DIY Iron Man Arc Reactor!

 I followed the ideas of many of the instructables on here to create my arc reactor.  I highly suggest looking at theirs if you have time to make one.  I did this for a college (can you believe it?! Building things in college!) project.  Enjoy!

Step 1 Supplies

While I have posted these supplies, I changed what I was using very quickly when the things I was using didn't end up working.  I found all these at my local hardware store near campus:

1 tap light
1 translucent film canister (or white chair leg protector (to keep the chair from scratching the floor))
1 clear plastic ring (I ended up using an old style telephone dialer but you can use anything from a shower curtain ring to a table plug (for where you plug the hole if you have an umbrella))
1 sink strainer
1 conduit locknut (optional, but I think it looks better)
plenty of copper wire and hot glue

Comments

[DareDevil147]

Doesn't look like you were rushed.

[some114]

Haha. Oh trust me, I definitely was. I procrastinated and waited way to long to start working on it.

[gl0rious]

That is wicked cool! I am going to try to make one!

[some114]

Thanks! It's actually pretty easy, just a little time consuming.

[kdj99]

that is so cool! i have a taplight that fell apart and, i took the plastic clear cover thingy off and painted it blue and hot glued it to a red glove and painted the glove all ironmany. and i figured out a way to make an arc reactor out of a taplight. you take of the battery cover off and take the bottem of a water bottle off then glue them together and paint. but besides the point, this instructable is awsome. i wish i would of saw this instructable before i took my tplight apart. thnx!

[some114]

 Haha.  Thanks.  I looked at a whole bunch on this site before starting mine so I could get some ideas.  There are people who made some really crazy ones and I would have loved to make one like theirs, but didn't have enough time.  I did wear it to the premier of iron man 2 and everyone loved it.  That was exciting lol.

[tjbitoon]

are you kidding it looks great, can i do this in the real world, i'm asking because i need some of your permission so that i can do this at home. i'm not gonna show it here in this site i'm just gonna do it

[some114]

 Haha, thanks!  Compared to some of the ones I've seen, I think it's not nearly as good, especially because half the stuff I was going to use didn't end up working and I had to come up with more things on the spot...whoo procrastination!

And I do have one request if you make it (by the way, I'm totally fine if you use this).  But, if you use it, can you either upload your finished product in the comments or send me a message with your finished product? 

If you do send pictures, would you allow me to upload them on my instructable so others can see what you did differently?

Have fun!  (it's pretty easy to make, wrapping the wire and waiting for the glue to dry were the only 'time consuming' events when I made this).