I am become death. Freakin awesome 👌

[@NikolaNBPLoop]

Legend

[@mitchellbriggs7856]

I love your videos your like the real life fidleferd micgucket

[@SilverSergeant]

Commonly known as a "Star in a Jar"... Some people use a different gas in the vaccum.

[@brandondone2888]

Cool man!

[@Ravedave5]

Awesome. Dude go with a clickbaity title like 'i put the core of a star on my tree!' and a vertasium style thumbnail and you'll get a ton of views.

[@meme98766gg]

Did he already make a fusor in star mode already?

[@lewisirvine8065]

Yes yes theres a reactor on your tree but more importantly where do i find that wrangler jacket in the uk?

[@Jkauppa]

try spin glow fusion reactor

[@Jkauppa]

its only a flash tube, with radial out plasma current and top-down permanent magnet field, which becomes the arc spin glow plasma stuff

[@Jkauppa]

try electrostatic potential high voltage generator instead, the "active" version wastes current, you dont need that, to make x-rays

[@Jkauppa]

van de graaf generator, the hair rising static voltage generator, you need the field strength voltage, not the current for the ion accelerator and smash the ions to the target deep

[@Jkauppa]

also the static voltage is spark only, very safe, small amounts of fusion generation

[@Jkauppa]

a normal fusion reactor is no harder than a flash bulb (those long tubes, curved/circle ion particle accelerator)

[@ween4314]

Please make a bigger one..

[@TulusTube]

Nothing says merry Christmas bits fusion reactor on a tree

[@axelvis3698]

This needs a V2.

[@gangedup1]

lmao subbed dude

[@hotfuzz1913]

👍

[@ianitusluminous8937]

#teamseas...............................................................................

[@jasb78]

That was a sucksess