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Originally Posted by Quoth
 A wand!
I made an arc lamp from the carbon rods of two D cells. I was about 11, so didn't realise the dangers (flying bits of burning carbon, or eye damage from brightness or the UV content). |
When I was about that age, I also made an arc lamp. My father severely lectured me on safety, sloppy construction and general idiocy. There were are times when I look back and wonder how I made it into and through my teens without severe injury.