• Tiny coil gun powered by camera battery is cute 'n deadly

    Friday, July 17th, 2009

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    It’s only deadly to paper, but hey. We here at CrunchGear love our coil guns. Tesla coil guns, Wiimote coil guns, robot coil guns, we’ll take ‘em all. What can I say, it’s just good fun for the whole family! This one is for baby.

    The little light-switch enclosure contains a camera flash battery, some circuit hackery, and the few parts necessary to accelerate a BB to paper-penetrating speed. Want to make your own? Assuming you know how to make a basic coil gun, here are parts used. Go forth and coil.

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