RE: Intro

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Original poster: "Qndre Qndre" <qndre_encrypt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello James,

if you are new to this and want to know about coiling fundamentals or 
want to get an idea of the dimensioning of a coil I suggest you to 
read the documents on the site www.deepfriedneon.com

Since I've got the notion that you already know much about the 
process of planning and building one (you said you've read many books 
about it) and are more interested in safe operation I suggest you to 
read the safety document on pupman's (the one who also runs this 
mailing list) website: http://www.pupman.com/safety.htm

For the calculation work I'd like to recommend the software 
"TeslaMap" which can be downloaded here: http://www.teslamap.com/

If you are interested in solid state / continous wave devices instead 
of disruptive ones, this might be the right place to go: 
http://drsstc.com/~terrell/

If you've got questions on a specific topic, just come back and post 
again. Maybe you should just mention some more details of what you 
are planning to do. Do you want to have a coil inside a steel cage, 
which is then tied to ground so you get bright and ear-deafening 
strikes into this cage? It might be a problem that your coil may have 
a preferred breakout point at it's toroid and a preferred target at 
the cage so it strikes to the same spot over and over again which 
seems not to be the effect you wanted.

Regards, Q.

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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Intro
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:28:49 -0700

Original poster: "James Kirby" <jckirby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Greetings Folks

Years ago I had a bookstore that carried all of Tesla's published 
work. I was intrigued by his many inventions but never followed up on 
this inspiration. I am now an artist and I want to do a piece that 
utilizes a Tesla coil. My idea is to build a welded steel cage over 
the top of the coil and turn it on for the opening of the show. I 
know zip about building coils so Im here to find out how to do this 
safely and efficiently. I hope I've found the right place to accomplish this.

Best of the New Year to all

James Kirby