Re: Ink-core TC - Is it possible?

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Original poster: "robert heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>

Chris: your idea is not new. It has been used buy by bad HORSE DRIVERS  to
prod horses to run faster at races. The smallest I have seen was 3/32" dia
inside a whip handle. So have fun,,, away from horses.
   Robert  H

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> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 23:14:10 -0600
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> Subject: 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>
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> 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
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