Small coil gun

This is my small 12 joule coil gun made from an old camera. It actually has a bit of power and can blast quarter-inch steel pellets into styrofoam from 30 feet away. Enjoy!

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Howto & Style

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• Coil
• gun

[empeus]

how to make one of these? pls someone give me the scheme!

[newtonianbarf]

Just look up "camera coil gun" on google, there are plenty of plans.

[PolarBearNinja2009]

Your quarter inch steel pellets look alot like 4.5mm copper bbs...

[newtonianbarf]

But I do realize 4.5 cm is 1/4 inch.

[PolarBearNinja2009]

Ahh... well I just got schooled.

[akec4242]

actually, magnets are not part of it per se... a coil gun uses a current of electricity directed around a coil wrapped many times, and that creates magnetism. the projectile doesnt have to be a magnet, tne projectile only needs to be able to be manipulated by magnistism.

[matttatts]

THUP!

[ferrex7]

you'll get better results if you use a cylindrical projectile

[ConnorXV]

Someone's a bit retarded for using nikon flash circuits, the capacitors won't be any better for what you pay lol the computing/resolution technology adds the extra $45-95

[bakerdollinfan]

ambosoldier your a fucking looser go eat shit

[ambosoldier]

hahahahha noob a 1.12kjoule gun that thing is pretty shit and by the way yep that looked liek 30 feet and i dont think you have enough skill to make a good one. i made one from 10 nikon camera flash packs (there worth 50-100$) and if u touch the wrong wire u certainly know about it and i wouldnt want to be on the other end of mine it sends bulltes through phone books wen i get a new camera i will post vids just u google image coil gun and the blue one is mine

[zim090909]

I'm terribly sorry, i wasn't reading when it was posted. Stupid me :P

[gonepishing]

why is that a response to my comment?

I've built more then one coilgun, videos are on my channel

[zim090909]

He secured two washers around the tube and wrapped a coil of wire around the tube multiple times.He is most likely using a capacitor bank, how big i don't know and the capacitor bank is put onto where the single capacitor used to be on the camera flashing circuit. Make sure the positives and negatives sides are in the right place or the capacitors could be potentially dangerous. Also for basic coil gun designs capacitors are normally wired together in parallel to make the capacitor bank

[PolarBearNinja2009]

Ok... when someone admits something like that you don't say jackass remarks back

[Xxero0]

no, no, you didnt get schooled. you got fucking owned! lol, =)