Ink-core TC - Is it possible?

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Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>


Hi everyone,

        I've always seen people building so called "mini" coils but have
never seen one quite as small as I've thought you could go. So I got around
to thinking about making a truly mini coil. By mini I mean wrapping the
secondary around part of a Bic pen (about 5/16"). I then went totally nuts
and thought about putting the entire coil (gap, cap, etc.) on the pen. I
then would be able to put the whole thing into a larger pen case, and have
one awesome writing tool! However, I am an extreme novice when it comes to
tesla coils (I've built one standard coil before, and it still dosen't work
as well as it should) and I dont know whether or not this could work. I
know that I wouldn't be able to fit a 15/60 NST on a pen, so this would
probably have to be OLTC style. Could the capacitors and IGBT's be small
enough to do this? I first want to know if this is possible enough to
actually try before I start thinking about details. Hope I'! m not being
too vague (please don't hurt me if it is O mighty telsa list members ;-) ).
Thanks.

(insert witty signature here) -Chris