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BUILD THE SECOND GENERATION ARC REACTOR
by Kyling Zhang on June 30, 2010
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Intro: BUILD THE SECOND GENERATION ARC REACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
step 1: THE ELECTRIC CIRCUIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
step 2: LATERAL VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
step 3: MAKE THE LIGHT RING! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
step 4: ADD THE COIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
step 5: MAKE THE CENTER COMPONENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
step 6: THE FINAL STEP AND FINAL DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Intro: BUILD THE SECOND GENERATION ARC REACTOR
Sorry for keeping you waiting for so long. This is the second arc reactor I made. I did not completely copy the prop in themovie. I created some new designs.
step 1:THE ELECTRIC CIRCUIT
This is the electric circuit plan of this arc reactor. I used SMDs as the light resources. The circuit is simple but the form is pretty complicated.
step 2:LATERAL VIEW
The lateral view
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step 3:MAKE THE LIGHT RING!
This is the most essential and interesting part. The main material is plexigalss. I made all the parts with laser cutting. All the parts are madejust as what I havedesigned.
Afterall the parts have been cut,i assembled them accoring to my plan. You can see how to do it from the image I post here.
I filled the space in the light ring with hot melt to make the light more soft.
While assembling the light ring, I fixed the SMDs on the bottom part of the ring base, and weld them.
Then I stick a plexiglass ringon this circuit. the dia of the ring =the dia of the circuit ring.
After all the above steps were completed,I cut the marks on the surface of the light ringfor the exact location of the brass coil.
In the picture, you can clearly see the three-layer structure of the lignt ring.
paint the ring with clear blue.
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step 4:ADD THE COIL
This step is easy but you need more patience to do it.
First, circle the rubbertapeon the preset marks on the light ring and wrap the copper plate in the rubber tape.Then circle the brass string on the tape,glue the
brassstring on the back side.
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step 5:MAKE THE CENTER COMPONENT
The center component is based on a round plexiglass plate. The plate is the remains of the previous cutting. The detailes are shown in my images.
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step 6:THE FINAL STEP AND FINAL DISPLAY
The final step is to assemble all the parts. Glue some plastic cubes on the interior side of the light ring to fix the center component.
This reactor is super thin, it is only less than 2CM including the cover.
Put the reactor into the round frame.The frame isa filter of the tea pot. Here is how I made the exterior metal ring: I took apart a thermometer and painted its cover silver
to make it look like real metal.
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Comments
32 comments Add Comment
Joseph1210 says: Oct 15, 2010. 4:02 AM REPLY
What color SMD's did you use? Also what if I don't have a laser cutter , how can i cut them correctly? Looks amazing!
redeyedrag5 says: Oct 12, 2010. 3:20 PM REPLY
dude that thing is so cool im going to make two and out them in a pumkin
GoDoG420 says: Oct 12, 2010. 11:50 AM REPLY
Hey can you tell me the Dimensions for the Plexiglass please, Thank you
rorpen says: Oct 6, 2010. 6:11 AM REPLY
best arc reactor on the site!
really cool!
iDude94 says: Sep 28, 2010. 6:04 PM REPLY
honestly can i just buy one from you?
bamf91891 says: Sep 4, 2010. 7:07 PM REPLY
hmm no resistors? what power source do you have it attached to and on the last step it looks like you attached the LEDs just to the plexiglass without a
board can you help me understand this a bit better?
Kyling Zhang says: Sep 23, 2010. 8:39 PM REPLY
I conect the leds with a battery, it is the battery which supply the power to give light to the leds. sorry for the late reply for i haven't been here for a while.
good luck to you !
bamf91891 says: Sep 23, 2010. 9:08 PM REPLY
thanks also what do you attach the leds to in that step, to mount them i mean? straight to the plexiglass?
minjoon says: Aug 21, 2010. 5:25 PM REPLY
????????????~
shanearonie says: Aug 3, 2010. 6:02 PM REPLY
Hey man, this is beautiful!! But I would appreciate it if you would be able to give a detailed list of which materials you used, and tools. Please!!
rydti says: Jul 27, 2010. 11:12 AM REPLY
hey dude this is THE BEST arc reactor project i have seen on this website . Hats of to you :D . And by the way if you could explain ur drawings a little more
clear i can make one too, anyways i hope you come up to some new ideas too.
cpotoso says: Jun 30, 2010. 4:36 PM REPLY
Nice, but what *is* the device?? What does it do?
waterboyf5 says: Jul 21, 2010. 10:01 PM REPLY
it looks cool
darknessfalls says: Jun 30, 2010. 7:10 PM REPLY
if you havnt seen IronMan 1 then heres a summary of the device: Tony Stark gets kidnapped while doing a weapons demonstration in Afghanistan. the
ARC reactor he makes is connected to an electromagic and locked in place on his chest as a way to keep the shrapnel in him (from an explosion when
he was taken) from moving owards his vital organs. throughout the first and second movies he is making new ones which are higher power or better for
his body. Hope this helps, this is a replica of the reactor Stark makes
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goober6 says: Jul 18, 2010. 8:59 AM REPLY
thats so sick
Mounthrize says: Jul 14, 2010. 10:49 AM REPLY
Wow, who are you? Tony Stark? :P
Chewy1993 says: Jul 8, 2010. 2:16 PM REPLY
Looks like Orlin's Gate a bit from Stargate.
jondziok says: Jul 7, 2010. 6:59 PM REPLY
What SMDs did you use and what was the power schematic for your design? Looking to buy SMDs in bulk but I don't want to get the wrong ones
GasperYoung says: Jul 5, 2010. 8:49 AM REPLY
Made in China???????
give me chinese tutorial?
Kyling Zhang says: Jul 7, 2010. 7:23 AM REPLY
http://tieba.baidu.com/f?z=773609329&ct=335544320&lm=0&sc=0&rn=30&tn=baiduPostBrowser&word=%CC%FA%C8%CB&pn=0 Instructions in
Chinese. Hope you enjoy it!
wesong says: Jul 6, 2010. 9:07 AM REPLY
???????QQ?351685757
darph bobo says: Jul 4, 2010. 12:23 AM REPLY
Awesome build! I was curious, what is the diameter of your light ring?
Kyling Zhang says: Jul 4, 2010. 7:16 AM REPLY
6cm? my chest is not very big~
natethegreat88 says: Jul 3, 2010. 3:04 AM REPLY
Would you sell these?
Plasmana says: Jul 2, 2010. 10:03 AM REPLY
That reactor just looks so realistic that it could work... Very nice work!
SinAmos says: Jul 1, 2010. 1:43 PM REPLY
Cute as a BUTTON.
darknessfalls says: Jun 30, 2010. 7:14 PM REPLY
in picture 2 of this page the gasket has a dotted circle on it, does that mean it should have a circle cut out of it or something?
Kyling Zhang says: Jul 1, 2010. 2:05 AM REPLY
OH?it's the mark of the location the front parts should be fixed.
darknessfalls says: Jul 1, 2010. 9:11 AM REPLY
alright thanks! that makes sense!
killerjackalope says: Jun 30, 2010. 8:24 AM REPLY
Beautiful and very precise build, good on you for using SMD's to, they're tricky but the construction quality looks great...
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Kyling Zhang says: Jun 30, 2010. 9:46 PM REPLY
Mnay thanks!
darknessfalls says: Jun 30, 2010. 4:01 PM REPLY
OMG!! just when i thought your reactors couldnt get any better, you outdid yourself! it looks AMAZING!!