Holy hell, this guy built a handheld Tesla coil gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5jBjso6l6I Inspired by steampunk computer graphic novelThe Five Fists of Science , Dr. Horrible Rob Flickenger set out to make his own handheld , field - return Tesla coil gun . He succeeded . It ’s in effect a portable burning machine , with an arc draw of about 12 inches ; “ you pull the initiation , ” explicate Flickenger , “ and lightning comes out the front ....