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Plasmana's Workshop

$Plasmana\$

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Yep, in that little beaten up little garden shed, that is where I build some of my most amazing projects, the plasma speaker, marx generator, tiny shocker, and so on. The reason my workshop is so messy is because from all of my times of collecting free stuff from skips or dumpsters, (Thank you to all of you dumb people for throwing out great stuff in the trash for me to pick up! :-)

And all of the pictures you see, it is only just like 50% of my shed shown.

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Sep 20, 2009. 12:23 PMrobmeofmyboredom says:

where on earth is this magic dumpster that you got so many transformers and atx psus and stuff from?!?!? I WANT MORE!!!

Apr 1, 2012. 4:35 PM

schumi23 says:

I was wondering the same thing... and they say Americans are wasteful XD

Nov 14, 2011. 1:54 PMluig says:

can i move in,,, please?

Mar 6, 2010. 3:05 PM

punkhead58 says:

Ah...electric pianos. I found one in the trash once, those things have enough resistors to supply a small army. (That is, if the military had a use for resistors.)

Nov 14, 2011. 1:47 PMluig says:

they soon will

Mar 6, 2010. 3:19 PM

Plasmana (author) says:

Lol yeah, I have no idea why they have sooo many resistors, AND diodes!

Aug 8, 2010. 11:15 PMJimmy Proton says:

maby to get acurate sound???

Sep 18, 2011. 4:02 AMhighvoltageguy says:

ha im eight (no really)

Jul 20, 2011. 9:35 AMharvey639 says:

is your soldering iron from maplin?

Jul 11, 2011. 3:12 AMR.A.T.M says:

wer do you get all the fans

Jan 17, 2011. 11:25 AMARJOON says:

i think that i've watched this slideshow about 100v times in a year/

Dec 30, 2010. 7:56 AMemcelhannon says:

Your shop looks like a sanctuary...a place of Zen. inspiring.

Jul 5, 2010. 10:59 PMtechturtle2 says:

are those MOSFETs 7805s?

Apr 9, 2010. 12:50 PMcdousley says:

wow i'd hate to put my hand in that capacitor drawer. Have you ever got shocked from it?

Dec 6, 2008. 7:00 PMubr.bzkr says:

Wow palsmana your work shop is massive compaired to mine. mine is just a converted computer desk with shelvs, a tall drawer thinf and some old boxes to orginise my bigger stuff. :)

Dec 7, 2008. 9:15 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

Haha, yours is much tidier and nicer than mine! :-)

Dec 11, 2009. 9:02 AMgodofal says:

if id had to chose between those two, id chose plasmana's, its more my style :D
i just use some old wooden boards that i lay on a table, then start working on a project and collect stuff from everywhere i can find it, most of the time its a pain to work out where what came from again :D

Dec 7, 2008. 11:27 AMubr.bzkr says:

wow if you think thats considered clean then you should see it now! its basically spotless compared to what's in the picture. I guess since I tend to loose things all the time I like to keep my workspace neat so its easier to find those small parts.

Dec 7, 2008. 5:51 PM

Plasmana (author) says:

You tend to loose stuff? Well, wait until you get a lot of stuff like I have! :-)

Dec 7, 2008. 8:09 PMubr.bzkr says:

wow that would be nice to have all that now but I can't imagine the mess I'd make. mabe ill have to move my workshop into my shed like you. problem is id have to find a place for all the stuff in our shed right now. also it would get kinda cold in the winter. is your shed connected to your houses heating or do you keep some sort of heater in there?

Dec 8, 2008. 2:19 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

I am not allowed to have a heater one in my workshop my dad says, because the electric bill is very high at the moment.. He said I could pay him using electric for the heater, but I have no money.. :-(

Mar 14, 2011. 8:33 PMwintergoat says:

Hehe... I'm 12 and im just like you... Except my stuff just kinda lies around in a big pile...

Jan 7, 2009. 10:45 AMLaxLuvr says:

how old r u? im 12 and my workshop is in my basement

Apr 10, 2009. 4:42 AMElectronics111 says:

I'm 12 and I work on the living room floor!

Dec 27, 2010. 1:15 PMuberdum05 says:

I'm 12 and do electronics in bedroom and woodwork/manufacturing in garage. Windows ice over in winter and have no electrivity/power tools so do quite a bit of manual labour...

Jul 5, 2009. 7:50 AMcodex653 says:

plasmana's not an adult??? woa didn't see that comin. i'm 16 and i have to say plasmana you are very very smart in this stuff! keep it up!

Jul 8, 2010. 1:12 PM-max- says:

i think hes 13

Jul 15, 2009. 12:34 AMDavecarp says:

I can't believe it either, I'm 16 as well and i can't believe he knows this much. he's certainly off to a good start

Jun 24, 2010. 11:01 AMJimmy Proton says:

im 14 and i have a workshop similar to that just smaller and and not as much stuff

Dec 25, 2008. 3:02 PMawang8 says:

Maybe you can make a website and sell some fancy stuff eg. plasma speakers plasma globes arc thingies ultra-flexible-cable soldering irons... The possibilities are endless... Probably...

Jan 7, 2009. 6:37 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

Oh, for the ultra-flexible-cable soldering irons, I just simply replaced the PVC wire with an iron's (steam iron, or what ever the heck it is called) wire that I found in the trash.

Jan 8, 2009. 2:36 AMawang8 says:

Yeah, I realised but I would have used like 10 coats of expando.

^{_{^{_{That's because the neighbours don't like me bringing in big "appliances" fron the trash.}}}}

Dec 26, 2008. 3:05 PM

Plasmana (author) says:

yeah, I am trying to make my own website using dreamweaver, but I still don't know how to use it...

Dec 27, 2010. 1:20 PMuberdum05 says:

I can make you one because I'm fairly good, if you want to have a look at some of my work, check out http://uberdum05.000a.biz/ Bearing in mind that it is still a work in progress and it takes a long time because I don't use a site builder... :)
PM me if you want me to design one for you :)

Jul 8, 2010. 1:14 PM-max- says:

try NVU you down-load it and uh, well USE it

Feb 28, 2009. 7:35 PMbecauseican says:

i tried dreamweaver but then i found iweb its easier but not as customizable here is a link to my website geekzandgamers.com

Jan 6, 2009. 5:34 PMcd41 says:

I wrote all my HTMl codes for my website on webs, they let you have a store on it (well i didn't write the forums codes or blog codes just got them from webs) if you can get the custom shop link to work for you(most of there stuff like the shop cost very low if not free) and btw all my electric stuff can fit into 2 paper brown bags and a small pickle jar but my desk looks like a portion of your 'shop

Jan 6, 2009. 5:16 PMcd41 says:

I made my website on Webs they let you put a store on your site, i wrote all the HTML all from scratch(mostly) its at [http://Whales With Thumbs http://whaleswiththumbs.webs.com].com

Dec 29, 2008. 3:28 PMawang8 says:

Maybe I can make it for you and you pay me a few (million) bucks?

Jan 7, 2009. 6:34 AM

Plasmana (author) says:

I have £10, that should be more than enough for you. XD

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