-600JeepMJ Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Turn a pencil into a light? :huh???: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Cute. If you had some way of shielding it with inert gas it would last longer. When I was too young to know better, I used to cut open dead D-cell batteries (the standard ones, not alkalines -- which hadn't been invented back then anyway) and hook two of the center electrodes (which were nothing but carbon rods) to the two leads of a lamp cord. Plug it in, ALMOST touch the ends of the two rods together, and it made a carbon arc lamp. It's a miracle I didn't burn the house down and/or electrocute myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 They also made Jim Dandy welders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 thats neat I'm gunna have to try that someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 thats neat I'm gunna have to try that someday. Please... Don't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpong Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Lead fumes... can't be real good for you :nuts: Novel concept, but if you own a car and don't have a cheap flashlight in it.. you shouldnbt own one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 That'd be graphite fumes, wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 thats neat I'm gunna have to try that someday. Please... Don't! why not ... it couldnt do any harm..(insert sarcastic tone here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986Comanche Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Lead fumes... can't be real good for you :nuts: Novel concept, but if you own a car and don't have a cheap flashlight in it.. you shouldnbt own one. Lead?? Pencils don't have lead in them, it's graphite :nuts: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvusse Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Tried it at work, using a battery charger instead of a battery. It worked until the lead broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Same here, lead broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildman Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 So......here's a nice little trick for you pencil addicts........ Take a small piece of plan paper, scribble on it with the pencil to build up a nice layer of graphite, nice and shinny.........Place paper in Micro wave oven, set timer for 5 seconds, start MW and watch what happens :D But......you didn't hear this from me :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 i'll have to try it tomorrow. huffin graphite might become the next big thing!! :smart: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunl Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Microwave, eh? a light bulb sitting in a glass of water will also light up if nuked for 3 seconds or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildman Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Yea......you got the idea :D :popcorn: Didn't know there was a youtube on that one :roll: Guest I don't have time to scout out all the you tubes........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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