Re: 2007 Cheesehead Teslathon Photos Online (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:07:53 +0000
From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: 2007 Cheesehead Teslathon Photos Online (fwd)

Hi Bart,

Yes the 2007 Cheesehead Teslathon was great. This was the first one that 
I was able to attend. Thanks for the kudos on my Green Monster ;^) Act-
ually, the video that I sent you of my coil running in my small garage back
in 2000 was my Medusa coil. It was ran by a 10 kVA pig and was indeed
powerful but not quite as big and powerful as Green Monster. Medusa was
equipped with a 10" x 38 1/2" secondary coil where GM has a 12 1/2" x
49" long secondary coil. Of course GM's toroid is also much larger (12 x
56) than Medusa's was (9 x 30). Medusa spewed out 8 to 10 footers but 
GM does 12 to 14 footers ;^) I have relocated since the Medusa "days" 
and have since dismantled Medusa. I built GM since moving to my current
residence nearly 5 years ago. I now have a double garage to "play" in, but
firiing GM inside of this garage is out of the question, as the garage is attached
to my home and the burgular alarm system control panel is just inside the door
leading from the garage to the house. Trying to fire the big coil even at the
most reduced output possible absolutely plays havoc on my home's alarm
system and other sensitive electronics in the house. I really need an extra 
detached garage building in my back yard for big coil firing, kind of like 
Ed Wingate's for his maggie or Phil Rhembold's (spelling?) in the Ft. Worth
area for his Worthog coil. Hopefully, I will be able to build myself a decent 
sized external garage, with high ceilings :^), in my back yard within the next 
few years. Money is the only issue that's currently holding me back on that.
$;^($

David Rieben

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> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:36:29 -0700 
> From: Barton B. Anderson 
> To: Tesla list 
> Subject: Re: 2007 Cheesehead Teslathon Photos Online (fwd) 
> 
> Terry, was that you in the faraday suit? Very Cool! I really enjoyed 
> these stills and appreciate you also putting up the link to ignore the 
> thumbnails. 
> 
> Lot's of goodies at the flea market. Big resistors (I got one of those), 
> transformers, Bert's shrunken coins and Litchenberg figures, etc.. Lot's 
> of good stuff there. Looking through the photo's, DC's crackle tubes 
> were amazing, Ken Day's Marx Generator, and Mark Dunn's SIDAC were truly 
> cool to take a look at the components which comprise these systems. 
> 
> Lot's of coilers TC's to look at. Key Day's TC, Stan Gray's 
> (impressive), and of course David Riebens Green Monster TC (now that is 
> a coil producing some massive sparks for it's size!). I've got a video 
> David sent me a long time ago with him in his garage with his coil 
> (these photo's were reminded me of the awesome power a man would allow 
> in his garage!). Beautiful pics! Also amazing as we saw with the vidio 
> were Steve Ward's and Jeff Larson's SINGING DRSSTC's! All of these great 
> coils build up to Big Bruiser's mighty power! Big Bruiser is such pretty 
> coil on large scale. Just the rsg arrangement, cap arrangement, and 
> those 4 variac stack limiter are very pretty to the electronic eye! Wish 
> I could have been there. But, 2400 miles is just too far for me to 
> travel (just not enough funds to accommodate that trip). 
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> So for guys like me that couldn't be there, Thank You Very Much for 
> those photo's! 
> 
> Take care, 
> Bart 
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> > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:26:46 -0600 
> > From: Terry Blake 
> > To: Tesla list 
> > Subject: 2007 Cheesehead Teslathon Photos Online 
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> > Hi all, 
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> > Just got done with the 2007 Cheesehead Teslathon Website. 
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> > http://www.tb3.com/tesla/ch2007/index.html 
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> > It was a really great teslathon. Thanx to DC Cox for being such an 
> > excellent host. 
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> > I am also working to get some video online soon. Too much to choose from. 
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> > Hope you enjoy the photos. 
> > 
> > Cheers, 
> > Terry Blake 
> > Coiling in Chicago 
> > http://www.tb3.com/tesla/index.html 
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