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marble falls

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5. No real difficulty here, the sulphuric is not anything to play with, but otherwise it's pretty simple ...

Reply to sl8 (Reply #4)

Sat May 17, 2025, 09:11 AM

May 17

... I noticed the small step of a quick heating of the palladium wool required a second of open flame. This could be an Achilles heel if one were building this and found that they had no open flame to "prime" the wool. But way cool.

that AI voice had a good natural tone, poor dynamics, and typical AI weird pronunciation. The strange rules in spoken English will always be the weak link in AI.

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This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark [View all] sl8 May 17 OP

Thanks for this! Going to share it with my husband and son! HeartsCanHope May 17 #1

De nada. Glad you liked it. nt sl8 May 17 #2

That's not so hard to build. I like gadgets that are too large of a solution to a small problem. And this is primo ... marble falls May 17 #3

Cool, cool, cool. Here's the "making of" video: sl8 May 17 #4

No real difficulty here, the sulphuric is not anything to play with, but otherwise it's pretty simple ... marble falls May 17 #5

For those who would rather read... hunter May 17 #6

Thanks. sl8 May 17 #7

Makes Sense ProfessorGAC May 17 #8