How to Build a Tornado Machine🌪
Introduction: How to Build a Tornado Machine🌪
Water, Fire, Earth and Air. These are the 4 fundamental elements of nature. To tame these elements means that you control the world and everything around you, giving you a power that has long been dreamt of. Today you will learn a secret technique passed down through generations where you will harness the power of Air and and control every single element known to man. Today you will Tame The 4 Elemental Tornados. Whoosh!!!
Supplies
These are the supplies that you will need for this project:
* Cardboard Box - A full box with the dimensions (30 x 30 x 50)
* Cardboard Sheet - 1 piece of cardboard that is has the dimensions (40 x 30)
* 5V DC Fan - This can easily be recycled from an old portable fan.
* Black Acrylic Paint
* White Acrylic Paint
* Small Glass Bowl of Warm Water
* Dry Ice - This can be purchased at your local grocery store
* 4-Cell Battery Holder
* 4 AA Batteries
* Thin Clear Plastic Film. (35 x 35)
* LED Strip
These are the tools that you will need:
* Box cutter knife
* Sellotape / Clear Tape
* A pair of scissors
* A ruler
* A marker (felt-tip marker)
* A paint brush (40mm)
* A Glue Stick
Step 1: Building the Body of the Tornado Tamer
In the following steps we will build the ancient apparatus that will help us control the elements. This container will house the tornados while they are spinning and prevent their ruthlessness from destroying any of your belongings.
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(NB - Leave a 2cm gap between the base of the Cardboard Box and any cuts that are going to be done on the box).
Get the cardboard box ready and draw a line from the right side of the box with a width of 2cm and a height of 30cm. From that line draw another line with a width of 3cm and a height of 30cm. This should leave you with 2 lines, both with the same height but one with a width of 2cm from the right side of the box and the other with a width of 3cm from the first line. Repeat this process on all sides of the box.
Step 2: Cutting Out the Vents
Cut out the rectangle formed by the 2 lines drawn on the box. Repeat this on all sides of the box. Throughout the project, I will refer to these holes as the "Vents".
Step 3: Creating the Viewing Point
Choose the best looking side of the box that will be used as the viewing point of the tornado. 98
Once you have chosen it draw a line from the left side of the box with a width of 2cm and a height of 30 cm. Next draw a line with a width of 1cm and a height of 30cm from the vent on the right side of the box. Once everything has been drawn, cut out the rectangle formed by the left line and the rightmost line. The size of the rectangle should be around (23cm x 30cm).
Step 4: Painting the Tornado Tamer
Next we need to paint the box so get your paint brushes and your acrylic paint ready. For this step you just need to paint all 4 inside walls of the box black and paint the inside base of the box white. Let the paint dry before proceeding to the next step.
Step 5: Connecting the DC Fan to the Battery Holder
Now we need to connect the dc fan to the battery holder. Attached to the battery holder is 1 red wire and 1 black wire and attached to the dc fan is 1 red wire and 1 black wire. Connect the red wires together and the black wires together. To connect them I wrapped 2 wire ends around each other and tied some electrical tape around each connection to prevent any short circuits.
Step 6: Building the Cover of the Tornado Tamer
Next we need to build the top cover of the box where the dc fan will sit. For this step get the (40cm x 30cm) sheet of cardboard and the paint ready. Cut off the 4 corners of the cardboard sheet. The squares to cut off each corner are (5cm x 5cm). Next make folds along the 30cm sides of the cardboard each with a width of 5cm, I'll refer to these as the "Cover Flaps". Once everything has been done paint the cardboard black.
Step 7: Adding the Fan
Once the paint has dried measure the dimensions of the dc fan and cut a hole in the middle of the cover of that size. The dimensions of my dc fan were (10cm x 10cm). 259