| Acknowledgments | xi |
| Special Notes | xiii |
| Introduction | xv |
| Part 11 |
| Chapter 1 | Antigravity Project | 1 |
| Theory of Operation | 1 |
| Construction Steps | 3 |
| Board Assembly Steps | 4 |
| Testing Steps | 9 |
| Notes | 15 |
| Tethering Setup | 15 |
| Lifter Troubleshooting Guide | 17 |
| Problem 1 | The Lifter Is Not Moving, and I Don't Hear a Hissing Noise | 17 |
| Problem 2 | The Lifter Is Not Moving, and the High-Voltage Supply Seems Completely Dead | 17 |
| Problem 3 | The Lifter Is Not Moving, and I Do Hear a Hissing Noise | 17 |
| Problem 4 | The Lifter Is Moving a Little but Is Not Taking Off | 18 |
| Problem 5 | The Lifter Is Moving but Has a Lot of Electrical Arcing | 18 |
| Problem 6 | The Lifter Is Lifting Off, but When Arcing Occurs It Suddenly Drops or Loses Height | 18 |
| Problem 7 | The Lifter Is Lifting off and "Bouncing" the Tether, but Thrust Is Not Stable | 18 |
| Problem 8 | Arcing Is Occurring Between the Ground Wire and the HV Wire | 19 |
| Problem 9 | The Lifter Lifts Off and Immediately Shorts the HV and Ground Wires | 19 |
| Problem 10 | The Lifter Lifts Off and Immediately Pulls to One Side | 19 |
| Problem 11 | The Corona Wire Flutters During Liftoff and Causes Thrust Problems | 19 |
| Problem 12 | The Foil Skirt Flutters During Liftoff and Causes Thrust Problems | 20 |
| Problem 13 | The Lifter Hisses but Just Will Not Lift Off | 20 |
| Author's Note: General Troubleshooting Guidelines | 20 |
| Chapter 2 | Low-Power Electrokinetic Gun | 23 |
| Basic Theory | 23 |
| First and Preferred Method | 23 |
| Second Method | 24 |
| Circuit Description | 24 |
| Board Assembly Steps | 24 |
| Fabrication | 25 |
| Electrical Pretest | 27 |
| Obtaining More Velocity (Under No Condition Point or Shoot Toward a Person) | 28 |
| Chapter 3 | High-Energy Pulser | 31 |
| System Description | 32 |
| Circuit Theory of Operation | 32 |
| Special Note | 33 |
| Construction Steps | 33 |
| Final Assembly | 36 |
| Electrical Pretest | 37 |
| Main Test | 38 |
| Helpful Mathematical Relationships with This Equipment | 38 |
| Chapter 4 | Mass Accelerator | 41 |
| Theory of Operation | 41 |
| Setup and Operation of the Mass Accelerator | 41 |
| Chapter 5 | Plasma Thermal Gun | 47 |
| Theory of Operation | 47 |
| Assembly Steps of the Thermal Gun | 47 |
| Special Notes | 50 |
| Chapter 6 | Wire-Exploding Project | 55 |
| Theory of Operation | 55 |
| Setup and Operation | 55 |
| Special Notes | 57 |
| Chapter 7 | Magnetic Can Crushing | 61 |
| Setup and Operation | 61 |
| Special Notes | 63 |
| Part 265 |
| Chapter 8 | Handheld Burning CO[subscript 2] Gas Laser | 65 |
| Basic Description | 66 |
| Theory of Operation | 66 |
| Circuit Operation | 66 |
| Assembly Steps | 69 |
| Laser Head Construction | 73 |
| Testing Your Laser | 74 |
| Special Notes | 80 |
| Optional Focusing Lens | 80 |
| Battery Operation | 80 |
| Cleaning Output Optics | 80 |
| Purging the Cooling System | 81 |
| Operating Time | 81 |
| Increasing Power Output | 81 |
| General-Purpose Test Fixture for Line-Powered Circuits | 81 |
| Chapter 9 | Handheld Burning Diode Laser Ray Gun | 85 |
| Applications | 85 |
| Basic Theory | 86 |
| Circuit Theory | 86 |
| Assembly Steps | 86 |
| Circuit Pretest | 88 |
| Safety | 92 |
| General Handling | 92 |
| Static Electrical Damages (ESD) | 92 |
| Excessive Forward Voltage | 92 |
| Excessive Forward Current | 92 |
| Reverse Currents | 93 |
| High Temperature | 93 |
| Chapter 10 | Long-Range Optical Laser Project | 97 |
| Chapter 11 | Handheld, Ultrabright Green Laser | 99 |
| Applications | 99 |
| Circuit Description | 100 |
| Assembly Steps | 100 |
| Electrical Pretest | 102 |
| Collimation and Final Assembly | 102 |
| Chapter 12 | Laser Property-Protection Fence | 105 |
| Special Note | 106 |
| Circuit Description | 106 |
| Construction Steps for the Receiver and Controller | 106 |
| Construction Steps for the Laser Beam Generator | 109 |
| Chapter 13 | Laser Window Bounce Listening Device | 113 |
| Special Note | 113 |
| Basic Theory | 114 |
| Project Description | 114 |
| Project Construction | 115 |
| Laser Transmitter | 115 |
| Circuit | 117 |
| Construction of the Electronics Assembly Board | 118 |
| Assembly Is Ready for Pretest | 118 |
| Special Note | 121 |
| Final Enclosure and Optics | 121 |
| Fabrication | 121 |
| Final Assembly | 121 |
| Test-Tone Module Construction | 122 |
| Laser Receiver | 124 |
| Circuit Theory | 124 |
| Construction Steps | 125 |
| Unit Is Ready for Pretest | 126 |
| Final Assembly | 126 |
