My Arc Reactor wip

[asymth]

Hello,
recently i came across Honus' arc reactor on instructables, and so i figured i would take a crack at it. My design is similar to his, but not exact because i do not have some of the tools required to build this. The only major difference though is that instead of building the lower spider frame, i will be holding everything together with small metal bits. The copper wire is temporary until i get something thicker, ant the metal on the sides of the wire are just staples that i found on an old cardboard box. Not sure how to add a pic. to a thread so i will just post a link.

The reactor so far:

The blueprints

 

[asymth]

Just finished the outer ring and it came out very nicely

Also, could someone tell me how to post pics directly to threads?

 

[Spartan Will 043]

Wow, it's very nice ! Keep up the good work !

Also, could someone tell me how to post pics directly to threads?

In fact, I didn't know how to make ^^'

 

[samuel murray]

To add images click on the little 'Add Image' icon above the writing box thing (The one that is a picture of a tree. Then add the URL of the picture. As so:

 

[Spartan Will 043]

Yes, okay thanks ! And with pics, is it the same thing (with photobucket)?

 

[asymth]

Yes, okay thanks ! And with pics, is it the same thing (with photobucket)?

With photobucket you have to click share, and then use the Direct link for layout pages. Took me a while to find that.

 

[asymth]

Ok, i just finished building the outside of the reactor; the part that makes it look like its coming out of my chest and holds everything together. I had built the inner ring out of plastic to see how everything would fit, but it broke when i tried to take a piece off of it.

This is the outer ring, i made by cutting the top of a plastic cup and gluing a piece of plastic around it.

The yellow rings in the middle are what is left of the test center ring.

Over all, the reactor is pretty thin; only half an inch.
I will be adding the LED's soon...i just haven't had a chance to by them.

 

[duskullms]

Wow looking awesome so far....i need make mine too xD but im looking for an easy way to do that

 

[Honus]

Looks great so far!

 

[samuel murray]

Very, very nice so far. I was thinking, for the outer ring bit, the one that was cut from a plastic cup, maybe you should buy some silver insulation tape. It is extremely stick but is shiny as. It's mainly used in air conditioners. Anyways, it was just a though. Great work though

 

[asymth]

Very, very nice so far. I was thinking, for the outer ring bit, the one that was cut from a plastic cup, maybe you should buy some silver insulation tape. It is extremely stick but is shiny as. It's mainly used in air conditioners. Anyways, it was just a though. Great work though

Yeah, i was thinking about painting it either silver or black. I think it was black in the first movie.

 

[asymth]

I got the plexiglass and outer rings finished!
The led's are super bright so i couldn't get a good picture with my laptop, but i got a few distant ones. I also painted the outer ring black, and rewrapped the copper wire.

 

[Anjose]

very nice work

 

[samuel murray]

That's really good man. If you don't mind me asking, what was the total build cost?

 

[Spartan Will 043]

Wow, it's a great work man!

 

[asymth]

That's really good man. If you don't mind me asking, what was the total build cost?

The total cost so far is about $50. $13 for a hole saw, $6 for 18 feet of copper wire, $20 for LED'S (including shipping, they were $13 on there own), and $3 for sheet metal. The rest of the materials i already had. I am currently building the mount that says, "Proof That Tony Stark Has A Heart". I designed it so that i could remove the main reactor part from the mount, wear it, and put it back in. I will not be able to post any updates for two weeks , because i am going on vacation.

 

[Will Turner]

+ 1 Like

Thumbs up man!

 

[asymth]

Thank you for all of yous kind words! Today i got most of the stand i was talking about done. Here are a few pictures:

The silver pipe running out of the bottom is just a toilet supply line, it is where i house the battery and wiring for the stand.

 

[asymth]

I got most of the reactor finished this week! The only thing left to do is add a sink filter to the center. I decided to make the center ring out of card stock instead of metal due to simplicity, and the metal ring in the middle is just a keyring. Lots of pics:
All lit up:

Angle:

Side is only half an inch thick:

Lights off:

Back battery holder:

360:
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