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A few years ago I started working with silver and gold. After that I decided to start making jewelry. I then needed a torch so I bought an Oxy/Acetylene torch. With that comes tanks, regulators and the hazard of storing explosive gases. Not liking the idea of that I started searching for an alternative.

I found that it is rather simple and inexpensive to make a gas mixture called oxyhydrogen. Oxyhydrogen is a mixture of hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) gases, it is typically a 2:1 molar ratio. It is the very same proportions as water. The gas has been termed “HHO” or “Hydroxy Gas” by green companies.

The gas is produced from the electrolysis of water. There are two types of electrolyzers that can be used to create this gas. One is a wet cell and the other is a dry cell. I opted for the dry cell as it’s design is far more efficient. One of the things that makes it more efficient is that there is no current loss from the edges of the plates being submerged in electrolyte as is with the wet cell system.

I used stainless steel plates in hopes that they will last a good and long time before needing to be replaced as stainless steel is sort of expensive right now. Nickel also works rather well but is also rather costly. I have heard that you should scarify the surface of the plates but I did not and everything seems to work well so far. I actually think scratching the surface of the plates would cause them to become worn quicker.

Now that the electrolyzer is assembled I anchored it into a wooden box that I built out of scrap wood to make transporting and storage much easier. The beauty of this system is that I do not have to worry about storing or transporting dangerous gases although caution still must be observed and on some levels even more so than typical industrial gases.

This here is the secondary bubbler/flashback arrestor. It is used as a safety precaution to stop flashbacks from damaging the primary bubbler and also to help clean the gas that we create.

This is the fully assembled Oxyhydrogen generator in a simple half box. I will probably add locking casters to the bottom on the back and then a handle on the top back to allow me to pull it around.

This video is my HHO generator in a box to make it more portable. Sorry the video is sideways, the orientation sensor in my camera is off for some reason or I may have been holding the camera sideways. I am unsure, was to psyched that it is working to pay much attention to how I was filming it.

This shows the hydroxy gas being created. I ran a test to find out what the LPM “Liters Per Minute” is before I try this with my torch as the torch needs to have about 1 LPM to create enough back pressure so there is no flashback and possible explosion.

I found that with the 12v 19 Amp power supply that it only outputs 1 liter every 1 1/2 minutes. I had anticipated this and am happy with these results. Now I can use a decent power supply that is 12v 45 Amp. This should create more than enough gas to suffice.

Shortly after this I had a 1 liter bottle full of gas and nothing to do with it. I decided to put it on a stick in the ground and take a 5 foot long stick with toilet paper on the end as an ignition device and launch the bottle like a rocket.

Let me tell you what. That was loud as heck. The bottle launched over 100 feet or more into the air. After looking at the rocks under the base of the stick I used to launch it from I noticed a nice little crater about 1 foot in diameter.

Bottom line is experimenting can be a lot of fun and even beneficial but this is serious. You should not play with this type of thing if you do not know what you are doing. I cannot stress that enough. Please be safe when experimenting.

Auto-tune has been around for some time now but over recent years it has been abused and misused. It was first introduced to the mainstream with Cher’s Believe soundtrack’s overuse which made it evident that there may be some funny business going on.

It is used to fix minor pitch errors in a performance or recording but instead so-called artists such as Lil’ Wayne, T-Pain and even the Black Eyed Peas have abused it to further their careers without the need for any real effort or talent yet despite their lack of effort the album prices have not declined.

Instead of learning and practicing the good ole fashioned way they now just use an application that magically tunes their vocal track to a specific formulated tune that is studied and proven to be pleasing to the human ear.

Before long with the continued use of this auto-tune you will find that all the have nots will start to disappear because they all sound the same and the only ones that are actually attracted to this drivel are barely hitting puberty. Anyone beyond that age that still finds themselves bobbing their heads to it may notice that their heads are bobbing to the beat and not the whiny sounds purported coming out of the alleged artists face.

There are a growing number of real artists taking a stand against this garbage. A few names such as Jay Z with his album The Blueprint 3 “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”, Martina McBride, Loretta Lynn, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, Allison Moorer, Garth Brooks, Patty Loveless. Then you have Christina Aguilera who made a public appearance in Los Angeles on August 10, 2009 wearing a T-shirt that read, “Auto Tune is for Pussies” Got to love it

Seriously, any idiot with a microphone and auto-tune can come up with a hit.

Metacafé T Pain Obama Auto-Tune

Oops! I think I just said Obama is an idiot. Here are some more to show how pathetic it has all become.

YouTube Buy U a Drank

My man Jay Z agrees that auto-tune must die.

YouTube "D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)" Official Video FINAL CUT

And a video that is the artists rendition of what HIP-HOP has become. WARNING!!! EXPLICIT LYRICS!!!

YouTube Fu^& S*** Stack