Iron Man himself would be impressed by this homemade arc reactor
It's amazing what you can make with cardboard, an old phone battery and a tin of tuna...
- Ellie Walker-Arnott
Published: Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 10:44 am
This Marvel fan really wanted to wear an arc reactor like Iron Man and, rather than splashing the cash, came up with a crafty way of fashioning one himself.
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Using a tin of tuna, some cardboard and an old phone battery, he created this.
Worthy of Tony Stark himself.
"I wanted an arc reactor that was small enough to wear, had a self-contained battery ,and only needed to look good under a shirt. I don't have access to a 3D printer or really any special tooling. This is what i came up with (sic)," iltl64 wrote.
Click here if you want to find out more about how he put it together.
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The arc reactor also has more than one use. "It's a couple years old now and sometimes also doubles as a headlight for my bicycle, and everything still works," he writes.
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Ellie Walker-Arnott
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