| Laser Receiver Is Ready for Final Testing | 127 |
| System Application, Safety, and Legality | 128 |
| Setup Using Direct Reflection | 128 |
| Assembly of a Field-Worthy, Integrated System | 131 |
| Parts and Fabrication Description | 132 |
| Part 3137 |
| Chapter 14 | Twelve-Inch-Spark Tesla Coil | 137 |
| Use Caution Around Sensitive Electronic Equipment | 137 |
| Tesla Coil | 137 |
| Brief Theory | 138 |
| Introduction to Your Easy-to-Build Tesla Coil | 138 |
| Circuit Theory | 139 |
| Construction Steps | 140 |
| Special Notes | 145 |
| Application and Operation | 145 |
| Experiments Using Your Coil | 150 |
| Chapter 15 | Two-Inch-Spark Tesla Coil with Timer | 157 |
| Circuit Theory | 158 |
| Construction Steps | 158 |
| Electrical Pretest | 158 |
| Final Assembly | 159 |
| Chapter 16 | Tesla Plasma and Ion Projects | 163 |
| Experiments and Applications Using Plasma | 163 |
| Circuit Theory | 163 |
| Construction | 163 |
| Pretest | 166 |
| Mechanical Assembly | 166 |
| Test and Function Selection | 167 |
| Experiments and Applications Using Plasma | 167 |
| Experiments and Applications Using Ions | 169 |
| Chapter 17 | Solid-State Tesla Coil | 175 |
| Circuit Theory | 175 |
| Assembly | 176 |
| Test Steps | 180 |
| Chapter 18 | Thirty-Inch-Spark Tesla Lightning Generator | 185 |
| Basic Points to Consider Before Building This Project | 185 |
| Brief Theory of Operation | 186 |
| Circuit Description | 187 |
| Description of Major Components | 188 |
| LS1 Secondary Coil | 188 |
| Output Terminal | 188 |
| LP1 Primary Coil | 188 |
| Coupling | 188 |
| SPKGAP Spark Gap Switch | 188 |
| C3 Primary Capacitor | 189 |
| CHK1--RF Choke | 189 |
| Assembly Steps | 189 |
| Testing Steps | 191 |
| Special Notes | 194 |
| Part 4203 |
| Chapter 19 | Traveling-Plasma Jacob's Ladder | 203 |
| Origin | 203 |
| Basic Description | 203 |
| Circuit Descriptions | 204 |
| Assembly Steps | 204 |
| Testing the Circuit | 205 |
| Chapter 20 | Amazing Plasma Tornado Generator | 209 |
| Theory of Operation | 209 |
| Project Description | 210 |
| Assembly Instructions | 210 |
| Application and Operation | 213 |
| Special Note | 213 |
| Chapter 21 | Plasma Lightsaber | 215 |
| Circuit Theory | 215 |
| Construction | 216 |
| Construction Steps | 217 |
| Mechanical Assembly Steps | 220 |
| Test Points and Troubleshooting Suggestions | 221 |
| Special Notes | 222 |
| Batteries | 222 |
| Applications | 222 |
| Part 5225 |
| Chapter 22 | Ion Ray and Charge Gun | 225 |
| Circuit Operation | 226 |
| Construction Steps | 227 |
| Board Assembly Steps | 227 |
| Testing Steps | 229 |
| Mechanical Assembly | 231 |
| Operation and Applications | 232 |
| Experiments | 234 |
| Negative Ion Information | 236 |
| Special Notes | 236 |
| Chapter 23 | See-in-the-Dark Project | 239 |
| General Description | 239 |
| Basic Theory | 240 |
| Circuit Description | 241 |
| Circuit Assembly | 241 |
| Circuit Board Testing | 242 |
| Fabrication and Mechanical Assembly | 243 |
| Special Notes | 244 |
| Chapter 24 | Fish Stunning and Wormer Project | 247 |
| General Description | 247 |
| Circuit Description | 248 |
| Construction Steps | 249 |
| Subassembly Pretest | 251 |
| Final Assembly | 251 |
| Operation | 252 |
| Verification of Operation | 254 |
| Chapter 25 | Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Generator | 257 |
| Basic Description | 258 |
| Project Objective | 258 |
| Hazards | 258 |
| Theory | 258 |
| Capacitor | 259 |
| Inductor | 259 |
| Spark Switch | 259 |
| Exploding Wire Disruption Switch (High-Power, High-Frequency Pulse) | 262 |
| RFC1 Radio Frequency Choke | 262 |
| R1 Resistor | 262 |
| Charger | 262 |
| Assembly | 262 |
| Application | 265 |
| Sources | 266 |
| Part 6267 |
| Chapter 26 | Ultrasonic Microphone | 267 |
| Applications | 268 |
| Circuit Description | 268 |
| Construction Steps | 269 |
| Electrical Pretest | 271 |
| Special Note: Utilizing a Standing Wave | 272 |
| Supplementary Application Note | 273 |
| Recording | 274 |
| Chapter 27 | Phaser Pain Field Gun | 277 |
| Circuit Theory | 278 |
| Construction Steps | 279 |
| Subassembly Pretest | 280 |
| Final Assembly | 282 |
| Chapter 28 | Pain Field Property-Protection Guard | 285 |
| Project Description | 286 |
| Driver Circuit Description | 286 |
| Detection Circuit Description | 287 |
| Construction | 287 |
| Final Assembly | 289 |
| Test Procedure | 290 |
| Testing Detector-Sensing Circuit | 291 |
| Special Notes | 292 |
| Application and Setup | 292 |
| A Word of Caution | 293 |
| General Information on Ultrasonics | 293 |
| Index | 297 |