Large Hadron collider and black holes

Question

I recall a documentary discussing the large Hadron collider, the study of the first moments following the big bang, and the potential concern for the creation of black holes. Is it theoretically possible for an amateur physicist to build their own on a smaller scale?

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> Is it theoretically possible for an amateur physicist to build their own on a smaller scale?

Hard no.

For reference, there’s enough copper wiring in the LHC that if you laid it all out in one long wire it’d go from the Earth to the Sun and back something like…5 times or so.

The energies and materials involved are such that an amateur wouldn’t be able to build one.