If anyone is looking for something fun to make, try a lifter.

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-7083133926237328062&q=lifter

Dit you try yourself? If so, please tell us about your experiences. Posting just a link is not that helpful, having first-hand experiences from one of our members would be great!

As much as I laugh in the face of danger, building a lifter is a little too far, I know my limits.

building a "lifter" is a touch out of my league, but i'm finding researching it really intresting, it appears that there are many different methods of obtaining the same effect, the most convinient being the "Biefeld-Brown effect” if anyone fancies further reading check out:

http://jnaudin.free.fr/lifters/files/ElectrograviticsElectrokineticsValone.pdf

Hmm... What would happen if I touched it, while it was floating? Would I get zapped? 17 kv - 50 kv and with only aluminum foil to cover it... I think I'd get quite a shock.

thats why you don't touch it when its working just like you wouldn't touch the insides of a blender when its on. or the teeth on a chainsaw or a vast number of more dangerous things.

Nice analogy

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The particularly perplexing thing when looking into lifters seems to be filtering though the facts from the speculation and misunderstanding.