Build your own simple Iron Man Arc reactor

Amaze your friends with this easy-to-make an cool Iron man Arc reactor using readily available parts. The only difficult part I found when making this was using my cheap hole saws in acrylic, it can heat up and then weld itself back together but eventually I got through it.

Step 1: Make the coil ring

I used two hole saws - a 2 ½” (64 mm) and a 3 ½” (89 mm). I clamped the acrylic down to a sacrificial board so the larger hole saw had a hole for the pilot bit to register the saw, then file the ring smooth.

Step 2: Wrapping the coils, and attaching the light and grill

Wrap 10 coils around the ring spaced approx 15 mm apart with the coils being about 10 mm wide. Then solder the end of the wire down and attach the ring to the push light using some hot glue. I then attached the sink strainer using hot glue over the light.

Check out the video I made here: