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Mad Trapper
05-25-2021, 08:55 PM
You can do a lot with these salvaged from old TV that are getting hard to find.

Anybody here played with one? They say the good ones can almost weld metal with, certainly cook/heat stuff.
StratBastard
05-26-2021, 01:41 AM
I saw a couple videos on them, and they can almost produce a laser beam if focused right. One guy had one set up in his back yard for cooking. A handy item to hang onto if you can find one.
Jester-ND
05-26-2021, 08:31 AM
you can buy a 7x10 sheet lens online for under 4 bucks... don't need to find an old tv.

https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/900-239-magnifier-sheet-7-x-10-individually-wrapped-and-sealed?infoParam.campaignId=T9F&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2cGbiLrn8AIVsW5vBB3Fwgm1EAQYCSAB EgKwxPD_BwE
Mad Trapper
05-26-2021, 08:53 AM
you can buy a 7x10 sheet lens online for under 4 bucks... don't need to find an old tv.

https://www.globalindustrial.com/p/900-239-magnifier-sheet-7-x-10-individually-wrapped-and-sealed?infoParam.campaignId=T9F&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2cGbiLrn8AIVsW5vBB3Fwgm1EAQYCSAB EgKwxPD_BwE

That won't compare to a large one from a TV.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUA8dY1btU
Mad Trapper
05-26-2021, 08:53 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFw7U7V1Hok
Kusa
05-26-2021, 01:57 PM
You could probably get a good tan underneath one of these.
Jester-ND
05-26-2021, 04:23 PM
That won't compare to a large one from a TV.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUA8dY1btU

I know... but finding $3 is easier than finding an old tv....
Jester-ND
05-26-2021, 04:24 PM
spend $12 and focus 4 beams in one area...
Mad Trapper
05-26-2021, 04:43 PM
I know... but finding $3 is easier than finding an old tv....

Free section on Craigslist has TVs come up regular. You don't know how good the lens is until you pry it out. Some focus to a finer point.
Mad Trapper
05-26-2021, 04:48 PM
How many here played with magnifying glasses as kids? We used to burn all kinds of stuff. Burn writing into pieces of wood..........

A small fresnel lens is handy to stick in your wallet to have for a reading glass or a firestarter.
hawgrider
05-26-2021, 05:14 PM
How many here played with magnifying glasses as kids? We used to burn all kinds of stuff. Burn writing into pieces of wood..........

A small fresnel lens is handy to stick in your wallet to have for a reading glass or a firestarter.

Burned bugs too with the pocket magnifying glass.
Mad Trapper
05-26-2021, 05:28 PM
Burned bugs too with the pocket magnifying glass.

We put ants inside a cone of sand they couldn't climb out of, or focused on the entrance to an ant hill.
stevekozak
05-26-2021, 06:28 PM
Did anyone kill hobos too? Just curious. :mocking:
hawgrider
05-26-2021, 06:33 PM
Did anyone kill hobos too? Just curious. :mocking:

No but.the sizzling sound of the bugs was cool!
Sparkyprep
05-26-2021, 07:12 PM
I used to hook frogs up to dad's battery charger. I'm not proud of that......
hawgrider
05-26-2021, 07:42 PM
I used to hook frogs up to dad's battery charger. I'm not proud of that......

Inventive rascal you were. Makes sense for an electrician named Sparky Lolololol!
Jester-ND
05-27-2021, 08:37 AM
waiting for someone to tell about skinning the neighborhood cats and wearing their faces as a mask.... that would be the natural progression of this thread...
Mad Trapper
05-27-2021, 09:12 AM
waiting for someone to tell about skinning the neighborhood cats and wearing their faces as a mask.... that would be the natural progression of this thread...

But then half the kids couldn't get any pussy!