Your ancestors called it magic, and you call it science. Well, from where I come
from they're one in the same.
Hey guys, I'm the Hacksmith, and as you know on our channel we take fictional
ideas from comics movies and video games and make real working prototypes.
We've made Captain America's electromagnet shield,
Batman's grappling hook gun, Reinhardt's rocket hammer and we've even made the
plasma rifle from Mass Effect, as well working on Zarya's particle cannon.
And today we're gonna catch lightning with Thor's hammer
and to help us do that we're here with Aron's and Applied Tesla Technology and
his company makes massive Tesla coils Aron: Yeah so chances are if you've seen a
Tesla coil before whether it's a museum, a television show, or a movie it's been
one of ours. We were in Metallica's 3D movie, we've got some in huge museums
Ontario Science Center Museum of Science and Industry, Technorama even over in
Sweden and we just did the white rabbit project had a great time with that
so lighting this thing up with lightning no problem
James: Awesome. Alright so tell me
a bit about the Tesla coil we're gonna be using to catch lightning with Thor's
hammer.
So today we're using the model 3 MTC, alright, we have really small
Tesla coils like this 1/2 MTC you see behind you all the way up to the 3 MTC
out there and we can go even bigger with custom sizes, but these are our standard
rental models, so we're gonna make some pretty big arcs with this too. We've
modified it for you guys so that it's gonna run at about 30 kilowatts and it's
gonna make an arc about 20 feet long, so it's the most power we can process
through the system.
This is going to max out the main service we have here in the shop
Kevin you want to grab that piece of aluminum pipe *yeah*
James: Alright what's that for?
We're gonna call that James and hit it with the coil real quick.
James: Won't that catch on fire?
No damage really. Smells good though.
Yeah you can smell it really badly.
By the power of Thor, light me up Aron: Not yet, I think we probably need to test
this. Safety you know.
I now take from you, your power!
Alright, so that's probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen but Thor
hangs on to his hammer can I do that? Aron: Yes, you just need one these.
James: What is that?
Aron: This is a chainmail suit so we use these in our live performances to guide the current
through the suit, instead of your body James: And will I feel anything if I'm wearing this?
Aron: Probably not but you could feel a little tingle if you get too sweaty.
James: Good enough for me
Can I put my arms in after my head?
Aron: Yes
Ian: Is that the way to do it?
Aron: That is the way to do it.
James: Alright, I think I need to be zipped up.
*zapping noises*
James: Dude that's freaking awesome! I feel like I'm probably the only person who's ever
actually called real lightning to Mjolnir this is sweet
Aron: It's crazy right?
James: Alright so I also brought a Captain
America shield is there any way that I could throw
lightning from the hammer through the shield
Aron: Yeah we just got to get you on a big insulated platform we'll arc to you and
then you just throw it right at the shield
James: That's awesome let's do it!
Aron: Okay ready for power you're mostly safe just don't walk off.
Thor: Your power is impressive for a mortal stand down now before anyone is hurt and you may yet walk away from this.
Captain America: Is this a test?
*metal music and lightning*
Captain America: It seems to run on some form of electricity.
*more metal music and lightning*
Well, hope you guys enjoyed that video. We had so much fun making it, it was
probably the most fun business trip we've ever had. A huge thank you goes out
to the Applied Tesla team, we couldn't have done this video without you guys.
If you guys want to learn more about Tesla coils check out their YouTube channel
you can click on that link right there or watch our other video on it, down
there.
As you know we're building a whole bunch of different Thor's hammers for
Thor Ragnarok, so make sure you check out the other ones on this video down here.
Thanks for watching and hope you guys... *trails off*
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