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Gadget Freak Case #122: Cutting Pumpkins the Tesla Way
DN Staff
October 26, 2016
1 Min Read
Rick Crammond created a gadget for cutting Halloween pumpkins that is powered by the faucet in a kitchen sink. The water pressure drives a stack of CDs that has been converted into a turbine. Crammond's Tesla CD Turbine uses two principles developed by Nikola Tesla in the early 1900s. The turbine uses flat discs rather than blades or cups. In Crammond's gadget, the discs are CDs or DVDs stacked in their case. Crammond adds a few other household items - such as Krazy Glue(R) and glue sticks - and hooks it all to a kitchen faucet using a garden hose. The result is a surprisingly powerful turbine. Crammond uses that turbine power to drive a skill saw blade for easy pumpkin cutting.
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8 | CDs (make sure they aren't cracked, warped or labeled) |
1 | CD spindle with cover |
42 | 3/8- x 1/32-inch N42 Neodymium magnets |
6 | .50- x 1/8-inch N50 Neodymium magnets |
1 | Extension water nozzle |
1 | Small piece of tubing (to fit inside water nozzle) |
1 | 18-inch section of .75-inch PVC tubing |
1 | .75-inch PVC adapter, PVC pipe to garden hose, male, to fit water nozzle inlet end |
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