DJ027X

I'm a chemistry newbie (electronics is more my specialty) but chem is always fun and useful knowledge. Personally, I'm entertaining the idea of creating an element collection by synthesizing all elements at home. Would anyone mind discussing what challenges, or impossibilities one might face if they attempted such a feat (because I'm confident there are some elements I just won't be able to produce at home, however I don't know offhand what those elements would be, nor how numerous). I certainly wouldn't mind investing in some lab equipment, or building the equipment myself, although I would hesitate to spend more than a couple hundred per piece of equipment. I'm currently working on a solder reflow oven capable of reaching a temp of 600C, I can create pretty much anything electronic for electrolysis, heating, thermoelectric-cooling, sensing, centrifuging, ionization, and such, I in intend to buy a vacuum chamber soon, however I am lacking in glasswear and a fume hood. However I could setup some fans in an open area. The intent here would be to get the raw elements from household, or inexpensive store-bought materials meaning (I assume) some elements will be very easy, and others very hard to obtain. Any thoughts?

Radioactive decay comes to mind. There has actually been a die rolling system created based on a similar principle (they used photons in some manner i believe) Cosmic background radiation may be another good option. While gates trip at different speeds, I imagine there would be some bias, in that a gate that trips quicker than another will tend to continue tripping before the other, making for a rather predictable circuit. Although there are a bunch of variables that might play into it, heat being the one that comes to my mind. Perhaps a mess of transistors whose operation changes its own heat distribution, thereby changing its behaviour?