2,000°F Solar Power! Melting Metal With A Giant Magnifying Glass

In this video I test out my new giant Fresnel lens. I show how it ignites wood in about 1 second. Then I stick a rock under the lens and it immediately starts popping do to the extreme heat. The rock gets red hot under the extreme heat of the concentrated sun. Then I melt some indium metal and some soldering wire under the heat of the sun. A Fresnel lens works by using a bunch of scribed lines cut that reflect the sun towards one center spot. This is different than a curved lens that uses much more volume to achieve the same affect.

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[farticlesofconflatulation]

How long will it take to boil a cup of water? This lens seems like a pretty useful survival tool.

[FuddahMukkah]

I want to see that rock again, leave it for longer so we can see that sparking anomaly as well as the stone going molten if possible. Cheers mate.

[rmt]

use a magnifying glass to focus the light even more.

[mykacmit]

Another viral on YouTube:
"GLOWING RED 1000 DEGREE ROCK VS."

[radiantjet]

I have 3 of these and they are amazing! I melted copper, aluminum pretty easy! I got the from the huge HDTV that people just throw away! They make a sun laser beam!!

[guttagutta]

Man I remember burning things with a magnifying glass when I was younger. Great times man, great times!

[AJWAJW]

compress toilet role then heat it up with that

[montialarson]

I find all his videos interesting. But this one is so cool. I didn't realize how much I'd love this giant magnifying glass until I saw this

[matthewmartin]

I wonder if you could build a forge and power it with that lens ? Would make an interesting experiment !

[tronentertainment]

Focus it onto a fire ant hill entrance.

[mephibosheth]

try to do harder metals and things like sand or dirt. Try to cook with it. Also look for a lens filter for your camera to cut out the glare. Love those lenses I want to get one myself where did you get one that big?

[ratozs]

You have a deadly weapon of energy man! Congratulations!

[brostrod]

Imagine bringing this to school and aiming it at a bully

You see where this is going?

[Zerathornek]

Put a piece of meat in it so we can see on effect on flesh.

[glasshalfempty]

If you use a high shutter speed, very slow aperture, and a neutral density filter, that should allow you to actually capture what's happening as it's burning.

[raimoloija]

If you had a larger lens then you will create even more heat. I love this sort of stuff...it's free energy from the sun and is not as harmful to the environment. I can go on for ages about this....But i won't.
Great video and thanks for sharing.
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Great video

[deveneyfamily]

"There's even a slight cloud covering over a cloud today" -Hydraulic Press Action 2017

[mewxtherealitygod]

jesus christ... imagine waterbenders creating the perfect magnifying glass and melting everybody

[irfanhodzic]

Ball of popcorn would be fun to watch :)

[grizzly]

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