Playing with plasma to try to make the fabled Sci-Fi weapon trope. You actually can make plasma into sort of a blade shape, but there are some caveats...

The flyback transformer and driver that I used:
https://amzn.to/2N39sm6

Go to http://audible.com/allenpan or text ‘allenpan’ to 500 500 to get one free audiobook & a 30 day free trial!

Help Me Make More Awesome Stuff!
  / sufficientlyadvanced  

Subscribe!
http://goo.gl/xZvS5s

Follow Sufficiently Advanced!
  / anytechnology  
  / sufficientlyadvanced  
  / sufficientlyadvanced  

~-~~-~~~-~~-~
Check out my newest video! "How to Vaccinate Anti-Vaxxers"
   • How to Vaccinate Anti-Vaxxers  
~-~~-~~~-~~-~