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Build a Real Ray Gun at Home (Homemade Ray Gun or Burning Pulse Laser Pistol)
by TheHomebrewGuru on July 9, 2011 Table of Contents Build a Real Ray Gun at Home (Homemade Ray Gun or Burning Pulse Laser Pistol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro: Build a Real Ray Gun at Home (Homemade Ray Gun or Burning Pulse Laser Pistol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 1: Getting Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 2: Make a Capacitor Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 3: Power Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 4: Wiring the Charging Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 5: Ionizer and the SSY-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 6: Optional Addons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 7: Author's Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related Instructables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7
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Intro: Build a Real Ray Gun at Home (Homemade Ray Gun or Burning Pulse Laser Pistol)
Is it possible to build a space-age ray gun at home? With mostly houshold items, it is. Perhaps many of you have seen tutorials online on how to build a laser pistol, but these tutorials are almost always only reliant on weak laser diodes. This pistol is a SOLID STATE PUMPED laser. In order to prevent confusion, I will explain the difference. A SOLID STATE laser is pumped with intense light from a flash lamp in a single pulse onto a lasing medium. In this tutorial we will be using Neodymium:YAG as our lasing medium. If you build this pistol properly, it should be able to punch through plastics, wood, styrafoam, or even thin metals instantaneously or make blind spots on television screens. WARNING: Due to the inherent dangers of this project, make sure to take all necessary safety precautions including eye protection. Never point the ray gun at any living thing, and always make sure to have proper supervision. This tutorial simply gives basic instructions for a way to build the pistol but does not go into great detail on how it will work. (I will post soon) In addition, though the capacitors can be charged faster using alternative methods, for the sake of simplicity (and cost), I will be detailing how to build a working charger with only disposable cameras. Before you begin this project, it is advised that you first watch this brief instructional video covering the bare basics (read below): NOTE: NEVER fire a laser without proper eye protection or handle bare capacitors!! I was in no danger throughout the video, although it was made humorous. Make sure to shield your eyes properly when firing solid state lasers, and make sure that capacitors are adequately insulated. This video is not meant to be serious, but is only to showcase the laser pistol. A video will be posted to better show it in action (firing).
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Image Notes 1. SWITCH ARRAY (4 SWITCHES ON MY MODEL, THE INSTRUCTIONS WILL REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 3 FOR A 2 ROW CAPACITOR ARRAY) 2. SPEAKER 3. POWER SECTION 4. IONIZATION CAPACITOR 5. SSY-1 LASER HEAD/RESONATOR 6. CHARGING CIRCUITS 7. INDICATOR LIGHTS 8. TRIGGER(S)
Image Notes 1. CAPACITOR 2. DISCHARGE THESE 3. REMOVE BATTERY FROM HERE 4. FLASH TRIGGER 5. INDICATOR LIGHT 6. IONIZATION COIL 7. BATTERY TERMINAL 8. BATTERY TERMINAL
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Image Notes 1. WIRED IN PARALLEL 2. CONNECT THESE TWO WIRES TO CONNECT THE TWO ROWS IN SERIES 3. SWITCH 1 4. SWITCH 2 5. POSITIVE to SSY-1 6. NEGATIVE to SSY-1
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Image Notes 1. 2X AA BATTERY HOLDER 2. 9V BATTERY CONNECTION FOR AUDIO CIRCUIT (OPTIONAL)
Image Notes 1. SSY-1 Laser Head 2. RED WIRE (1) 3. WHITE WIRE (2) 4. BLACK WIRE (3)
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Comments
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llamatard says:
could this possibly b fatal?
TheHomebrewGuru says:
Jul 21, 2011. 9:14 PM REPLY It is much like a BB gun. Capacitors can (possibly) leave a pretty nasty sting so respect them! As for the laser it may damage eyesight, but not kill.
DynoYoshi says:
wow this instructable was superb!
tinker234 says:
wow hey how could i make it go thourgh hevay metals in the compact size
niac says:
Jul 11, 2011. 11:28 AM REPLY You arn't kidding when you say dangerous. I had a scary event personally a few years ago with a disposable camera charging circuit, when I accidentally discharged a single charged cap from it through me. I went into shock briefly. It was painful, and scary. Be VERY careful with these things.
CShaffer212 says:
Jul 12, 2011. 3:36 PM REPLY It's also a good idea to try and keep only one hand at a time close to the capacitors and anything that conducts from them. I had a scare when it went from one hand to the other and it felt like a punch in the chest! The experience was shocking, to say the least.
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niac says:
Jul 12, 2011. 4:07 PM REPLY Yeah, totally. It /is/ good advice to work with only one hand when doing that. And not offer a ground path or something via somewhere else through your body.
TheHomebrewGuru says:
Yes, please make sure that you have shorted the terminals and make sure that capacitors are adequately insulated!
MikrySoft says:
Jul 10, 2011. 4:55 PM REPLY Everything is great, except for one small mistake - stripes on capacitors mark NEGATIVE terminal - have you noticed those nice minus signs painted on them?
TheHomebrewGuru says:
Oh whoops you are right! I wrote this instructable quickly I will fix it immediately. Sorry about that thanks
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