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how to make a simple leyden jar

this instructables will show you how to make half inch sparks even on a rainy day!

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Step 1Materials

The materials that you kneed are very simple:

tin foil
film can
fine wire
regular wire
screw
tape
a wool cloth
a 4 feet long pvc pipe

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Jul 2, 2009. 10:55 AM

Kiteman says:

Is your name Lenny?

Jul 2, 2009. 5:41 PMoutlaws (author) says:

No I was just to layzy to get the photos of my jar and download it on my computer

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Jul 3, 2009. 6:46 AM

Kiteman says:

And too lazy to own up to stealing them from elsewhere?

Jul 3, 2009. 3:47 PMoutlaws (author) says:

hey listen to what kelseymh she thinks it could be featured

Jul 26, 2009. 11:46 AM

Lithium Rain says:

Ahhhhh, reverse sexist name assumptions. NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS, INTERNET PEOPLE - ahem, I mean, you really shouldn't assume you know the gender of a poster based on their name.

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Jul 27, 2009. 4:37 AM

Kiteman says:

_{^{Innocent whistle...}}

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Jul 4, 2009. 2:26 AM

Kiteman says:

He said it may be featurable if you fixed all the faults.

It will never be featured if you leave the plagiarised images in place.

Guaranteed.

Jul 3, 2009. 3:38 PMoutlaws (author) says:

Ya, oh and I'm blocking you

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Jul 4, 2009. 2:24 AM

Kiteman says:

Oh yes? How's that?

Jul 25, 2009. 11:56 PMA good name says:

lmfao Kite, don't you just love the little noobs? It reminds me of when I blogged at age 10, and purposefully misspelled things because I mistook it for "cool". The sad thing is, he's probably searching everywhere as to how to block you.

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Jul 26, 2009. 10:10 AM

Kiteman says:

I'm slightly confused about this being allowed to stay in the pocket contest with plagiarised images...?

Jul 26, 2009. 5:27 PMA good name says:

Don't worry, it's sure to lose.

Jul 2, 2009. 11:47 AM

kelseymh says:

Leaving aside the question of whether you are the person who actually came up with this, your Instructable is more likely to be well rated, and possibly even featured, if you use correct spelling and grammar.

The word "instructable" actually appears at the top of the Web page. Kind of hard to misspell.

For the rest, every misspelled word you typed should have been flagged with a red dotted underscore (if you're using Firefox). Consider fixing them.

Jul 2, 2009. 6:02 PMoutlaws (author) says:

I did come across this on my own with no pictures then I filled it with copied photos and thanks for the comment, did you try it if so did it work?

Jul 2, 2009. 5:39 PMoutlaws (author) says:

ha ha, thanks spelling and grammer are not my thing