Warehouse 13 - The Tesla Gun
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TechDante
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not sure but currently looking for a deringer online to mould so i can start on this build
GeraldBarnacle
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Love the name. Tesla has such a Sci-Fi ring to it!
Dakarn
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Ok the first version is done. Rather quickly, the whole build was done in 2 days.
Using timelordd's first frames and a spare barrel and the rest is crafted from hardware store parts. The ends of the barrel are large washers, with smaller washers and a brass screw and nut used to hold everything together. Broke a drill bit while drilling out the holes so that's why its a bit "twisted".
The front tube is slotted in via a socket I drilled out in a washer, the rear 2 tubes are placed over appropriately sized nuts and glued on. The grips are a fail and I need to replace them. Foam and plasti dip aren't so great for grips, end up lumpy. So since I have 1 day until Megacon I just appropriately electrical taped it.
Also have a Farnsworth that's being wrapped up right now.
Using timelordd's first frames and a spare barrel and the rest is crafted from hardware store parts. The ends of the barrel are large washers, with smaller washers and a brass screw and nut used to hold everything together. Broke a drill bit while drilling out the holes so that's why its a bit "twisted".
The front tube is slotted in via a socket I drilled out in a washer, the rear 2 tubes are placed over appropriately sized nuts and glued on. The grips are a fail and I need to replace them. Foam and plasti dip aren't so great for grips, end up lumpy. So since I have 1 day until Megacon I just appropriately electrical taped it.
Also have a Farnsworth that's being wrapped up right now.
The Knob side...
Did you end up coiling your own copper to replicate the springs?
HeroWorship
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She's a real beauty T.L.
Interceptor6
Sr Member
We'll be there, but now it'll be on Sunday.
Unfortunately, a sick girlfriend has precluded me from attending MegaCon after all. Sad face. Which is just as well, because I somehow broke the electronics module for the Farnsworth I've been putting together in time for said con.
Can you share any info about the springs you found? I've bought some spring assortment packs in the hope of finding a match but no luck. On the other hand, I did find a source for what I believe is the perfect copper tubing for the six front-facing copper tubes...AND... It turns out that cutting it with a small $8 pipe cutter from Home Depot produces the EXACT end detail.
Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JU0XM8
Below are a pic of the end detail, and the little cutter I used to achieve it.
There was nothing near that thin at my Home Depot. The smallest I found was 1/4", I think. And the wall thickness was minuscule. No fit for the project. I didn't check Lowes (AKA: our name is the opposite of our prices) but I would expect similar results. I can't think of any home improvement uses for such a small tube.
PeterLC
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If you can't find a real one there are plenty of good all metal replicas out there even here in Australia. I would buy one here but have no use for it after making a mini-Tesla and they are about $120 here.
I bought a toy capgun online that looked pretty good (especially for the bits I would use in the Tesla) but it turned out to be 3.5" long. Oh well.
I bought a toy capgun online that looked pretty good (especially for the bits I would use in the Tesla) but it turned out to be 3.5" long. Oh well.
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