Re: One Stop Tesla Coil Shop

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

We just put in an order for a bundle, they should be here in a week or so 
(who knows with the silly season). If you'll email me your address and 
number of caps I'll send you some resistors as a Geek Group Christmas Present.

Chris "Ho Ho Hold this wire" Boden




>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: One Stop Tesla Coil Shop
>Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:53:13 -0700
>
>Original poster: Ben Haylett <bhaylett-at-shaw.ca>
>
>Mark,
>My shipment of Geek Caps arrived a few days ago, and I went down to my local
>electronics supplier to pick up my bleeder/equalization resistors. Guess
>what? You cannot buy 10 Meg resistors in the city of Calgary! They will
>order them, in packages of 2, for $1.50 a package, plus an additional $10
>charge because its a special order.
>
>The total comes to $40 for 40 half-watt bleeders, and I'd still have to wait
>for the order!
>
>I didn't realize it until today, but including those bleeder resistors with
>the caps would be a great idea.
>
>Ben
>CalgaryCoiler
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:36 AM
>Subject: One Stop Tesla Coil Shop
>
>
> > Original poster: Mark Broker <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
> >
> > We have been considering offering items such as NSTs, variacs and magnet
> > wire - items you cannot walk into nearly any home improvement store and
> > purchase - for quite a while.  The problem is mostly logistics, cost, and
>a
> > lack of product.  Simply put, we don't have sources for most of the bigger
> > components nor to winding machines for winding magnet wire onto empty
> > spools.  And then we have to ship heavy, possibly fragile items (the only
> > time I've UPSed an NST a bushing was broken off) at no small
> > expense....  And after adding up all the costs you, the buyer, could
> > probably get the parts from a nearby company or off ebay for less.
> >
> > We will start shipping bleeders with the new year - about as long as it
> > takes this close to Christmas to order and get a thousand or two
> > shipped.  Expect many extras with smaller orders ;)
> >
> > We are eager for advise, offers, contacts, etc on how to get good, quality
> > NSTs, variacs, wire and winding accessories.
> >
> > Happy Holidays,
> >
> > Mark Broker
> > Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:44:31 -0700, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> >
> > >Original poster: "Richard Modistach" <hambone-at-dodo-dot-com.au>
> > >being about a new as one can get to the tesla list and coiling,
> > >from what i've read and seen on various sites bleeders are
> > >pretty much standard kit with mmc's and with the cost being so
> > >insignificant(relativly speaking) it sound like a good idea.
> > >just saves having to sourse something from somewhere else.
> > >not that it matters much to me here in aus.
> > >do you guys do copper pipe, magnet wire, pvc, ect,ect.
> > >just a thought.
> > >
> > >regards
> > >richard
> > >aus.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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