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B0101 | hi azonenberg | 19:41 |
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azonenberg | hi | 19:41 |
B0101 | good news, i've got someone to help out with the photoresist | 19:42 |
azonenberg | Nice :) | 19:42 |
B0101 | well, he's better in O-chem than me actually | 19:47 |
azonenberg | Are you going to try and synthesize DNQ? | 19:51 |
azonenberg | or use a different chemistry | 19:51 |
B0101 | we will try to synthesize DNQ | 19:51 |
azonenberg | Nice, i wish you luck | 19:54 |
B0101 | thanks | 19:54 |
azonenberg | my ochem knowledge is so minimal i dont know if its trivial or super complex lol | 19:54 |
B0101 | for now, i will be trying to program and build an automatic chemical synthesizer | 19:56 |
B0101 | I also have to develop a cleaning agent... well, so many things to do that i find myself stuck in the lab for more than 12 hours... | 19:58 |
azonenberg | lol the life of a nerd | 19:58 |
azonenberg | Better to be in a lab for 12 hours than working as a janitor or something, though | 19:58 |
B0101 | well, most of us may have been exposed to a chemistry set when we're young | 20:01 |
azonenberg | Lol | 20:02 |
B0101 | used to play with certain chemicals to make fire crackers... until the government banned fire crackers because its a fire hazard | 20:03 |
azonenberg | lol | 20:03 |
azonenberg | I got into non-chemical projectile launchers | 20:03 |
B0101 | for weapons? | 20:05 |
azonenberg | http://colossus.cs.rpi.edu/pictures/2009/May/5-10-2009%20-%20tissue%20guns/S7307450_sm.jpg | 20:05 |
azonenberg | Yes, it's made of legos | 20:05 |
azonenberg | Semiautomatic, 7-round removable box magazine | 20:05 |
azonenberg | blowgun | 20:05 |
B0101 | wow | 20:06 |
B0101 | that looks like it took a lot of time to build and test | 20:07 |
azonenberg | Lol yes it did | 20:07 |
azonenberg | Most people have never heard of semiauto blowguns lol | 20:07 |
azonenberg | i had a sensor across the barrel so right after i stop blowing it'd cycle the bolt and load the next shot | 20:08 |
azonenberg | two breaths, two shots | 20:08 |
B0101 | ah, i see | 20:09 |
azonenberg | If you look closely you can see a PIC18F1320 in the stock | 20:09 |
B0101 | yup, saw it | 20:10 |
azonenberg | http://colossus.cs.rpi.edu/pictures/2009/May/5-10-2009%20-%20tissue%20guns/S7307439_sm.jpg breadboarded sensor prototype | 20:11 |
azonenberg | http://colossus.cs.rpi.edu/pictures/2009/May/5-10-2009%20-%20tissue%20guns/S7307444_sm.jpg first functional protoype with a bolt-action assembly, hopper magazine (no springs), and sensors | 20:12 |
azonenberg | the main body of the blowgun i had already but it was a pump action, this was a semiauto upgrade | 20:12 |
B0101 | ok | 20:13 |
B0101 | for some reason, i can't stop looking at the pictures... | 20:14 |
azonenberg | Lol let me find a video, sec | 20:14 |
azonenberg | http://colossus.cs.rpi.edu/pictures/2008/April/4-6-08%20-%20tissue%20guns/S6303812.AVI | 20:15 |
azonenberg | i put a camera behind the sights | 20:16 |
azonenberg | and filmed myself doing target practice | 20:16 |
B0101 | ok | 20:16 |
azonenberg | this was on the older pump-action model | 20:16 |
B0101 | ok | 20:20 |
B0101 | wow, did i just get disconnected without being disconnected? | 20:20 |
azonenberg | I didnt see you disappear | 20:20 |
B0101 | well, for soem reason, the irc server i'm on changed suddenly | 20:21 |
azonenberg | lol odd | 20:22 |
B0101 | but well, if i try to replicate your gun... no one will be happy (i shoot things at people) | 20:24 |
B0101 | except real bullets of course | 20:24 |
B0101 | well, i have to say, nice gun | 20:25 |
azonenberg | lol | 20:25 |
azonenberg | I mostly used it for shooting Lego guys | 20:25 |
azonenberg | I liked it because unlike a real firearm i could do target practice anywhere | 20:25 |
azonenberg | since the rounds had so little penetration | 20:26 |
azonenberg | At really close range they'd nick drywall but at more than a few feet they'd just bounce off | 20:26 |
B0101 | yup | 20:26 |
B0101 | even if i had your lego gun, i just can't bring it overseas... (want to try this with my cousin, just that customs banned toy guns) | 20:28 |
azonenberg | Bring legos | 20:28 |
azonenberg | assemble on site :p | 20:28 |
azonenberg | And a couple of drinking straws lol | 20:29 |
B0101 | thats what i'll do | 20:29 |
azonenberg | You're then fully compliant with the letter and spirit of the law | 20:29 |
azonenberg | since legos look nothing like a weapon | 20:29 |
azonenberg | and are of course quite harmless | 20:29 |
azonenberg | In case you're interested the standard high-power rifle scope dovetail - I think it's 3/8" | 20:30 |
azonenberg | is almost exactly the right size to clip onto two rows of Lego studs | 20:30 |
azonenberg | the sight on there is a cheap $30 red-dot sight i bought at a hunting store, then just screwed on like i'd mount it on a rifle lol | 20:30 |
azonenberg | The hardest part of these things is finding two sizes of straw that fit tightly inside each other | 20:32 |
azonenberg | and also are the correct inside diameter to hold knex rods or your projectil of choice | 20:33 |
B0101 | i sense that the lab may be calling me again... | 20:41 |
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