Re: Proposal for Tesla Coil Data Base

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Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>

Tesla Coilers,

In response to this request, The Geek Group is currently developing a Tesla 
Coiling database.  Rob Canska, our Webmaster, is heading the project, and 
already has some good results.  Hopefully we will be able to release the 
URL early next week when we have finalized the database fields and the 
entry form.  Until then, we wanted to announce our progress to prevent 
duplication of work.

Regards,

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 19:17:06 -0600, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><Zimtesla-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>I have enjoyed reading letters on the Tesla list and looking at web sites 
>where Tesla coil photos are posted. Seeing what others are doing helps me 
>to build better coils and get new ideas. I have seen some emperical 
>formula for max spark length for a given driving power. Also it is 
>mentioned that so-and-so got xxx inches with a y watt transformer. Lots of 
>times no detail or photos.
>
>If this already exists, I have missed it - I propose that a data base of 
>what Tesla list coil builders consider their best effortsbe developed. It 
>would have to be posted on a web site so everyone could see it. The 
>posting would be a standardized description of the coil and its components 
>(caps, xformer, gap design, etc) and a couple photos. The maximum spark 
>length recorded by the photos would also be given. This might spark (no 
>pun intended) some friendly competition and would also give newcomers a 
>look at what others are doing.
>
>I would like to see some feedback on this idea or if it already exists, 
>some direction on how to find it.
>Thanks
>Jim
>