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Re: Coiling Goals

My goals are ;  Not To kill myself ,build a working tesla coil  , get 2 foot
sparks ,help someone build a tesla coil and show them how much fun coiling can
be (I Need some help building my own coil...DO any coilers live in Alabama )
,increase the understanding/knoledge of tesla coils ,and to enrich my life.


Greg

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Ted Rosenberg <TRosen1-at-Tandy-dot-com>
>
> This might be a long thread Terry.
> In May 99 I visited my friend,. Tom Polk, in Austin. He demonstrated his
> coil in his garage. Even though I knew what a TC was, it both impressed me
> and, frankly, scared me a bit. Especially the rifle-like cracks with each
> huge arc. His coil can be seen at http://www.tompolk-dot-com
> This past October, while playing my theremin in a local haunted house, in
> total darkness, the idea came to me...what better way of causing heart
> attacks than to see a coil start up in total darkness in some Frankenstein
> lab scene. And so it began. Thanks to many on and off the list, I am well
> into building my 6x24 coil for the Oct 2000 production. But it will likely
> be my only coil. I have no desire to have a bolt knock out a local pole pig
> and darken my neighborhood. On the other hand, I am reading a decent bio of
> Tesla and that alone is fascinating!
>
> Ted
>
> ==================================================
> Subject: RE: Coiling Goals
>
> Original Poster: "Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com>
>
> Malcolm Watts on the Tesla-2 List said:
>   "I'm curious to know: what is/are each person's goal/s
>   in coiling?  I'd be very interested to hear. I will
>   offer no comment unless one is requested."
>
> Malcolm/List Members,
>
> This isn't easy to answer. My goals have changed along the way.
>
> My first goal was to create a functioning coil. Something like I'd seen in
> school back in 1974 (3 to 4" spark). I carried this goal around without
> acting on it until a couple years ago when a co-worker returned from
> Colorado and was all excited by a Tesla coil he saw. I jumped on the Web and
> was amazed by what I found (including the Tesla list).
>
> My goal rapidly changed as I started designing my first coil. Being of the
> school of "Bigger is Better" my second goal became creating a coil producing
> 3-4' arcs. Shortly after attaining this goal I set a new goal of 5' and
> eventually attained it.
>
> Next goal was the construction of a first class power controller which would
> support my coiling addiction for the next few years. Lots of time (and $$$)
> later I achieved this goal.
>
> The next goal was the design, documentation, construction and packaging of
> the "Mini-Twin" bipolar coil. This took a lot of perseverance to complete
> (to my satisfaction that is).
>
> Current goals are:
> 1) Learn more about measurements and interactions. To reach this goal I've
> started collecting test equipment and making measurements.
> 2) Sort out the problems with the SRSG I built.
> 3) The construction of a Magnifier capable of 10' arcs (possibly utilizing
> an axial design).
>
> Phew... That was a long answer to a short question. Sorry.
>
> Brian Basura