This is a unique coilgun being hand cranked and portable. It is driven by a hand generator (magneto) from an old telephone handset in the original box .
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This charges a 5400 uF 225 V capacitor to a total of 136 joules. I also had a power pack for times when the arms get sore as it takes a couple of minutes of vigorous winding to charge. The hand-powered coilgun is not really fast on the draw. Switching was with two metal contacts. It could just penetrate a cardboard box with an 8 g iron rod.
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Photo Date: Jan 25, 2003