/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I've just finished a test with one layer of the coil. Powered from one of my old projects ( basicly a 250v 1000uF capacitor) it is able to push a 7mm steel bearing ball through the barrel so i think it's not that bad.

My main problem for now is a way to charge 400v capacitors. I will probably have to buy a 230v/400v transformer.

>>1003135
Thanks for your post. And about the capacitors I bought them on my country's auction site for about 6 dollars each.

>>1003224
It would be great if you could find your schematics. Also why is a sphere the hardest type of ammunition to fire?

I also plan to hook it all up (detectors and mosfets) to an arduino or some other microcomputer to make the timing and overall control easier.