Ah well, we'll just have to make our own. ;)
While there are a number of different methods of building your time machine, the easiest path is always to use as much prefabricated equipment as possible. With this in mind, the plans below have been designed to use pre-existing natural phenomena.
Step one;
Locate and capture a donut shaped black hole. Choose one of sufficient diameter to allow your Time Ship to pass through the center. You can do this with simple tools from your garage, and the armature from a starter motor for a 52 DeSoto.
Step two;
Build a vessel capable of sustaining you while travelling through the center of the black hole. I highly recommend the use of a vinegar and baking soda propellant. (See our article, "Building an ICBM" in the Sept, 2000 issue.)
Attach the propellant module to a solid base plate, bolted to your garage floor. (Using this inside the house makes a terrible mess, and garage floors are easier to clean up.)
Mount the captured black hole directly in line with the projected path of the vessel.
Be sure to include some Twinkies, as you never know what sort of problems you may encounter in the alternate universe with reverse atomic polarization and the resulting inability to take nutrient from native foodstuffs.
Step three;
Strap yourself in and blast off! While this Time Machine is not configured to allow for exact control of your travels through time, it will give you some idea of the fun that can be had. |
