"Whoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of...THOR"
Hi, welcome to my instructable.
For me, super hero movies were always an inspiration. I always wanted to build technical toys which could help me feel alike to those heros. When I saw the feature "THOR" for the first time, I very much liked his hammer. That's why I decided to build one for myself and of course share with you the full step by step instructable.
I hope you will enjoy it!
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The real Thor hammer allows you to fly, throw lightnings and so and so on.
Ours will be a bit simpler compared to the original but it will meet at least a few points.
Steel is solid so the hammer will get stronger, Mjolnir was also made out of metal, so mine is going to look like the real one.
All the elements in the universe except hydrogen, helium, lithium and beryllium where made in stars, so my Mjolnir is going to be made out of a dead star!!
The last two points I'm going to solve with electronics.
Throwing my hammer wouldn't be very efficient, since it would (probably) not return to its master by itself.
That is why i found another solution:
Instead of throwing Mjolnir, I'm throwing pieces of metal that are connected to the hammer. How? By means of an electro magnet.
Switched on it will "grab" metal objects, and when switched off – release them again.
If one circles around oneself, you build up a lot of momentum (like in the Olympic hammer throw), but you won't let go of the hammer, but of the metal pieces temporarily connected.
Enough of theory, lets collect the parts and build it!
Ours will be a bit simpler compared to the original but it will meet at least a few points.
- It must be strong to survive punching and hitting, but on the other hand should be light enough for easy handling
- It must look like Thor's hammer
- It must be done out of a dying star
- It must come to life on after you touch it
- It must throw or be thrown…
Steel is solid so the hammer will get stronger, Mjolnir was also made out of metal, so mine is going to look like the real one.
All the elements in the universe except hydrogen, helium, lithium and beryllium where made in stars, so my Mjolnir is going to be made out of a dead star!!
The last two points I'm going to solve with electronics.
Throwing my hammer wouldn't be very efficient, since it would (probably) not return to its master by itself.
That is why i found another solution:
Instead of throwing Mjolnir, I'm throwing pieces of metal that are connected to the hammer. How? By means of an electro magnet.
Switched on it will "grab" metal objects, and when switched off – release them again.
If one circles around oneself, you build up a lot of momentum (like in the Olympic hammer throw), but you won't let go of the hammer, but of the metal pieces temporarily connected.
Enough of theory, lets collect the parts and build it!
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In Non Inertial reference frame it is called centrifugal force but in inertial reference frame it's called centripetal. And both are correct and existing!
the hole for the micro-switch is 8 mm wide
Thanks for following
And the chair is actually an old barbeque grill :)
I want to make one myself, but on a different style - I'm going to use zamak and make a solid head. I'm going to make a more realistic hammer.
Anyway, comments on your project:
Nice, very nice, as I said. You could cover the handle with leather and put some sort of button at the end of the handle - like an antler or bone plug. It would look very nice.
A leather loop, as said, would also be closer to the original and avoid it slipping off your hands (or are you the real Thor? : ) and flying off into the sky.
The writing can also be done with electro-engraving. Pretty easy for you, obviously, and the results are very good.
The video is really funny!
Well, anyway, I think it's an awesome project! : )
I have never heard about electro-engraving. I must try it.
by the way please share some pics after you have finished working on your hammer
2) depending on how strong you can make that magnet, you could get it to mimic the whole "only the worthy can pick up mjolnir" thing.
the magnet pins it to the ground, the "unworthy" can't move it (or, at least struggle picking it up). then the "worthy" (you and whoever you decide to tell about the hidden switch that turns off the magnet) walk up and pick it up with ease.
the only problem with this is having a heavy enough ferrous object to set the hammer on to begin with, but whatever... it'd be worth it.
I think i found a solution how to make this "worth it" work.
I thought about two contacts on the handle which i could easily connect with my hand and close the circuit. I could ad some transistors which would open by some voltage. Since the body has a big resistance the Mjolnir would never switch on so
I would use a glove with wires woven in, which then would have a smaller resistance than the hand, so i would be the only one worth it.
such a scene in which my friends are trying to lift the hammer off this metal peace is certainly missing!
I'm always glad for new ideas, if you have some more please do share them! :)
Just an idea.
Either way this does need a leather loop to help you hold the thing when swinging it in circles. And Thor did use it if my memory serves from my youth comic obsession.
You are right Thor did not wear a glove. The ring idea is great because nobody will suspect that this is the solution to switch on the Mjolnir.
My handle is made out of steel so it is ferrous and I have even tried to make an electromagnet out of my handle with the copper wire I used later for the deco, but the amount of it gave a week result and I had no more time to buy a new thiner and longer one. But you are right it would work right as well.
I wonder if this wrapped copper wire on the handle could work as the electromagnet and as the coil for the tesla coil. I have no idea about this generator.
You're only hope is a gauntlet (Glove), with sleeve, that has wires woven into it to create a faraday cage out of your arm which is wielding the hammer of power!
....And to boot, you would then have these crazy arcs flowing up your arm, and towards any ferrous object near to you (If you could juice the coil enough that is)
Dangerous yes...but isn't anything truly spectacular going to be anyways?
Or you could have just put a pigeon under your cap?
;o)
Fantastic job, and your video made me crack up laughing
Oh, well... We'll get there eventually.
Nice thinking though! :-)
Lightnings are certainly missing!
I will have to work on it!
Only things that would be good to change is..
1. The straps on the handle being made from leather and having them go all the way to the top and a small loop on the bottom
2. The inscription on just one side saying "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor"
About the gloves, only seen him wear them in the Ulimates series and was with the other version of Mjolnir
I think the power possessed at the moment is more like Magneto than Thors good luck with creating a mini tesla coil that you can control the direction with.. That would be freakin awesome
1.I have bought a leather strap to wrap around the handle, but I decided to use the copper wire because of its cool steam punk look. The loop in the end of the handle I'm still going to make.
2.There is a inscription on both sides in the bottom. You can see it in the beggining of the clip. It says "Whosoever holds this hammer,wields the power of Thor" I changed the inscription because of lack of space.
Although the electromagnet is pretty cool, especially with the metal throwing ability!
I think your idea might work. If not tesla coil then maybe a van de graaff generator like in this instructable:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Lightning-Wand-a-Handheld-Van-de-Graaff-Genera/
I'm going soon on vacation so I will have a lot of time to think on my project and new ideas.
It is one of the main functions of my hammer.
Behind my long handle is also a story. I took a longer one because i thought: when the handle will be to short it will stay like this for ever, so i took a longer pipe for future changes. I wanted to have the handle short (as you can see: 2 step/ 1st Pict), but the first time I held the finished hammer the long handle felt so good in my hands that I decidet to stay with it.