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Okay so I had an idea for a home made Railgun of sorts.

Get a testtube,Coil it in insulated copper wire.Apply a brief electronic current.And whammo,Nail is shot.

Does anyone know if this would work completely or not?

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Dr. Zin said:

No way would it generate enough force.


Not from what i've heard :P

This would be wrapped tight in the wire,It wouldnt just be spread around it.

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Caco-Puff said:

Not from what i've heard :P

I have a great idea....TEST your hypothesis instead of telling people off and assuming it would work

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Quast said:

I have a great idea....TEST your hypothesis instead of telling people off and assuming it would work


Not at 1:44 am.

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Caco-Puff said:

Not at 1:44 am.

Why not? There aren't many people on the streets at 1:44 am so the chance of accidently killing someone is smaller.

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Yes, it will work. Just make sure you are using enough power and an appropriate voltage, say 80 000, and hold on to the gun while firing, just to make sure the recoil doesn't damage any surrounding equipment.

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Caco-Puff said:

Portable Nailguns would beg to differ :P

Nailguns aren't railguns. There is a whole world of difference there.

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No, it wouldn't work. The required electricity to make it work is off the scale. Plus you need to have a very powerful electromagnet on a rail - hence the name of the railgun in the firstplace, iirc.

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yea those things use alot of power and as of now are not very efficient compared to chemical explosives.

i remember seeing a home made "rail gun" on a site a while back, but it didn't launch at high speed. not even a speed that could hurt or leave a bruse.


try making a tesla coil or something.

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Caco-Puff said:

Okay so I had an idea for a home made Railgun of sorts.

Get a testtube,Coil it in insulated copper wire.Apply a brief electronic current.And whammo,Nail is shot.

Does anyone know if this would work completely or not?


As a few people have said, that's a coilgun not a railgun. Try railgun.org, it's very informative and has some cool videos.

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