RE: [TCML] tesla coil you-tube videos

["Alan" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Scott and Company:
I echo Bart's comments. Nice Job! Makes me proud of the next generation.
Ahh to be young again.................

Alan

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Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 9:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [TCML] tesla coil you-tube videos

Hi Scott,

I watched all 3 video's. Nice documentation about the "real world" of 
how things go. Say "Hi" to Jason and Nathan also. What I really enjoyed 
is when you guys let the coil simply run, and run, and run! Funny how 
they will seem to just run forever (if you let them). Of course, when 
mom drives by, best to lower the input voltage. I liked the toroid 
configuration just prior to the mesh (the mesh is fine for big coils 
where toroids get to be impractical, but I like the single channel 
sparks from a nice toroid better). In the first video, you eventually 
showed the rotary (not rotating). I thought to myself "oh my, it's going 
to move on you if you don't have it locked in place". I guess it did, 
eh? The gap sparks alone will cause that (regardless of EM fun from the 
primary). I was thinking at the time that a bead of hot glue would have 
held it still), but later in the video you sort of figured out the issue 
in your own way.

I know what it's like to run a coil in the snow (it's messy mostly). I 
lived 10 years in Minnesota (Lakeville, Prior Lake, and Hopkins) and 
coiled during most of that time (been there and done that). I'm home in 
California these days, but my family (and me) truly miss the weather 
(especially the kids, they were raised in Minnesota). I sort of miss 
dealing with seasons (California has become a bit too hot lately).

Scott, thanks for sharing these video's. These were some of the best 
I've seen from a documentation of coil. The coil is doing well! Anytime 
you can do long runs with long sparks, you've got the coil "dialed in". 
I personally am working with solid state these days (which is new for 
me). My personal longest run is near 30 minutes (spark gap coil). I 
rarely run that coil anymore, but I keep it set up just in case I get 
the urge (it's trustworthy). I hope to do the same with solid state.

Excellent video. I hope everyone takes a look at it.

Best regards,
Bart

Scott Bogard wrote:
> Hey all,
>      After long last I have uploaded all the footage involved with the 
> construction of my 6-inch tesla coil, so if you have a half hour to 
> kill, and are bored, you may view these three videos here.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HijP4fFTBnA
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6bU6EFHoag
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAOjYK4wkzE
> Decent sparks, but the videos are at best a good example of the very 
> hard work and time necessary to obtaining decent results from a system 
> (Murphy must live across the street, if it could go wrong...)  Some 
> humorous moments as well.  Enjoy, and your comments are welcome.
>
> Scott Bogard.
>
>
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