over a 36-hour livestream, I built a neutron-producing nuclear fusor in my kitchen using Claude.

successfully achieving nuclear fusion, entirely assisted by AI.

this was my first hardware project!—full story below

a few months ago I built a demo fusor that produced plasma—this was nowhere near capable to *actually* do fusion.

I spent the last many weeks gathering parts on ebay, battling Canada post strikes and then speedrunning the assembly using Claude Projects in less than 2 days.

in a couple weeks, i built a nuclear fusor in my bedroom – with zero hardware experience

the secret? Claude sonnet 3.5 + projects

a glimpse into the process below
originally inspired by @oliviali_ to build this, i was hyper obsessed in making this exist within 10 days of construction

week 1: figuring out parts, design and navigating mcmaster carr