Do you like water guns but wish they were more dangerous? Are you looking for a good reason to melt down your pewter knick-knacks? Do you love watching the destructive power of science? YouTuber The Backyard Scientist proves his mettle in a recent video with his homemade molten metal squirt gun. As always, don’t try this at home.
According to David Grossman for Popular Mechanics: "It looks like half of its inspiration came from an artist's studio and half came out of Mad Max. What the molten metal gun lacks in distance and power it makes up for in shooting molten metal. The liquid is at a downward arc almost as soon as it shoots out of the gun, and to BackyardScientist's surprise it can't break glass.
But where it fails as a weapon, it might have success in the artist's studio. The metal created from the gun is quite lovely."
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Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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