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Original poster: "Mike Depot by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mike-at-ici-dot-net>

Hi Everyone,
I guess I'm probably the newest member on this list. I remember years ago
when I was in high school, another kid entered a tesla coil into the school
science fair. It only produced arcs of about 10 inches or so, but back then
I thought it was one of the coolest things I ever saw. It was probably one
of the influences that lead me into electronics in college. Since then I've
always wanted to build one, but never actually made the plunge. Anyway, I
just found this list, and it rekindled that old desire.  Maybe now I will
finally learn all the little details and perhaps even help my kid enter one
in his science fair when he's old enough.  I just wanted everyone here know
I think this list is a great resource, and I would hate to see it lost from
people being 'driven apart'. I'm looking forward to talking to you all more
in the future.
-Mike

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From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: Parable for our times?


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Cydesho-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> Im not going to get on either side of this issue, but the way I see it is
> that this list is here to bring coilers together not drive them apart.
There
> have been a few times when I've gotten irritated with people, but people
are
> people and you have to deal with it. Also, I've been noticing that a lot
of
> people on the list seem to have very short tempers and bad attitudes. It
> doesn't seem to be coming from any specific group, just from all over. I'm
> not saying that aren't lots of great people on this list, in fact there
are
> plenty of them.  Its a hobby, we're supposed to be having fun with it not
> pissing each other off. (Personally, I kind of like the fact that kVA
effects
> liked my idea for changing the colors of the arcs. Have you been
successful
> with getting the arcs to change color? If you guys have any pictures I'd
like
> to see them.) I just think that some people just need to relax a little
bit.
> Remember these are other coilers you're talking to.
>                                                  Justin
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