Re: A challenge

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Original poster: "Chris Brick by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <cbrick-at-rebelbase-dot-com>

Dan,

My wife and I have been coiling together for several years now.  She has 
sanded forms, hand turned our 18" diameter secondary while I laid on the 
wire, lugged tools and parts during setup at shows, built our large toroid, 
etc...  It's mainly my hobby since I have been learning all the science and 
math behind these wonderful devices but she really likes the coils and has 
a lot of fun working with me on them.

I think the one thing that helped out most in this endeavor was to include 
her in the design and building process as well as the running of the 
coils.  We have done several shows where she operated the coil in front of 
50-1000 people.  She seemed to really enjoy that aspect of it.

I'm not sure of the details of your situation but it may help if you can 
include her in the hobby and make it something you do together.

Hope this helps,

Chris

At 01:17 PM 7/9/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><dan.gallagher-at-pulsartech-dot-com>
>
>Hey folks,
>I am so glad to be a part of this list. You all are valuable resources and
>I greatly appreciate it.
>
>On that note, I have a problem that may be solved with your
>expertise/experience.
>
>My wife is scared to death of Tesla coils. She makes a face and nags (for
>lack of a better word) at me every time I mention anything related to it.
>All she can think about is my coil killing someone and us getting sued and
>our lives ruined.
>
>I really don't want to go through a divorce over this and even if I have to
>be solo in enjoying my TC I will do so. But it seems a shame not to share
>this cool thing with others, especially kids, or at a haunted house. But
>she won't hear of that.
>
>HELP! You single folks are so lucky, stay that way.
>
>Thanks
>Dan
>Ft. Lauderdale