July 4, 2006

DIY Tornado Machine

Just what I need in my house, a man made tornado. Based on these plans this work of art was created. ” I built a tornado machine using instructions from www.weather-photography.com and doing some of my own modifications. It works really well! I took a video of it at different angles, closeups, and even inside the storm just to show you how cool this thing is! it was hard work,

Vacuum Elevator

  The Vacuum Elevator is an interesting way of lifting a small elevator cab. “When the piston gear depressurizes the area inside the cylinder above the vacuum elevator cab, the cab is then lifted by higher atmospheric pressure below the cab. The inside of the vacuum elevator cab always remains at the atmospheric pressure. As air pressure is lowered above the cab, the cab is lifted. A valve regulating inflow