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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by moody[/i] [br]I made a sparker last week mainly for lighting my metal working torches like the propane and OA torch but this circuit can be moded to work with a cannon here are some pics in order of being built http://photobucket.com/albums/y22/moody07747/New%20ETI/ its basicly a 5V input inverter from allelectronics.com for about $7 parts you will need: - inverter - allelectronics.com - momentary NO push button switch - allelectronics.com - black plastic case - allelectronics.com - 9V battery clip - allelectronics.com (yes this board can be run up to 12 volts on a scort use, i have run mine for 5 minutes continusly on a 9V battery and the battery is still working strong) thats it i would add a voltage multipier from an old TV or something (ebay has some) because the spark is really small and might not run through wires any longer than 7" i have heard the VM works well with the board but will drain the battery faster good luck "I reject your reality and substitute my own" -Adam Savage (Myth busters) [/quote]    Insert an Image File (GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, ZIP, PNG) Check here to include your profile signature.