Original poster: "Daniel McCauley by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com> Just wanted to thank everyone for their help so far. My very first conventional tesla coil is on its way. You can see some of the pictures of this coil in progress at: http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/teslacoil3.htm Thanks again! Dan