Arc Reactor

by grayson.reid in Craft > Cardboard

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Arc Reactor

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In this instructable I made a arc reactor from iron man. Trust me it takes work but it’s very cool

Supplies

Tubing
Ring from your old propane regulator
Led string lights
Invisible ink pen
Light up frisbee
A lot of hot glue
Cardboard
Orange string or copper wire
Copper tape

Tubing

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Take a piece of the tubing (as big as you want the arc to go)
And bent it into a circle and tape it with the gold tape. Then add pieces of copper tape along the whole length so it is even.

Cardboard

Okay now you want to grab your cardboard and find your iron man chest plate. Measure how big the hole in it and divide it in half. Then with the half measurements cut same size squares with your measurements.

Cardboard Part 2

Now cut a circle that’s big enough to fit on the back of your tube circle. Save that for. Later

Details

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Remember when you put tape on your circle? Take your hot glue gun and make outlines around the tape on every one. After that you need to get your string or wire and wrap it around where the tape is and glue it to the sides. Repeat to all. Then take another smaller piece and wrap it around one of the already wrapped and tie it. Then tie the other end to the propane ring. Then open up the frisbee. Get out the electronics and get the plastic circle. Cut it so it can fit inside your ring. See picture. See picture 2 to see how to do the string thing.

Cardboard Part 3

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Take the squares you made and cut the corners off. Then glue them as shown in picture. Oh yeah don’t forget to cut that hole in the big cardboard circle and make a smaller circle.

Lights

Now cut a small slot in the tape used to hold the circle in shape and put the lights in it. And now for the pen. Take it and take the cap off you can use the ink for whatever you want but take the light cap off and rip out the electronics. Take them and put them in the bottom of the smaller circle.

Final Touches

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Now glue the cardboard section to the tube. And now you’re done! Congratulations! Your Iron man!