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Original poster: Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 9/22/04 9:52:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Gotcha' beat by one year Matt - 1957 (in 6th grade), using a Model T
ignition coil powered by a Lionel train transformer. The Tesla Coil was
loosely based on one in "The Boy Electrician" by Morgan... :^)

-- Bert --
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Hi Bert,
Yup! My model-T ignition coil still works! I have 14 of Morgan's books, 
plus Willard Doan's  "Experimental Electricity for Boys" This is a more 
"modern" book (1959) ;-) My original plan came from "The Boy Mechanic - 
Volume 4 -1924" which my dad bought new in ~1926 and which I still have. 
Not terribly efficient designs, but 100% makable from stuff you'd find 
around the farm. I think part of the lure of classic TC's is that you don't 
need an electronics supply house, any commercially-built electronic 
components, or $100s to make a working coil.
Making a Tesla coil is like making bread: Some make their bread in bread 
machines, some in mixing bowls, and some start by planting and harvesting 
the wheat. And some folks get their daily bread from the supermarket, or 
the "day-old" store.  In the end, all enjoy their "bread", but the 
experiences and perspectives are all different. I hope the low-tech end of 
the TC spectrum is never forgotten

Matt D.
PackRat, Bibliophile, Auldphart TCer
Boy Wizard (emeritus)
"Bury me face-down, 9-edge forward."