Jacob's ladders are so cool
What’s really cool is my dad helped me make one when I was 14 and I was destined to become an electrician ever since!
I love electricity. I built a lichtenberg device and use it to make wooden art furniture. If you haven't you should try. Just get 2 grounded plug wires, a gcfi outlet and box, a microwave or neon sign transformer, and a pair of jumper cables and wire them up and screw em to a wooden board.
The gfi doesn’t trip due to the amperage spike durning the burn?
I made a rig to burn designs into tabletops following grooves I carved and filled with slightly salty water, gets me decent cash on Etsy lol.
My wife brings tables to me with designs the person wants, I carve and burn it in, let the electricity do the work for me. I’m not artistic enough to do it freehand.
One time I burned spongebob and crew into a kids table and all the characters looked possessed, so I tell people to stay away from characters. Plus the burn is never clean, spongebob looked like a demon with lightning powers possessed him.
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