A beginner

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dlynch-at-reyercorp-dot-com>

Hello,

There was a Tesla coil in my high school elctronics class many years 
ago. There was an ealier "unconfirmed" adventure, wherein the class 
held hands and formed a chain down the hall to the nearby class to 
"touch" the teacher.

But that was then, and I never studied the construction, and now my 
daughter wants to build one for her high school senior project.

Could someone point me to a basic "block diagram" description of the 
rotary gap type?

I have been searching the Web and joined this list, but I'd like to start 
with the simplified picture and build from there.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

Don