Re: Plans

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

<joke on>
First, go out and buy the biggest pole transformer you can scrounge up
<joke off>

Depends on how much money you have to spend.  If you are rock bottom
scrounging, find a neon sign transformer, use beer bottle capacitors, and go
to it.  If you have a bit to spend, ask around to get a 12 or 15 kV, 30 mA
neon transformer (around $80 list, brand new).  Wind yourself a secondary
18-24" long and 3-4" in diameter (cardboard mailing tubes or PVC pipe work
well), something around 24 ga wire is fine.  Make a toroid using aluminum
flex dryer duct and a couple of heavy foil pie pans.  The primary can be a
flat spiral made from1/4" refrigeration tubing, or just solid #8 or #10 bare
copper wire. A polyethylene cutting board makes a fine source for something
to make supports for the primary.  The ideal cap would be a MMC, unless you
can scrounge something cheaper (or you don't mind making beer bottle caps).
Spark gap can be a couple of carriage bolts, but I prefer a three tube gap
made with three copper pipe couplings (female/female slip fit) arranged with
axes parallel, and a muffin fan blowing down the length of the tubes.

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Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: Plans


> Original poster: "Matthew Andresen by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <mooseman-at-premier1-dot-net>
>
> Hi All, I've always  been interested in building a Tesla coil and have
built
> Van de Graf generators in the past.  Where is a good place to start?  I
> thought perhaps Tesla plans for my first attempt would be a good idea.
Any
> thoughts on plans or a good way to proceed would be appreciated.
>
> Matthew Andresen
> Snohomish, Wa.
>
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