[GreatScott!] needs to light off fireworks with an arc rather than a flame, because “fireworks and plasma” is cooler than fireworks and no plasma. To that end, he attempted to reverse ...

He starts the build off by modifying an arc lighter, the fancy kind one might use to light a fire on a windy day, so that it can be controlled by a micro-controller. The arc is moved to the needle ...

In this video I demonstrate how I turned an arc lighter into a mini hand held plasma cutter! A big thanks to Soylent for sponsoring this video! Check them out here and get 50% off your first case of ...

Collection of the author. Everything changed in 1879, though, when several different inventors around the world simultaneously developed the electric arc light. (Such cases of simultaneous but ...