RE: Intro

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

Hello Q

(Always wanted to say that)

>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

Excellent information thank you.

I carried many of Tesla's works in my store but had little time to absorb
the information. I have read and saved the info on pupmans list. I will
research this thoroughly.

The coil will be placed in a public art gallery in the center of a large
room. Above it will hang maybe 3-5 feet the steel frame cage say 7' square.
I expect there will be restrictions on just how big I can make this thing so
I have to talk with the curator on this. My job would be to make safe for
public viewing and to not burn the Gallery down. I have two years to
complete this, I hope that is enough time.

>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

I would like the strikes to be all over the framing of the cage and in the
center of the cage there will also be hanging a metal structure that I would
like to see hit. Is it possible to gain tight control of the striking
points?

Thank you again

James (off to study) Kirby

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Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:33 AM
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Subject: RE: Intro

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





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