Re: Y'now Dad...........

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Original poster: "bob golding by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>

I second that.
I have been building coils for 3 years now and I still am only just getting
an angle on how to
tune them. I went to the museum today to show some friends the 2 metre
plus arc's and the darn
thing wouldn't play ball. It worked fine on Wedsneday, and I haven't moved
anything. I did get
it to perform OK after a lot of  static gap cleaning and retuning. I
suspect it was the cold
damp weather, but I don't know for certain. I am nearly ready to try out my
 async rotary, this
will be a whole new area to explore. i am looking forward to it with relish.

cheers
bob golding

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Mike Novak by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<acmnovak-at-msn-dot-com>
>
> He he he,
> When people ask me what a tesla coil is, here's what I say:
>
> "It's a project which is "easy" to build and teaches just about every aspect
> of electricity and problem solving. It makes lightning-like discharges into
> open air, yet is relatively safe to a point"
>
> Tesla coils are IMHO the best learning experience for someone going into
> electronics, engineering, physics, etc...
>
> Isn't this great?
>
> -Mike Novak
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 12:57 PM
> Subject: Y'now Dad...........
>
> > Original poster: "Drew Murray by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> <drewallmighty-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >
> > Hello all,
> > I was talking to my father about my tesla coils the other day and near the
> > end of the conversation he said to me, " Drew, You're just trying to
> > re-invent the wheel"!